Gena Rowlands

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: Acting

Born: Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 1930-06-19

Died: 2024-08-14

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1958	The High Cost of Loving	Ginny Fry	57
2	1960	Shadows	Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)	69
3	1962	Lonely are the Brave	Jerry Bondi	73
4	1962	The Spiral Road	Els	52
5	1963	A Child Is Waiting	Sophie Widdicombe Benham	68
6	1967	Tony Rome	Rita Kosterman	63
7	1968	Nick Quarry		0
8	1968	Faces	Jeannie Rapp	71
9	1969	Machine Gun McCain	Rosemary Scott	61
10	1970	Husbands	Party Guest	68
11	1971	Minnie and Moskowitz	Minnie Moore	67
12	1974	A Woman Under the Influence	Mabel Longhetti	78
13	1976	Two-Minute Warning	Janet	62
14	1977	Opening Night	Myrtle Gordon	76
15	1978	A Question of Love	Linda Ray Guettner	53
16	1978	The Brink's Job	Mary Pino	60
17	1979	Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter	Abigail Mason	100
18	1980	Gloria	Gloria Swenson	69
19	1982	Tempest	Antonia	60
20	1983	Thursday's Child	Victoria Alden	0
21	1983	Rapunzel	The Witch	54
22	1984	I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes - The Man and His Work	Self	84
23	1984	Love Streams	Sarah Lawson	72
24	1985	Nederland C	Self - Interviewed actress	40
25	1985	An Early Frost	Katherine Pierson	60
26	1987	Light of Day	Janette Rasnick	55
27	1987	The Betty Ford Story	Betty Ford	0
28	1988	Another Woman	Marion	68
29	1990	Montana	Bess Guthrie	67
30	1990	Hollywood Mavericks	Self (archive footage)	60
31	1991	Once Around	Marilyn Bella	60
32	1991	Ted & Venus	Mrs. Turner	47
33	1991	Night on Earth	Victoria Snelling	75
34	1991	Face of a Stranger	Pat Foster	100
35	1992	Crazy in Love	Honora Swift	44
36	1993	Silent Cries	Peggy Sutherland	10
37	1993	Anything for John	Self	60
38	1994	Parallel Lives	Francie Pomerantz	58
39	1995	Something to Talk About	Georgia King	57
40	1995	The Neon Bible	Mae Morgan	60
41	1996	John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All	Self	0
42	1996	Unhook the Stars	Mildred	59
43	1997	She's So Lovely	Miss Green	59
44	1998	Best Friends for Life	Mrs. Harriet Cahill	0
45	1998	Paulie	Ivy	68
46	1998	1001 Nights	Narrator (voice)	64
47	1998	Hope Floats	Ramona Calvert	64
48	1998	The Mighty	Gram	72
49	1998	Grace & Glorie	Grace Stiles	63
50	1998	Playing by Heart	Hannah	66
51	1999	The Weekend	Laura Ponti	10
52	2000	A Constant Forge	Self	66
53	2000	The Color of Love: Jacey's Story	Georgia Porter	70
54	2000	Light Keeps Me Company	Self	78
55	2001	Wild Iris	Minnie Brinn	74
56	2002	Hysterical Blindness	Virginia Miller	60
57	2002	Charms for the Easy Life	Charlie Kate	70
58	2003	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Self	70
59	2004	Making 'Faces'	Self	0
60	2004	Taking Lives	Mrs. Rebecca Asher	64
61	2004	The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie	Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie	72
62	2004	The Notebook	Older Allie	79
63	2005	The Skeleton Key	Violet Devereaux	66
64	2006	Stardust: The Bette Davis Story	Self	70
65	2006	Edge of Outside	Self	58
66	2006	Paris Je T'aime	Gena (Quartier Latin)	68
67	2007	What If God Were the Sun?	Melissa Eisenbloom	70
68	2007	Cannes: All Access	Self	37
69	2007	Broken English	Vivien Wilder-Mann	60
70	2011	Faces	Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)	0
71	2011	Olive	Tess M Powell	65
72	2012	Yellow	Mimi	55
73	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	70
74	2014	Parts Per Billion	Esther	43
75	2014	Watching Gena Rowlands	Self (archive footage)	0
76	2014	Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks	Lily Harrison	32
77	2017	Unfortunate Circumstances	Dr. Cohen	0
78	2017	Bette Davis: Larger Than Life	Self	60
79	2019	Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film	Self	72
80	2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Winner	68
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	68
3	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	68
4	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	66
5	1948	Studio One	Betty	47
6	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Myrtle Wilson	52
7	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Victoria Alden	87
8	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Grace	87
9	1953	General Electric Theater	Dorothy Dickenson	60
10	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Lucille Jones	78
11	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Barbara Adams	67
12	1959	Johnny Staccato	Nina Van Ness	56
13	1959	Bonanza	Ragan Miller	75
14	1959	Riverboat	Rose Traynor	62
15	1959	Laramie	Laurel DeWalt	64
16	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Dr. Abigail Brent	57
17	1960	The Islanders	Pepper Mint	80
18	1961	87th Precinct	Teddy Carella	75
19	1961	Dr. Kildare	Helen Scott	54
20	1961	Target: The Corruptors!	Marian Praisewater	35
21	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
22	1962	The Lloyd Bridges Show	Leslie Kaufman	50
23	1962	The Virginian	Savannah	64
24	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Helen Martin	78
25	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Louise Henderson	78
26	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Diana Justin	78
27	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
28	1963	Burke's Law	Paullette Shane	60
29	1963	Burke's Law	Mitzi Carlisle	60
30	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	June	55
31	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Janet Cord	53
32	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Lois Baxter	53
33	1964	Peyton Place	Adrienne Van Leyden	66
34	1965	Run for Your Life	Charlotte Hyde	72
35	1967	Garrison's Gorillas	Duchess	76
36	1969	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Lorraine Denby	65
37	1969	Medical Center	Karen Coberly	61
38	1969	Medical Center	Frances Delaney	61
39	1971	Columbo	Elizabeth Van Wick	81
40	1972	Ghost Story	Kate Lucas	71
41	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
42	1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	Witch	82
43	1996	E! True Hollywood Story	Self	81
44	1997	The View	Self	45
45	2002	Monk	Marge Johnson	79
46	2003	NCIS	Joann Fielding	76
47	2005	Numb3rs	Erika Hellman	70