Gena Rowlands
Acting
Born June 19, 1930 — Died August 14, 2024
From Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Also known as Virginia Cathryn Rowlands
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 Glori...
Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Self
20197.2
Peter Falk versus Columbo
Self (archive footage)
20197.2
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Self
20176.0
Unfortunate Circumstances
Dr. Cohen
2017
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Lily Harrison
20142.8
Yellow
Mimi
20145.3
Watching Gena Rowlands
Self (archive footage)
2014
Parts Per Billion
Esther
20144.4
Olive
Tess M Powell
20116.5
Faces
Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
2011
Cannes: All Access
Self
20073.2
Broken English
Vivien Wilder-Mann
20075.9
What If God Were the Sun?
Melissa Eisenbloom
20077.0
Paris Je T'aime
Gena (Quartier Latin)
20066.8
Edge of Outside
Self
20065.8
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self
20066.6
The Skeleton Key
Violet Devereaux
20056.6
The Notebook
Older Allie
20047.9
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
20047.2
Taking Lives
Mrs. Rebecca Asher
20046.4
Making 'Faces'
Self
2004
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
20037.0
Charms for the Easy Life
Charlie Kate
20028.5
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
20026.5
Hysterical Blindness
Virginia Miller
20026.1
Wild Iris
Minnie Brinn
20017.4
A Constant Forge
Self
20006.8
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
20007.9
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
Georgia Porter
20007.0
The Weekend
Laura Ponti
19992.7
Playing by Heart
Hannah
19986.6
Grace & Glorie
Grace Stiles
19986.3
The Mighty
Gram
19987.3
Hope Floats
Ramona Calvert
19986.4
1001 Nights
Narrator (voice)
19986.7
Paulie
Ivy
19987.0
Best Friends for Life
Mrs. Harriet Cahill
19987.0
She's So Lovely
Miss Green
19975.9
Unhook the Stars
Mildred
19966.0
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John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Self
1996
The Neon Bible
Mae Morgan
19956.1
Something to Talk About
Georgia King
19955.6
Parallel Lives
Francie Pomerantz
19945.7
Anything for John
Self
19937.3
Silent Cries
Peggy Sutherland
19935.0
Crazy in Love
Honora Swift
19924.6
Face of a Stranger
Pat Foster
199110.0
Night on Earth
Victoria Snelling
19917.5
Ted & Venus
Mrs. Turner
19914.5
Once Around
Marilyn Bella
19916.1
Hollywood Mavericks
Self (archive footage)
19907.3
Montana
Bess Guthrie
19906.1
Another Woman
Marion
19886.8
The Betty Ford Story
Betty Ford
1987
Light of Day
Janette Rasnick
19875.5
An Early Frost
Katherine Pierson
19855.8
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Nederland C
Self - Interviewed actress
19854.0
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Self
19848.3
Love Streams
Sarah Lawson
19847.2
Rapunzel
The Witch
19835.9
Thursday's Child
Victoria Alden
19835.5
Tempest
Antonia
19826.0
Gloria
Gloria Swenson
19806.9
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Abigail Mason
19799.4
The Brink's Job
Mary Pino
19786.2
A Question of Love
Linda Ray Guettner
19785.2
Opening Night
Myrtle Gordon
19777.6
Two-Minute Warning
Janet
19766.3
A Woman Under the Influence
Mabel Longhetti
19747.8
Minnie and Moskowitz
Minnie Moore
19716.7
Husbands
Party Guest
19706.7
Machine Gun McCain
Rosemary Scott
19696.1
Faces
Jeannie Rapp
19687.1
Nick Quarry
19689.0
Tony Rome
Rita Kosterman
19676.4
A Child Is Waiting
Sophie Widdicombe Benham
19636.8
The Spiral Road
Els
19625.5
Lonely are the Brave
Jerry Bondi
19627.4
Shadows
Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
19606.9
The High Cost of Loving
Ginny Fry
19586.6