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Actor
Gena Rowlands
- Born June 19, 1930 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Died August 14, 2024
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).
Known for
The Notebook2004
NCIS2003
The Skeleton Key2005
Taking Lives2004
Monk2002
Night on Earth1991
Columbo1971
Paris Je T'aime2006
Filmography
- 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeFilmSelf
- 2019Peter Falk versus ColumboFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2019Gena Rowlands: A Life on FilmFilmSelf
- 2017Bette Davis: Larger Than LifeFilmSelf
- 2017Unfortunate CircumstancesFilmDr. Cohen
- 2014Parts Per BillionFilmEsther
- 2014YellowFilmMimi
- 2014Six Dance Lessons in Six WeeksFilmLily Harrison
- 2014Watching Gena RowlandsFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2011OliveFilmTess M Powell
- 2011FacesFilmJeannie Rapp (archive footage)
- 2007Broken EnglishFilmVivien Wilder-Mann
- 2007What If God Were the Sun?FilmMelissa Eisenbloom
- 2007Cannes: All AccessFilmSelf
- 2006Paris Je T'aimeFilmGena (Quartier Latin), Writer
- 2006Stardust: The Bette Davis StoryFilmSelf
- 2006Edge of OutsideFilmSelf
- 2005The Skeleton KeyFilmViolet Devereaux
- 2005Numb3rsSeriesErika Hellman
- 2004The NotebookFilmOlder Allie
- 2004Taking LivesFilmMrs. Rebecca Asher
- 2004The Incredible Mrs. RitchieFilmMrs. Evelyn Ritchie
- 2004Making 'Faces'FilmSelf
- 2003NCISSeriesJoann Fielding
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereFilmSelf
- 2002MonkSeriesMarge Johnson
- 2002Hysterical BlindnessFilmVirginia Miller
- 2002Heart of the FestivalFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2002Charms for the Easy LifeFilmCharlie Kate
- 2001Wild IrisFilmMinnie Brinn
- 2000A Constant ForgeFilmSelf
- 2000Light Keeps Me CompanyFilmSelf
- 2000The Color of Love: Jacey's StoryFilmGeorgia Porter
- 1999All About My MotherFilmIn Memory Of
- 1999The WeekendFilmLaura Ponti
- 1998PaulieFilmIvy
- 1998Hope FloatsFilmRamona Calvert
- 1998The MightyFilmGram
- 1998Playing by HeartFilmHannah
- 19981001 NightsFilmNarrator (voice)
- 1998Grace & GlorieFilmGrace Stiles
- 1998Best Friends for LifeFilmMrs. Harriet Cahill
- 1997She's So LovelyFilmMiss Green
- 1997The ViewSeriesSelf
- 1996E! True Hollywood StorySeriesSelf
- 1996Unhook the StarsFilmMildred
- 1996John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It AllFilmSelf
- 1995Something to Talk AboutFilmGeorgia King
- 1995The Neon BibleFilmMae Morgan
- 1994Parallel LivesFilmFrancie Pomerantz
- 1993Anything for JohnFilmSelf
- 1993Silent CriesFilmPeggy Sutherland
- 1992Crazy in LoveFilmHonora Swift
- 1991Night on EarthFilmVictoria Snelling
- 1991Once AroundFilmMarilyn Bella
- 1991Ted & VenusFilmMrs. Turner
- 1991Face of a StrangerFilmPat Foster
- 1990MontanaFilmBess Guthrie
- 1990Hollywood MavericksFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1988Another WomanFilmMarion
- 1987Light of DayFilmJanette Rasnick
- 1987The Betty Ford StoryFilmBetty Ford
- 1985An Early FrostFilmKatherine Pierson
- 1985Nederland CFilmSelf - Interviewed actress
- 1984Love StreamsFilmSarah Lawson
- 1984I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His WorkFilmSelf
- 1983RapunzelFilmThe Witch
- 1983Thursday's ChildFilmVictoria Alden
- 1982TempestFilmAntonia
- 1982Faerie Tale TheatreSeriesWitch
- 1980GloriaFilmGloria Swenson
- 1979Strangers: The Story of a Mother and DaughterFilmAbigail Mason
- 1978The Brink's JobFilmMary Pino
- 1978A Question of LoveFilmLinda Ray Guettner
- 1977Opening NightFilmMyrtle Gordon
- 1976Two-Minute WarningFilmJanet
- 1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSeriesSelf
- 1974A Woman Under the InfluenceFilmMabel Longhetti
- 1972Ghost StorySeriesKate Lucas
- 1971ColumboSeriesElizabeth Van Wick