Gena Rowlands
Department: Acting
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
Night on Earth
1991
Light of Day
1987
Faces
1968
Playing by Heart
1998
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Gloria
1980
The Notebook
2004
Taking Lives
2004
Another Woman
1988
Two-Minute Warning
1976
Minnie and Moskowitz
1971
The Brink's Job
1978
Tony Rome
1967
Hope Floats
1998
Opening Night
1977
The Mighty
1998
Broken English
2007
The Skeleton Key
2005
Paulie
1998
A Woman Under the Influence
1974
Lonely are the Brave
1962
Hysterical Blindness
2002
Machine Gun McCain
1969
Once Around
1991
Unhook the Stars
1996
The Neon Bible
1995
Tempest
1982
Something to Talk About
1995
Wild Iris
2001
Love Streams
1984
Charms for the Easy Life
2002
1001 Nights
1998
An Early Frost
1985
Yellow
2012
What If God Were the Sun?
2007
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
A Child Is Waiting
1963
Crazy in Love
1992
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004
Silent Cries
1993
Anything for John
1993
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996
The Spiral Road
1962
The High Cost of Loving
1958
The Weekend
1999
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000
The Betty Ford Story
1987
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979
Face of a Stranger
1991
Parts Per Billion
2014
Edge of Outside
2006
Olive
2011
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014
Parallel Lives
1994
Nick Quarry
1968
A Question of Love
1978
Faces
2011
Unfortunate Circumstances
2017
Nederland C
1985
Thursday's Child
1983
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
1984
Best Friends for Life
1998
Grace & Glorie
1998
Montana
1990
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
A Constant Forge
2000
She's So Lovely
1997
Cannes: All Access
2007
Hollywood Mavericks
1990
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017
Making 'Faces'
2004
Watching Gena Rowlands
2014
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019
Rapunzel
1983
Shadows
1960
Husbands
1970
Ted & Venus
1991
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Heart of the Festival
2002
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
Columbo
1971
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Burke's Law
1963
Numb3rs
2005
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
The View
1997
Monk
2002
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Medical Center
1969
Studio One
1948
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
General Electric Theater
1953
The Islanders
1960
Johnny Staccato
1959
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
87th Precinct
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Run for Your Life
1965
The Virginian
1962
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Peyton Place
1964
Laramie
1959
Riverboat
1959
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Dr. Kildare
1961
Ghost Story
1972
Burke's Law
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Bonanza
1959
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
NCIS
2003
Medical Center
1969
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966