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).

Known For

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

Personal Info

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