Gena Rowlands
Acting
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
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moviePeter Falk versus Columbo
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieUnfortunate Circumstances
2017
Dr. Cohen
movieSix Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014
Lily Harrison
movieYellow
2014
Mimi
movieWatching Gena Rowlands
2014
Self (archive footage)
movieOlive
2011
Tess M Powell
movieFaces
2011
Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
movieBroken English
2007
Vivien Wilder-Mann
movieWhat If God Were the Sun?
2007
Melissa Eisenbloom
movieParis Je T'aime
2006
Gena (Quartier Latin)
movieThe Skeleton Key
2005
Violet Devereaux
tvNumb3rs
2005
Erika Hellman
movieThe Notebook
2004
Older Allie
movieThe Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004
Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
movieTaking Lives
2004
Mrs. Rebecca Asher
tvNCIS
2003
Joann Fielding
movieCharms for the Easy Life
2002
Charlie Kate
tvMonk
2002
Marge Johnson
movieHeart of the Festival
2002
Self (archive footage)
movieHysterical Blindness
2002
Virginia Miller
movieWild Iris
2001
Minnie Brinn
movieThe Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000
Georgia Porter
movieThe Weekend
1999
Laura Ponti
movieGrace & Glorie
1998
Grace Stiles
movieHope Floats
1998
Ramona Calvert
movie1001 Nights
1998
Narrator (voice)
movieBest Friends for Life
1998
Mrs. Harriet Cahill
movieShe's So Lovely
1997
Miss Green
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieUnhook the Stars
1996
Mildred
movieThe Neon Bible
1995
Mae Morgan
movieSomething to Talk About
1995
Georgia King
movieParallel Lives
1994
Francie Pomerantz
movieSilent Cries
1993
Peggy Sutherland
movieCrazy in Love
1992
Honora Swift
movieFace of a Stranger
1991
Pat Foster
movieNight on Earth
1991
Victoria Snelling
movieTed & Venus
1991
Mrs. Turner
movieOnce Around
1991
Marilyn Bella
movieHollywood Mavericks
1990
Self (archive footage)
movieMontana
1990
Bess Guthrie
movieAnother Woman
1988
Marion
movieThe Betty Ford Story
1987
Betty Ford
movieLight of Day
1987
Janette Rasnick
movieAn Early Frost
1985
Katherine Pierson
Nederland C
1985
Self - Interviewed actress
movieLove Streams
1984
Sarah Lawson
movieRapunzel
1983
The Witch
movieThursday's Child
1983
Victoria Alden
movieTempest
1982
Antonia
movieGloria
1980
Gloria Swenson
movieThe Brink's Job
1978
Mary Pino
movieA Question of Love
1978
Linda Ray Guettner
movieOpening Night
1977
Myrtle Gordon
movieA Woman Under the Influence
1974
Mabel Longhetti
tvGhost Story
1972
Kate Lucas
movieMinnie and Moskowitz
1971
Minnie Moore
tvColumbo
1971
Elizabeth Van Wick
movieHusbands
1970
Party Guest
tvMedical Center
1969
Karen Coberly / Frances Delaney
tvMarcus Welby, M.D.
1969
Lorraine Denby
movieMachine Gun McCain
1969
Rosemary Scott
movieFaces
1968
Jeannie Rapp
movieTony Rome
1967
Rita Kosterman
tvGarrison's Gorillas
1967
Duchess
tvThe Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
Baroness Ingrid Blangstead
tvRun for Your Life
1965
Charlotte Hyde
tvPeyton Place
1964
Adrienne Van Leyden
tvKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Janet Cord / Lois Baxter
tvBurke's Law
1963
Paullette Shane / Mitzi Carlisle
movieA Child Is Waiting
1963
Sophie Widdicombe Benham
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Helen Martin / Louise Henderson / Diana Justin
tvThe Virginian
1962
Savannah
tvThe Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
Leslie Kaufman
movieLonely are the Brave
1962
Jerry Bondi
tvTarget: The Corruptors!
1961
Marian Praisewater
tvDr. Kildare
1961
Helen Scott
tv87th Precinct
1961
Teddy Carella
movieShadows
1960
Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
tvThe Islanders
1960
Pepper Mint
tvAdventures in Paradise
1959
Dr. Abigail Brent
tvLaramie
1959
Laurel DeWalt
tvRiverboat
1959
Rose Traynor
tvBonanza
1959
Ragan Miller
tvJohnny Staccato
1959
Nina Van Ness
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958
Barbara Adams
movieThe High Cost of Loving
1958
Ginny Fry
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Lucille Jones
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Dorothy Dickenson
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Victoria Alden / Grace
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
Myrtle Wilson
tvStudio One
1948
Betty
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee / Self / Self - Presenter
Crew1
movieAll About My Mother
1999
In Memory Of
Writing1
movieParis Je T'aime
2006
Writer