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