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).
Victoria Snelling
Night on Earth
Janette Rasnick
Light of Day
Jeannie Rapp
Faces
Hannah
Playing by Heart
Gena (Quartier Latin)
Paris, je t'aime
Gloria Swenson
Gloria
Older Allie
The Notebook
Mrs. Rebecca Asher
Taking Lives
Marion
Another Woman
Janet
Two-Minute Warning
Minnie Moore
Minnie and Moskowitz
Mary Pino
The Brink's Job
Rita Kosterman
Tony Rome
Ramona Calvert
Hope Floats
Myrtle Gordon
Opening Night
Gram
The Mighty
Vivien Wilder-Mann
Broken English
Violet Devereaux
The Skeleton Key
Ivy
Paulie
Mabel Longhetti
A Woman Under the Influence
Jerry Bondi
Lonely are the Brave
Virginia Miller
Hysterical Blindness
Rosemary Scott
Gli intoccabili
Marilyn Bella
Once Around
Mildred
Unhook the Stars
Mae Morgan
The Neon Bible
Antonia
Tempest
Georgia King
Something to Talk About
Minnie Brinn
Wild Iris
Sarah Lawson
Love Streams
Charlie Kate
Charms for the Easy Life
Narrator (voice)
1001 Nights
Katherine Pierson
An Early Frost
Mimi
Yellow
Melissa Eisenbloom
What If God Were the Sun?
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Sophie Widdicombe Benham
A Child Is Waiting
Honora Swift
Crazy in Love
Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Peggy Sutherland
Silent Cries
Self
Anything for John
Self
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Els
The Spiral Road
Ginny Fry
The High Cost of Loving
Laura Ponti
The Weekend
Georgia Porter
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
Betty Ford
The Betty Ford Story
Abigail Mason
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Pat Foster
Face of a Stranger
Esther
Parts Per Billion
Self
Edge of Outside
Tess M Powell
Olive
Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Lily Harrison
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Francie Pomerantz
Parallel Lives
Nick Quarry
Linda Ray Guettner
A Question of Love
Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Faces
Dr. Cohen
Unfortunate Circumstances
Self - Interviewed actress
Nederland C
Victoria Alden
Thursday's Child
Self
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Mrs. Harriet Cahill
Best Friends for Life
Grace Stiles
Grace & Glorie
Bess Guthrie
Montana
Self
Ljuset håller mig sällskap
Self
A Constant Forge
Miss Green
She's So Lovely
Self
Bienvenue à Cannes
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Mavericks
Self
Bette Davis - Größer als das Leben
Self
Making 'Faces'
Self (archive footage)
Watching Gena Rowlands
Self
Gena Rowlands — Unabhängig im Kino und im Leben
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
The Witch
Rapunzel
Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
Shadows
Party Guest
Husbands
Mrs. Turner
Ted & Venus
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
80
Gender
Female
Birthday
1930-06-19
Place of Birth
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Also Known As
珍娜·羅蘭