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).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Night on Earth
as Victoria Snelling
1991
Light of Day
as Janette Rasnick
1987
Faces
as Jeannie Rapp
1968
Playing by Heart
as Hannah
1998
Paris Je T'aime
as Gena (Quartier Latin)
2006
Gloria
as Gloria Swenson
1980
The Notebook
as Older Allie
2004
Taking Lives
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
2004
Another Woman
as Marion
1988
Two-Minute Warning
as Janet
1976
Minnie and Moskowitz
as Minnie Moore
1971
The Brink's Job
as Mary Pino
1978
Tony Rome
as Rita Kosterman
1967
Hope Floats
as Ramona Calvert
1998
Opening Night
as Myrtle Gordon
1977
The Mighty
as Gram
1998
Broken English
as Vivien Wilder-Mann
2007
The Skeleton Key
as Violet Devereaux
2005
Paulie
as Ivy
1998
A Woman Under the Influence
as Mabel Longhetti
1974
TV Appearances
Garrison's Gorillas
as Duchess
1967
Columbo
as Elizabeth Van Wick
1971
77 Sunset Strip
as Barbara Adams
1958
Burke's Law
as Paullette Shane
1963
Numb3rs
as Erika Hellman
2005
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Janet Cord
1963
The View
as Self
1997
Monk
as Marge Johnson
2002
E! True Hollywood Story
as Self
1996
Medical Center
as Karen Coberly
1969
Studio One
as Betty
1948
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Witch
1982