Cast
Gena Rowlands
Acting
Cast
Gena Rowlands
Known for
Acting
Born
1930-06-19
From
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Died
2024-08-14
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 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).
The Notebook
as Older Allie
The Skeleton Key
as Violet Devereaux
Hope Floats
as Ramona Calvert
Paulie
as Ivy
Paris Je T'aime
as Gena (Quartier Latin)
Taking Lives
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
Opening Night
as Myrtle Gordon
Another Woman
as Marion
Night on Earth
as Victoria Snelling
Playing by Heart
as Hannah
Something to Talk About
as Georgia King
Gloria
as Gloria Swenson
The Mighty
as Gram
Yellow
as Mimi
A Woman Under the Influence
as Mabel Longhetti
Two-Minute Warning
as Janet
Faces
as Jeannie Rapp
Silent Cries
as Peggy Sutherland
Light of Day
as Janette Rasnick
Lonely are the Brave
as Jerry Bondi
Tempest
as Antonia
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
Tony Rome
as Rita Kosterman
Hysterical Blindness
as Virginia Miller
Once Around
as Marilyn Bella
She's So Lovely
as Miss Green
The Spiral Road
as Els
Light Keeps Me Company
as Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
Broken English
as Vivien Wilder-Mann
Love Streams
as Sarah Lawson
Ted & Venus
as Mrs. Turner
Shadows
as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
Machine Gun McCain
as Rosemary Scott
The Brink's Job
as Mary Pino
Charms for the Easy Life
as Charlie Kate
Grace & Glorie
as Grace Stiles
Montana
as Bess Guthrie
An Early Frost
as Katherine Pierson
Husbands
as Party Guest
The Weekend
as Laura Ponti
Parts Per Billion
as Esther
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
Parallel Lives
as Francie Pomerantz
Wild Iris
as Minnie Brinn
What If God Were the Sun?
as Melissa Eisenbloom
Edge of Outside
as Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Self
Unhook the Stars
as Mildred
A Child Is Waiting
as Sophie Widdicombe Benham
Peter Falk versus Columbo
as Self (archive footage)
Minnie and Moskowitz
as Minnie Moore
Cannes: All Access
as Self
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
as Self
A Constant Forge
as Self
Crazy in Love
as Honora Swift
Best Friends for Life
as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
as Lily Harrison
A Question of Love
as Linda Ray Guettner
Hollywood Mavericks
as Self (archive footage)
Face of a Stranger
as Pat Foster
Anything for John
as Self
The Neon Bible
as Mae Morgan
Thursday's Child
as Victoria Alden
The High Cost of Loving
as Ginny Fry
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
as Abigail Mason
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
as Georgia Porter
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
as Self
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
The Betty Ford Story
as Betty Ford
1001 Nights
as Narrator (voice)
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
as Self
Nick Quarry
Rapunzel
as The Witch
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
as Self
Unfortunate Circumstances
as Dr. Cohen
Olive
as Tess M Powell
Faces
as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Nederland C
as Self - Interviewed actress
Making 'Faces'
as Self
Watching Gena Rowlands
as Self (archive footage)