Gena Rowlands

🎭 Actor

Gena Rowlands

🎂 Born 19 June 1930 (age 94)✝ 14 August 2024📍 Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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Popularity Score

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Acting Credits

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 Notebook

The Skeleton Key

The Skeleton Key

Violet Devereaux

Taking Lives

Mrs. Rebecca Asher

The Mighty

Full Filmography(79 films)

YearTitleCharacterRating

2004The NotebookOlder Allie★ 7.9 2005The Skeleton KeyViolet Devereaux★ 6.6 2004Taking LivesMrs. Rebecca Asher★ 6.4 1998The MightyGram★ 7.3 1998Hope FloatsRamona Calvert★ 6.4 2006Paris Je T'aimeGena (Quartier Latin)★ 6.8 1998PaulieIvy★ 7.0 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf★ 7.0 1991Night on EarthVictoria Snelling★ 7.5 1998Playing by HeartHannah★ 6.6 1974A Woman Under the InfluenceMabel Longhetti★ 7.8 1988Another WomanMarion★ 6.8 2002Heart of the FestivalSelf (archive footage)★ 6.5 1997She's So LovelyMiss Green★ 5.9 1984Love StreamsSarah Lawson★ 7.2 1987Light of DayJanette Rasnick★ 5.6 1995Something to Talk AboutGeorgia King★ 5.6 1977Opening NightMyrtle Gordon★ 7.6 1962Lonely are the BraveJerry Bondi★ 7.4 1967Tony RomeRita Kosterman★ 6.3 1991Once AroundMarilyn Bella★ 6.1 1980GloriaGloria Swenson★ 6.9 1970HusbandsParty Guest★ 6.7 1969Machine Gun McCainRosemary Scott★ 6.1 1971Minnie and MoskowitzMinnie Moore★ 6.7 2001Wild IrisMinnie Brinn★ 7.4 1985An Early FrostKatherine Pierson★ 5.8 2007Broken EnglishVivien Wilder-Mann★ 5.9 1991Ted & VenusMrs. Turner★ 4.5 1968FacesJeannie Rapp★ 7.1 1960ShadowsWoman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)★ 6.9 1999The WeekendLaura Ponti★ 2.8 1996Unhook the StarsMildred★ 6.0 1982TempestAntonia★ 6.0 1976Two-Minute WarningJanet★ 6.3 1963A Child Is WaitingSophie Widdicombe Benham★ 6.8 1998Grace & GlorieGrace Stiles★ 6.3 1978The Brink's JobMary Pino★ 6.2 2019Peter Falk versus ColumboSelf (archive footage)★ 7.2 2014YellowMimi★ 5.3 1995The Neon BibleMae Morgan★ 6.1 1962The Spiral RoadEls★ 5.5 1992Crazy in LoveHonora Swift★ 4.6 2000The Color of Love: Jacey's StoryGeorgia Porter★ 7.0 1993Silent CriesPeggy Sutherland★ 5.0 2007Cannes: All AccessSelf★ 3.8 1990Hollywood MavericksSelf (archive footage)★ 7.3 2014Parts Per BillionEsther★ 4.4 19981001 NightsNarrator (voice)★ 6.7 2002Hysterical BlindnessVirginia Miller★ 6.1 2000A Constant ForgeSelf★ 6.8 1990MontanaBess Guthrie★ 6.1 1994Parallel LivesFrancie Pomerantz★ 5.7 2006Edge of OutsideSelf★ 5.8 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelf—1968Nick Quarry—★ 9.0 1993Anything for JohnSelf★ 7.3 2000Light Keeps Me CompanySelf★ 7.9 1991Face of a StrangerPat Foster★ 10.0 1983Thursday's ChildVictoria Alden★ 5.5 1978A Question of LoveLinda Ray Guettner★ 5.2 2004The Incredible Mrs. RitchieMrs. Evelyn Ritchie★ 7.2 2007What If God Were the Sun?Melissa Eisenbloom★ 7.0 2006Stardust: The Bette Davis StorySelf★ 6.7 2002Charms for the Easy LifeCharlie Kate★ 8.5 1987The Betty Ford StoryBetty Ford—2011FacesJeannie Rapp (archive footage)—1958The High Cost of LovingGinny Fry★ 6.8 2019Gena Rowlands: A Life on FilmSelf★ 7.2 1998Best Friends for LifeMrs. Harriet Cahill★ 7.0 1984I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His WorkSelf★ 8.3 1983RapunzelThe Witch★ 5.9 2014Six Dance Lessons in Six WeeksLily Harrison★ 2.8 1979Strangers: The Story of a Mother and DaughterAbigail Mason★ 9.4 2004Making 'Faces'Self—2014Watching Gena RowlandsSelf (archive footage)—2011OliveTess M Powell★ 6.5 2017Bette Davis: Larger Than LifeSelf★ 6.0 2017Unfortunate CircumstancesDr. Cohen—

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