Gena 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).
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Movies (45)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
as Self
2019
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
as Self
2017
Unfortunate Circumstances
as Dr. Cohen
2017
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
as Lily Harrison
2014
Watching Gena Rowlands
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Parts Per Billion
as Esther
2014
Yellow
as Mimi
2012
Olive
as Tess M Powell
2011
Faces
as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
2011
Cannes: All Access
as Self
2007
Broken English
as Vivien Wilder-Mann
2007
What If God Were the Sun?
as Melissa Eisenbloom
2007
Paris Je T'aime
as Gena (Quartier Latin)
2006
Edge of Outside
as Self
2006
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Self
2006
The Skeleton Key
as Violet Devereaux
2005
The Notebook
as Older Allie
2004
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
2004
Taking Lives
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
2004
Making 'Faces'
as Self
2004
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
Charms for the Easy Life
as Charlie Kate
2002
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Hysterical Blindness
as Virginia Miller
2002
Wild Iris
as Minnie Brinn
2001
A Constant Forge
as Self
2000
Light Keeps Me Company
as Self
2000
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
as Georgia Porter
2000
The Weekend
as Laura Ponti
1999
Playing by Heart
as Hannah
1998
Grace & Glorie
as Grace Stiles
1998
The Mighty
as Gram
1998
Hope Floats
as Ramona Calvert
1998
1001 Nights
as Narrator (voice)
1998
Paulie
as Ivy
1998
Best Friends for Life
as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
1998
She's So Lovely
as Miss Green
1997
Unhook the Stars
as Mildred
1996
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
as Self
1996
The Neon Bible
as Mae Morgan
1995
Something to Talk About
as Georgia King
1995
Parallel Lives
as Francie Pomerantz
1994
Anything for John
as Self
1993
Silent Cries
as Peggy Sutherland
1993
