7Acting
Gena Rowlands
- Born
- 1930-06-19
- Died
- 2024-08-14
- Birthplace
- Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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).
Known For
Filmography
123 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 · Movie
Self
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019 · Movie
Self
Peter Falk versus Columbo
2019 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017 · Movie
Self
Unfortunate Circumstances
2017 · Movie
Dr. Cohen
Parts Per Billion
2014 · Movie
Esther
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014 · Movie
Lily Harrison
Watching Gena Rowlands
2014 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Yellow
2014 · Movie
Mimi
Faces
2011 · Movie
Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Olive
2011 · Movie
Tess M Powell
Broken English
2007 · Movie
Vivien Wilder-Mann
Cannes: All Access
2007 · Movie
Self
What If God Were the Sun?
2007 · Movie
Melissa Eisenbloom
Edge of Outside
2006 · Movie
Self
Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Movie
Gena (Quartier Latin) · Writer
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006 · Movie
Self
Numb3rs
2005 · TV Show
Erika Hellman
The Skeleton Key
2005 · Movie
Violet Devereaux
Making 'Faces'
2004 · Movie
Self
Taking Lives
2004 · Movie
Mrs. Rebecca Asher
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004 · Movie
Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
The Notebook
2004 · Movie
Older Allie
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Movie
Self
NCIS
2003 · TV Show
Joann Fielding
Charms for the Easy Life
2002 · Movie
Charlie Kate
Heart of the Festival
2002 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hysterical Blindness
2002 · Movie
Virginia Miller
Monk
2002 · TV Show
Marge Johnson
Wild Iris
2001 · Movie
Minnie Brinn
A Constant Forge
2000 · Movie
Self
Light Keeps Me Company
2000 · Movie
Self
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000 · Movie
Georgia Porter
All About My Mother
1999 · Movie
In Memory Of
The Weekend
1999 · Movie
Laura Ponti
1001 Nights
1998 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Best Friends for Life
1998 · Movie
Mrs. Harriet Cahill
Grace & Glorie
1998 · Movie
Grace Stiles
Hope Floats
1998 · Movie
Ramona Calvert
Paulie
1998 · Movie
Ivy
Playing by Heart
1998 · Movie
Hannah
The Mighty
1998 · Movie
Gram
She's So Lovely
1997 · Movie
Miss Green
The View
1997 · TV Show
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · TV Show
Self
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996 · Movie
Self
Unhook the Stars
1996 · Movie
Mildred
Something to Talk About
1995 · Movie
Georgia King
The Neon Bible
1995 · Movie
Mae Morgan
Parallel Lives
1994 · Movie
Francie Pomerantz
Anything for John
1993 · Movie
Self
Silent Cries
1993 · Movie
Peggy Sutherland
Crazy in Love
1992 · Movie
Honora Swift
Face of a Stranger
1991 · Movie
Pat Foster
Night on Earth
1991 · Movie
Victoria Snelling
Once Around
1991 · Movie
Marilyn Bella
Ted & Venus
1991 · Movie
Mrs. Turner
Hollywood Mavericks
1990 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Montana
1990 · Movie
Bess Guthrie
Another Woman
1988 · Movie
Marion
Light of Day
1987 · Movie
Janette Rasnick
The Betty Ford Story
1987 · Movie
Betty Ford
An Early Frost
1985 · Movie
Katherine Pierson
Nederland C
1985 · Movie
Self - Interviewed actress
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
1984 · Movie
Self
Love Streams
1984 · Movie
Sarah Lawson
Rapunzel
1983 · Movie
The Witch
Thursday's Child
1983 · Movie
Victoria Alden
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · TV Show
Witch
Tempest
1982 · Movie
Antonia
Gloria
1980 · Movie
Gloria Swenson
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979 · Movie
Abigail Mason
A Question of Love
1978 · Movie
Linda Ray Guettner
The Brink's Job
1978 · Movie
Mary Pino
Opening Night
1977 · Movie
Myrtle Gordon
Two-Minute Warning
1976 · Movie
Janet
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · TV Show
Self
A Woman Under the Influence
1974 · Movie
Mabel Longhetti
Ghost Story
1972 · TV Show
Kate Lucas
Columbo
1971 · TV Show
Elizabeth Van Wick
Film '72
1971 · TV Show
Self
Minnie and Moskowitz
1971 · Movie
Minnie Moore
Husbands
1970 · Movie
Party Guest
Machine Gun McCain
1969 · Movie
Rosemary Scott
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · TV Show
Lorraine Denby
Medical Center
1969 · TV Show
Karen Coberly · Frances Delaney
Faces
1968 · Movie
Jeannie Rapp
Nick Quarry
1968 · Movie
Cast
Garrison's Gorillas
1967 · TV Show
Duchess
Tony Rome
1967 · Movie
Rita Kosterman
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · TV Show
Baroness Ingrid Blangstead
Run for Your Life
1965 · TV Show
Charlotte Hyde
Peyton Place
1964 · TV Show
Adrienne Van Leyden
A Child Is Waiting
1963 · Movie
Sophie Widdicombe
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · TV Show
June
Burke's Law
1963 · TV Show
Paullette Shane · Mitzi Carlisle
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · TV Show
Janet Cord · Lois Baxter
Lonely are the Brave
1962 · Movie
Jerry Bondi
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · TV Show
Helen Martin · Louise Henderson · Diana Justin
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962 · TV Show
Leslie Kaufman
The Spiral Road
1962 · Movie
Els
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
Self
The Virginian
1962 · TV Show
Savannah
87th Precinct
1961 · TV Show
Teddy Carella
Dr. Kildare
1961 · TV Show
Helen Scott
Target: The Corruptors!
1961 · TV Show
Marian Praisewater
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV Show
Self
Shadows
1960 · Movie
Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
The Islanders
1960 · TV Show
Pepper Mint
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · TV Show
Dr. Abigail Brent
Bonanza
1959 · TV Show
Ragan Miller
Johnny Staccato
1959 · TV Show
Nina Van Ness
Laramie
1959 · TV Show
Laurel DeWalt
Riverboat
1959 · TV Show
Rose Traynor
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · TV Show
Barbara Adams
The High Cost of Loving
1958 · Movie
Ginny Fry
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · TV Show
Lucille Jones
General Electric Theater
1953 · TV Show
Dorothy Dickenson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
Victoria Alden · Grace
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · TV Show
Myrtle Wilson
Studio One
1948 · TV Show
Betty
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV Show
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
Self - Nominee · Self · Self - Presenter