Gena Rowlands
Born in Madison, Wisconsin, USA — Jun 19 1930• Died Aug 14 2024
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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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NCIS
Joann Fielding
Monk
Marge Johnson
Columbo
Elizabeth Van Wick
Bonanza
Ragan Miller
Numb3rs
Erika Hellman
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Helen Martin
Robert Montgomery Presents
Myrtle Wilson
The Virginian
Savannah
Medical Center
Karen Coberly
Studio One
Betty
Dr. Kildare
Helen Scott
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Lorraine Denby
Burke's Law
Paullette Shane
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Janet Cord
77 Sunset Strip
Barbara Adams
Faerie Tale Theatre
Witch
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lucille Jones
Adventures in Paradise
Dr. Abigail Brent
Run for Your Life
Charlotte Hyde
Laramie
Laurel DeWalt
The Notebook
Older Allie
Ghost Story
Kate Lucas
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Baroness Ingrid Blangstead
Garrison's Gorillas
Duchess
Riverboat
Rose Traynor
87th Precinct
Teddy Carella
Johnny Staccato
Nina Van Ness
Target: The Corruptors!
Marian Praisewater
The Islanders
Pepper Mint
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Victoria Alden
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Leslie Kaufman
The Skeleton Key
Violet Devereaux
Hope Floats
Ramona Calvert
All About My Mother
Crew
The Mighty
Gram
Taking Lives
Mrs. Rebecca Asher
Night on Earth
Victoria Snelling
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
General Electric Theater
Dorothy Dickenson
Paulie
Ivy
Paris Je T'aime
Gena (Quartier Latin)
Faces
Jeannie Rapp
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
A Woman Under the Influence
Mabel Longhetti
Tempest
Antonia
Montana
Bess Guthrie
Gloria
Gloria Swenson
Playing by Heart
Hannah
Machine Gun McCain
Rosemary Scott
Another Woman
Marion
She's So Lovely
Miss Green
Something to Talk About
Georgia King
Light of Day
Janette Rasnick
Husbands
Party Guest
Once Around
Marilyn Bella
A Constant Forge
Self
Peyton Place
Adrienne Van Leyden
Opening Night
Myrtle Gordon
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
The Brink's Job
Mary Pino
Lonely are the Brave
Jerry Bondi
Tony Rome
Rita Kosterman
Broken English
Vivien Wilder-Mann
Yellow
Mimi
The Betty Ford Story
Betty Ford
Cannes: All Access
Self
Two-Minute Warning
Janet
Love Streams
Sarah Lawson
Ted & Venus
Mrs. Turner
The Spiral Road
Els
Wild Iris
Minnie Brinn
Minnie and Moskowitz
Minnie Moore
The Weekend
Laura Ponti
Parts Per Billion
Esther
Unhook the Stars
Mildred
A Child Is Waiting
Sophie Widdicombe Benham
Rapunzel
The Witch
The High Cost of Loving
Ginny Fry
Crazy in Love
Honora Swift
An Early Frost
Katherine Pierson
Grace & Glorie
Grace Stiles
Faces
Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Hysterical Blindness
Virginia Miller
Shadows
Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
Silent Cries
Peggy Sutherland
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
Edge of Outside
Self
Thursday's Child
Victoria Alden
Charms for the Easy Life
Charlie Kate
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Abigail Mason
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
Georgia Porter
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
Parallel Lives
Francie Pomerantz
Face of a Stranger
Pat Foster
The Neon Bible
Mae Morgan
Hollywood Mavericks
Self (archive footage)
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Lily Harrison
Best Friends for Life
Mrs. Harriet Cahill
Anything for John
Self
What If God Were the Sun?
Melissa Eisenbloom
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self
A Question of Love
Linda Ray Guettner
1001 Nights
Narrator (voice)
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Self
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Self
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Self
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Self
Olive
Tess M Powell
Making 'Faces'
Self
Nick Quarry
Nederland C
Self - Interviewed actress
Unfortunate Circumstances
Dr. Cohen
Watching Gena Rowlands
Self (archive footage)