Gena Rowlands

Personal Info

Birthday

June 19, 1930

Day of Death

2024-08-14

(94 years old)

Place of Birth

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Also Known As

珍娜·羅蘭

Virginia Cathryn Rowlands

جنا رولندز

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

NCIS

Monk

Columbo

Bonanza

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Robert Montgomery Presents

Numb3rs

Dr. Kildare

Filmography

2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2019
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
as Self
2017
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
as Self
Unfortunate Circumstances
as Dr. Cohen
2014
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
as Lily Harrison
Watching Gena Rowlands
as Self (archive footage)
Parts Per Billion
as Esther
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Yellow
as Mimi
2011
Olive
as Tess M Powell
2007
Broken English
as Vivien Wilder-Mann
Cannes: All Access
as Self
What If God Were the Sun?
as Melissa Eisenbloom
2006
Paris Je T'aime
as Gena (Quartier Latin)
Edge of Outside
as Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Self
2005
The Skeleton Key
as Violet Devereaux
2004
The Notebook
as Older Allie
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
Taking Lives
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
Making 'Faces'
as Self
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2002
Charms for the Easy Life
as Charlie Kate
Hysterical Blindness
as Virginia Miller
2001
Wild Iris
as Minnie Brinn
2000
Light Keeps Me Company
as Self
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
as Georgia Porter
A Constant Forge
as Self
1999
The Weekend
as Laura Ponti
1998
Playing by Heart
as Hannah
Grace & Glorie
as Grace Stiles
The Mighty
as Gram
Hope Floats
as Ramona Calvert
1001 Nights
as Narrator (voice)
Paulie
as Ivy
Best Friends for Life
as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
1997
She's So Lovely
as Miss Green
1996
Unhook the Stars
as Mildred
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
as Self
1995
The Neon Bible
as Mae Morgan
Something to Talk About
as Georgia King
1994
Parallel Lives
as Francie Pomerantz
1993
Anything for John
as Self
Silent Cries
as Peggy Sutherland
1992
Crazy in Love
as Honora Swift
1991
Face of a Stranger
as Pat Foster
Night on Earth
as Victoria Snelling
Ted & Venus
as Mrs. Turner
Once Around
as Marilyn Bella
1990
Hollywood Mavericks
as Self (archive footage)
Montana
as Bess Guthrie
1988
Another Woman
as Marion
1987
The Betty Ford Story
as Betty Ford
Light of Day
as Janette Rasnick
1985
An Early Frost
as Katherine Pierson
Nederland C
as Self - Interviewed actress
1984
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
as Self
Love Streams
as Sarah Lawson
1983
Rapunzel
as The Witch
Thursday's Child
as Victoria Alden
1982
Tempest
as Antonia
1980
Gloria
as Gloria Swenson
1979
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
as Abigail Mason
1978
The Brink's Job
as Mary Pino
A Question of Love
as Linda Ray Guettner
1977
Opening Night
as Myrtle Gordon
1976
Two-Minute Warning
as Janet
1974
A Woman Under the Influence
as Mabel Longhetti
1971
Minnie and Moskowitz
as Minnie Moore
1970
Husbands
as Party Guest
1969
Machine Gun McCain
as Rosemary Scott
1968
Faces
as Jeannie Rapp
1967
Tony Rome
as Rita Kosterman
1963
A Child Is Waiting
as Sophie Widdicombe Benham
1962
The Spiral Road
as Els
Lonely are the Brave
as Jerry Bondi
1960
Shadows
as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
1958
The High Cost of Loving
as Ginny Fry