Gena Rowlands
Acting
Born 1930-06-19 · 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).
Known for
The Notebook
2004 · Movie
Paulie
1998 · Movie
Night on Earth
1991 · Movie
The Skeleton Key
2005 · Movie
The Mighty
1998 · Movie
Hope Floats
1998 · Movie
Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Movie
Taking Lives
2004 · Movie
A Woman Under the Influence
1974 · Movie
Face of a Stranger
1991 · Movie
Another Woman
1988 · Movie
Faces
1968 · Movie
Gloria
1980 · Movie
Playing by Heart
1998 · Movie
Love Streams
1984 · Movie
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979 · Movie
Lonely are the Brave
1962 · Movie
Opening Night
1977 · Movie
Light Keeps Me Company
2000 · Movie
Charms for the Easy Life
2002 · Movie
Nick Quarry
1968 · Movie
Husbands
1970 · Movie
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Movie
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
1984 · Movie
Something to Talk About
1995 · Movie
Shadows
1960 · Movie
Broken English
2007 · Movie
Wild Iris
2001 · Movie
Tony Rome
1967 · Movie
Hysterical Blindness
2002 · Movie
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004 · Movie
Hollywood Mavericks
1990 · Movie
What If God Were the Sun?
2007 · Movie
A Child Is Waiting
1963 · Movie
She's So Lovely
1997 · Movie
Montana
1990 · Movie
Two-Minute Warning
1976 · Movie
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000 · Movie
Heart of the Festival
2002 · Movie
Anything for John
1993 · Movie
A Constant Forge
2000 · Movie
The Brink's Job
1978 · Movie
Peter Falk versus Columbo
2019 · Movie
Minnie and Moskowitz
1971 · Movie
Machine Gun McCain
1969 · Movie
Once Around
1991 · Movie
Tempest
1982 · Movie
Best Friends for Life
1998 · Movie
The Neon Bible
1995 · Movie
Grace & Glorie
1998 · Movie
Light of Day
1987 · Movie
An Early Frost
1985 · Movie
The High Cost of Loving
1958 · Movie
Unhook the Stars
1996 · Movie
Olive
2011 · Movie
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019 · Movie
1001 Nights
1998 · Movie
Edge of Outside
2006 · Movie
The Spiral Road
1962 · Movie
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006 · Movie