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Gena Rowlands

Born June 19, 1930
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Died Aug. 14, 2024, aged 94

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 …

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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).

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The Notebook (2004)

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NCIS (2003)

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The Skeleton Key (2005)

Violet Devereaux

Taking Lives (2004)

Mrs. Rebecca Asher

Monk (2002)

Marge Johnson

Night on Earth (1991)

Victoria Snelling

Columbo (1971)

Elizabeth Van Wick

Paris Je T'aime (2006)

Gena (Quartier Latin)

A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

Mabel Longhetti

Paulie (1998)

Ivy

Hope Floats (1998)

Ramona Calvert

Bonanza (1959)

Ragan Miller

Numb3rs (2005)

Erika Hellman

The Mighty (1998)

Gram

Another Woman (1988)

Marion

Gloria (1980)

Gloria Swenson

Shadows (1960)

Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Lucille Jones

Opening Night (1977)

Myrtle Gordon

Something to Talk About (1995)

Georgia King

Playing by Heart (1998)

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Faces (1968)

Jeannie Rapp

Lonely are the Brave (1962)

Jerry Bondi

Husbands (1970)

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Love Streams (1984)

Sarah Lawson

She's So Lovely (1997)

Miss Green

Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)

Minnie Moore

Two-Minute Warning (1976)

Janet

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)

Helen Martin / Louise Henderson / Diana Justin

Broken English (2007)

Vivien Wilder-Mann

Tony Rome (1967)

Rita Kosterman

The Brink's Job (1978)

Mary Pino

Parts Per Billion (2014)

Esther

A Child Is Waiting (1963)

Sophie Widdicombe

Once Around (1991)

Marilyn Bella

Light of Day (1987)

Janette Rasnick

Tempest (1982)

Antonia

Machine Gun McCain (1969)

Rosemary Scott

Unhook the Stars (1996)

Mildred

An Early Frost (1985)

Katherine Pierson

The Virginian (1962)

Savannah

Hysterical Blindness (2002)

Virginia Miller

1001 Nights (1998)

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The Neon Bible (1995)

Mae Morgan

77 Sunset Strip (1958)

Barbara Adams

Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)

Witch

Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)

Lorraine Denby

Dr. Kildare (1961)

Helen Scott

Laramie (1959)

Laurel DeWalt

Medical Center (1969)

Karen Coberly / Frances Delaney

Studio One (1948)

Betty

Burke's Law (1963)

Paullette Shane / Mitzi Carlisle

Ted & Venus (1991)

Mrs. Turner

The Spiral Road (1962)

Els

Crazy in Love (1992)

Honora Swift

A Question of Love (1978)

Linda Ray Guettner

Peyton Place (1964)

Adrienne Van Leyden

Garrison's Gorillas (1967)

Duchess

Ghost Story (1972)

Kate Lucas

Johnny Staccato (1959)

Nina Van Ness

Montana (1990)

Bess Guthrie

Yellow (2014)

Mimi

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

Victoria Alden / Grace

Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)

Myrtle Wilson

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966)

Baroness Ingrid Blangstead

Adventures in Paradise (1959)

Dr. Abigail Brent

Parallel Lives (1994)

Francie Pomerantz

Run for Your Life (1965)

Charlotte Hyde

Wild Iris (2001)

Minnie Brinn

General Electric Theater (1953)

Dorothy Dickenson

Grace & Glorie (1998)

Grace Stiles

Riverboat (1959)

Rose Traynor

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story (2000)

Georgia Porter

The Weekend (1999)

Laura Ponti

What If God Were the Sun? (2007)

Melissa Eisenbloom

87th Precinct (1961)

Teddy Carella

Rapunzel (1983)

The Witch

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2014)

Lily Harrison

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979)

Abigail Mason

The High Cost of Loving (1958)

Ginny Fry

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (2004)

Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie

Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)

Janet Cord / Lois Baxter

Target: The Corruptors! (1961)

Marian Praisewater

The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962)

Leslie Kaufman

Charms for the Easy Life (2002)

Charlie Kate

Face of a Stranger (1991)

Pat Foster

Silent Cries (1993)

Peggy Sutherland

The Islanders (1960)

Pepper Mint

Thursday's Child (1983)

Victoria Alden

Best Friends for Life (1998)

Mrs. Harriet Cahill

Nick Quarry (1968)

Olive (2011)

Tess M Powell

The Betty Ford Story (1987)

Betty Ford

Unfortunate Circumstances (2017)

Dr. Cohen

Writing (1)

Paris Je T'aime (2006)

Crew (1)

All About My Mother (1999)

In Memory Of

Appearances (21)

E! True Hollywood Story (1996)

Self

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006)

Self

A Constant Forge (2000)

Self

Peter Falk versus Columbo (2019)

Self (archive footage)

Light Keeps Me Company (2000)

Self

Film '72 (1971)

Self

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)

Self

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film (2019)

Self

I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work (1984)

Self

Cannes: All Access (2007)

Self

Edge of Outside (2006)

Self

Anything for John (1993)

Self

Heart of the Festival (2002)

Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Mavericks (1990)

Self (archive footage)

Bette Davis: Larger Than Life (2017)

Self

Nederland C (1985)

Self - Interviewed actress

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)

Self

Faces (2011)

Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)

John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All (1996)

Self

Making 'Faces' (2004)

Self

Watching Gena Rowlands (2014)

Self (archive footage)