Gena Rowlands
Born Jun 19, 1930 · 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
Unfortunate Circumstances
2017
Parts Per Billion
2014
Yellow
2014
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014
Faces
2011
Olive
2011
Broken English
2007
What If God Were the Sun?
2007
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Numb3rs
2005
The Skeleton Key
2005
The Notebook
2004
Taking Lives
2004
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004
NCIS
2003
Monk
2002
Hysterical Blindness
2002
Charms for the Easy Life
2002
Wild Iris
2001
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000
The Weekend
1999
Hope Floats
1998
Paulie
1998
Playing by Heart
1998
Grace & Glorie
1998
1001 Nights
1998
Best Friends for Life
1998
She's So Lovely
1997
Unhook the Stars
1996
Something to Talk About
1995
Parallel Lives
1994
Silent Cries
1993
Crazy in Love
1992
Night on Earth
1991
Once Around
1991
Ted & Venus
1991
Face of a Stranger
1991
Montana
1990
Another Woman
1988
Light of Day
1987
The Betty Ford Story
1987
An Early Frost
1985
Love Streams
1984
Thursday's Child
1983
Rapunzel
1983
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Tempest
1982
Gloria
1980
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979
The Brink's Job
1978
A Question of Love
1978
Opening Night
1977
Two-Minute Warning
1976
A Woman Under the Influence
1974
Ghost Story
1972
Columbo
1971
Minnie and Moskowitz
1971
Husbands
1970
Medical Center
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
Machine Gun McCain
1969
Faces
1968
Nick Quarry
1968
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
Tony Rome
1967
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
Run for Your Life
1965
Peyton Place
1964
Burke's Law
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
A Child Is Waiting
1963
The Virginian
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
Lonely are the Brave
1962
The Spiral Road
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961
87th Precinct
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The Islanders
1960
Shadows
1960
Bonanza
1959
Laramie
1959
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Johnny Staccato
1959
Riverboat
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The High Cost of Loving
1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
General Electric Theater
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Studio One
1948