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).
Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019
as Self
Peter Falk versus Columbo
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017
as Self
Unfortunate Circumstances
2017
as Dr. Cohen
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014
as Lily Harrison
Yellow
2014
as Mimi
Watching Gena Rowlands
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Parts Per Billion
2014
as Esther
Olive
2011
as Tess M Powell
Faces
2011
as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Cannes: All Access
2007
as Self
Broken English
2007
as Vivien Wilder-Mann
What If God Were the Sun?
2007
as Melissa Eisenbloom
Paris Je T'aime
2006
as Gena (Quartier Latin)
Edge of Outside
2006
as Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
as Self
The Skeleton Key
2005
as Violet Devereaux
The Notebook
2004
as Older Allie
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004
as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
Taking Lives
2004
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
Making 'Faces'
2004
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Charms for the Easy Life
2002
as Charlie Kate