Gena Rowlands

Known for: Acting

Born: 1930-06-19 – 2024-08-14 (aged 94)

From: Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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).

Filmography (121)

MOVIE
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
Peter Falk versus Columbo
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017
as Self
MOVIE
Unfortunate Circumstances
2017
as Dr. Cohen
MOVIE★ 2.8
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014
as Lily Harrison
MOVIE★ 5.3
Yellow
2014
as Mimi
MOVIE
Watching Gena Rowlands
2014
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.4
Parts Per Billion
2014
as Esther
MOVIE★ 6.5
Olive
2011
as Tess M Powell
MOVIE
Faces
2011
as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 3.8
Cannes: All Access
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
Broken English
2007
as Vivien Wilder-Mann
MOVIE★ 7.0
What If God Were the Sun?
2007
as Melissa Eisenbloom
MOVIE★ 6.8
Paris Je T'aime
2006
as Gena (Quartier Latin)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Edge of Outside
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Skeleton Key
2005
as Violet Devereaux
TV★ 7.0
Numb3rs
2005
as Erika Hellman
MOVIE★ 7.9
The Notebook
2004
as Older Allie
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004
as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
MOVIE★ 6.4
Taking Lives
2004
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
MOVIE
Making 'Faces'
2004
as Self
TV★ 7.6
NCIS
2003
as Joann Fielding
MOVIE★ 7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.5
Charms for the Easy Life
2002
as Charlie Kate
TV★ 8.0
Monk
2002
as Marge Johnson
MOVIE★ 6.5
Heart of the Festival
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Hysterical Blindness
2002
as Virginia Miller
MOVIE★ 7.4
Wild Iris
2001
as Minnie Brinn
MOVIE★ 6.8
A Constant Forge
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.9
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000
as Georgia Porter
MOVIE★ 2.7
The Weekend
1999
as Laura Ponti
MOVIE★ 6.6
Playing by Heart
1998
as Hannah
MOVIE★ 6.3
Grace & Glorie
1998
as Grace Stiles
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Mighty
1998
as Gram
MOVIE★ 6.4
Hope Floats
1998
as Ramona Calvert
MOVIE★ 6.7
1001 Nights
1998
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Paulie
1998
as Ivy
MOVIE★ 7.0
Best Friends for Life
1998
as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
MOVIE★ 5.9
She's So Lovely
1997
as Miss Green
TV★ 4.3
The View
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Unhook the Stars
1996
as Mildred
TV★ 8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self
MOVIE
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Neon Bible
1995
as Mae Morgan
MOVIE★ 5.6
Something to Talk About
1995
as Georgia King
MOVIE★ 5.7
Parallel Lives
1994
as Francie Pomerantz
MOVIE★ 7.3
Anything for John
1993
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
Silent Cries
1993
as Peggy Sutherland
MOVIE★ 4.6
Crazy in Love
1992
as Honora Swift
MOVIE★ 10.0
Face of a Stranger
1991
as Pat Foster
MOVIE★ 7.5
Night on Earth
1991
as Victoria Snelling
MOVIE★ 4.5
Ted & Venus
1991
as Mrs. Turner
MOVIE★ 6.1
Once Around
1991
as Marilyn Bella
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hollywood Mavericks
1990
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Montana
1990
as Bess Guthrie
MOVIE★ 6.8
Another Woman
1988
as Marion
MOVIE
The Betty Ford Story
1987
as Betty Ford
MOVIE★ 5.5
Light of Day
1987
as Janette Rasnick
MOVIE★ 5.8
An Early Frost
1985
as Katherine Pierson
MOVIE★ 4.0
Nederland C
1985
as Self - Interviewed actress
MOVIE★ 8.3
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
1984
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
Love Streams
1984
as Sarah Lawson
MOVIE★ 5.9
Rapunzel
1983
as The Witch
MOVIE★ 5.5
Thursday's Child
1983
as Victoria Alden
TV★ 8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Witch
MOVIE★ 6.0
Tempest
1982
as Antonia
MOVIE★ 6.9
Gloria
1980
as Gloria Swenson
MOVIE★ 9.4
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979
as Abigail Mason
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Brink's Job
1978
as Mary Pino
MOVIE★ 5.2
A Question of Love
1978
as Linda Ray Guettner
MOVIE★ 7.6
Opening Night
1977
as Myrtle Gordon
MOVIE★ 6.3
Two-Minute Warning
1976
as Janet
TV★ 6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.8
A Woman Under the Influence
1974
as Mabel Longhetti
TV★ 7.4
Ghost Story
1972
as Kate Lucas
MOVIE★ 6.7
Minnie and Moskowitz
1971
as Minnie Moore
TV★ 8.1
Columbo
1971
as Elizabeth Van Wick
MOVIE★ 6.7
Husbands
1970
as Party Guest
TV★ 6.4
Medical Center
1969
as Karen Coberly
TV★ 6.6
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Lorraine Denby
MOVIE★ 6.1
Machine Gun McCain
1969
as Rosemary Scott
MOVIE★ 7.1
Faces
1968
as Jeannie Rapp
MOVIE★ 9.0
Nick Quarry
1968
MOVIE★ 6.4
Tony Rome
1967
as Rita Kosterman
TV★ 8.1
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
as Duchess
TV★ 6.9
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
as Baroness Ingrid Blangstead
TV★ 7.1
Run for Your Life
1965
as Charlotte Hyde
TV★ 6.2
Peyton Place
1964
as Adrienne Van Leyden
TV★ 6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Janet Cord
TV★ 5.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as June
TV★ 6.3
Burke's Law
1963
as Paullette Shane
MOVIE★ 6.8
A Child Is Waiting
1963
as Sophie Widdicombe Benham
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Helen Martin
TV★ 6.5
The Virginian
1962
as Savannah
TV★ 6.0
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
as Leslie Kaufman
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Spiral Road
1962
as Els
MOVIE★ 7.4
Lonely are the Brave
1962
as Jerry Bondi
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TV★ 5.7
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
as Marian Praisewater
TV★ 5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Helen Scott
TV★ 7.8
87th Precinct
1961
as Teddy Carella
MOVIE★ 6.9
Shadows
1960
as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
TV★ 8.0
The Islanders
1960
as Pepper Mint
TV★ 6.1
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Dr. Abigail Brent
TV★ 6.7
Laramie
1959
as Laurel DeWalt
TV★ 6.5
Riverboat
1959
as Rose Traynor
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Ragan Miller
TV★ 5.3
Johnny Staccato
1959
as Nina Van Ness
TV★ 7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Barbara Adams
MOVIE★ 6.6
The High Cost of Loving
1958
as Ginny Fry
TV★ 7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Lucille Jones
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
as Dorothy Dickenson
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Victoria Alden
TV★ 6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Myrtle Wilson
TV★ 5.4
Studio One
1948
as Betty
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee