Gena Rowlands

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

Biography

Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (June 19, 1930 – August 14, 2024) was an American actress. A four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner, she is known for her collaborations with her late actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980), which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for Opening Night (1977).

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

19 June 1930, 95 years old

Known For

The Notebook

The Skeleton Key

Taking Lives

Night on Earth

Paris Je T'aime

A Woman Under the Influence

Paulie

Hope Floats

The Mighty

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Self

2021

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

Self

2019

Bette Davis: Larger Than Life

Self

2017

Unfortunate Circumstances

Dr. Cohen

2017

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

Lily Harrison

2014

Watching Gena Rowlands

Self (archive footage)

2014

Parts Per Billion

Esther

2014

Yellow

Mimi

2012

Olive

Tess M Powell

2011

Faces

Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)

2011

Broken English

Vivien Wilder-Mann

2007

Cannes: All Access

Self

2007

What If God Were the Sun?

Melissa Eisenbloom

2007

Paris Je T'aime

Gena (Quartier Latin)

2006

Edge of Outside

Self

2006

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

Self

2006

The Skeleton Key

Violet Devereaux

2005

The Notebook

Older Allie

2004

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie

2004

Taking Lives

Mrs. Rebecca Asher

2004

Making 'Faces'

Self

2004

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Self

2003

Charms for the Easy Life

Charlie Kate

2002

Hysterical Blindness

Virginia Miller

2002

Wild Iris

Minnie Brinn

2001

A Constant Forge

Self

2000

Light Keeps Me Company

Self

2000

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

Georgia Porter

2000

The Weekend

Laura Ponti

1999

Playing by Heart

Hannah

1998

Grace & Glorie

Grace Stiles

1998

The Mighty

Gram

1998

Hope Floats

Ramona Calvert

1998

1001 Nights

Narrator (voice)

1998

Paulie

Ivy

1998

Best Friends for Life

Mrs. Harriet Cahill

1998

She's So Lovely

Miss Green

1997

Unhook the Stars

Mildred

1996

John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

Self

1996

The Neon Bible

Mae Morgan

1995

Something to Talk About

Georgia King

1995

Parallel Lives

Francie Pomerantz

1994

Anything for John

Self

1993

Silent Cries

Peggy Sutherland

1993

Crazy in Love

Honora Swift

1992

Face of a Stranger

Pat Foster

1991

Night on Earth

Victoria Snelling

1991

Ted & Venus

Mrs. Turner

1991

Once Around

Marilyn Bella

1991

Hollywood Mavericks

Self (archive footage)

1990

Montana

Bess Guthrie

1990

Another Woman

Marion

1988

The Betty Ford Story

Betty Ford

1987

Light of Day

Janette Rasnick

1987

An Early Frost

Katherine Pierson

1985

Nederland C

Self - Interviewed actress

1985

I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work

Self

1984

Love Streams

Sarah Lawson

1984

Rapunzel

The Witch

1983

Thursday's Child

Victoria Alden

1983

Tempest

Antonia

1982

Gloria

Gloria Swenson

1980

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

Abigail Mason

1979

The Brink's Job

Mary Pino

1978

A Question of Love

Linda Ray Guettner

1978

Opening Night

Myrtle Gordon

1977

Two-Minute Warning

Janet

1976

A Woman Under the Influence

Mabel Longhetti

1974

Minnie and Moskowitz

Minnie Moore

1971

Husbands

Party Guest

1970

Machine Gun McCain

Rosemary Scott

1969

Faces

Jeannie Rapp

1968

Nick Quarry

1968

Tony Rome

Rita Kosterman

1967

A Child Is Waiting

Sophie Widdicombe Benham

1963

The Spiral Road

Els

1962

Lonely are the Brave

Jerry Bondi

1962

Shadows

Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)

1960

The High Cost of Loving

Ginny Fry

1958