Gena Rowlands
Birthday
1930/06/19
Day of death
2024/08/14 (94 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Also know as
珍娜·羅蘭, Virginia Cathryn 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).
Acting
(1991) Night on Earth
as Victoria Snelling
(1987) Light of Day
as Janette Rasnick
(1968) Faces
as Jeannie Rapp
(1998) Playing by Heart
as Hannah
(2006) Paris Je T'aime
as Gena (Quartier Latin)
(1980) Gloria
as Gloria Swenson
(2004) The Notebook
as Older Allie
(2004) Taking Lives
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
(1988) Another Woman
as Marion
(1976) Two-Minute Warning
as Janet
(1971) Minnie and Moskowitz
as Minnie Moore
(1978) The Brink's Job
as Mary Pino
(1967) Tony Rome
as Rita Kosterman
(1998) Hope Floats
as Ramona Calvert
(1977) Opening Night
as Myrtle Gordon
(1998) The Mighty
as Gram
(2007) Broken English
as Vivien Wilder-Mann
(2005) The Skeleton Key
as Violet Devereaux
(1998) Paulie
as Ivy
(1974) A Woman Under the Influence
as Mabel Longhetti
(1962) Lonely are the Brave
as Jerry Bondi
(2002) Hysterical Blindness
as Virginia Miller
(1969) Machine Gun McCain
as Rosemary Scott
(1991) Once Around
as Marilyn Bella
(1996) Unhook the Stars
as Mildred
(1995) The Neon Bible
as Mae Morgan
(1982) Tempest
as Antonia
(1995) Something to Talk About
as Georgia King
(2001) Wild Iris
as Minnie Brinn
(1984) Love Streams
as Sarah Lawson
(2002) Charms for the Easy Life
as Charlie Kate
(1998) 1001 Nights
as Narrator (voice)
(1985) An Early Frost
as Katherine Pierson
(2012) Yellow
as Mimi
(2007) What If God Were the Sun?
as Melissa Eisenbloom
(2003) Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
(1963) A Child Is Waiting
as Sophie Widdicombe Benham
(1992) Crazy in Love
as Honora Swift
(2004) The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
(1993) Silent Cries
as Peggy Sutherland
(1993) Anything for John
as Self
(1996) John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
as Self
(1962) The Spiral Road
as Els
(1958) The High Cost of Loving
as Ginny Fry
(1999) The Weekend
as Laura Ponti
(2000) The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
as Georgia Porter
(1987) The Betty Ford Story
as Betty Ford
(1979) Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
as Abigail Mason
(1991) Face of a Stranger
as Pat Foster
(2014) Parts Per Billion
as Esther
(2006) Edge of Outside
as Self
(2011) Olive
as Tess M Powell
(2006) Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Self
(2014) Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
as Lily Harrison
(1994) Parallel Lives
as Francie Pomerantz
(1968) Nick Quarry
as ---
(1978) A Question of Love
as Linda Ray Guettner
(2011) Faces
as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
(2017) Unfortunate Circumstances
as Dr. Cohen
(1985) Nederland C
as Self - Interviewed actress
(1983) Thursday's Child
as Victoria Alden
(1984) I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes - The Man and His Work
as Self
(1998) Best Friends for Life
as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
(1998) Grace & Glorie
as Grace Stiles
(1990) Montana
as Bess Guthrie
(2000) Light Keeps Me Company
as Self
(2000) A Constant Forge
as Self
(1997) She's So Lovely
as Miss Green
(2007) Cannes: All Access
as Self
(1990) Hollywood Mavericks
as Self (archive footage)
(2017) Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
as Self
(2004) Making 'Faces'
as Self
(2014) Watching Gena Rowlands
as Self (archive footage)
(2019) Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
as Self
(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(1983) Rapunzel
as The Witch
(1960) Shadows
as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
(1970) Husbands
as Party Guest
(1991) Ted & Venus
as Mrs. Turner
(2021) Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
(1967) Garrison's Gorillas
as Duchess
(1971) Columbo
as Elizabeth Van Wick
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Barbara Adams
(1963) Burke's Law
as Paullette Shane
(2005) Numb3rs
as Erika Hellman
(1963) Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Janet Cord
(1997) The View
as Self
(2002) Monk
as Marge Johnson
(1996) E! True Hollywood Story
as Self
(1969) Medical Center
as Karen Coberly
(1948) Studio One
as Betty
(1982) Faerie Tale Theatre
as Witch
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Dorothy Dickenson
(1960) The Islanders
as Pepper Mint
(1959) Johnny Staccato
as Nina Van Ness
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Victoria Alden
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Lucille Jones
(1961) 87th Precinct
as Teddy Carella
(1961) Target: The Corruptors!
as Marian Praisewater
(1965) Run for Your Life
as Charlotte Hyde
(1962) The Virginian
as Savannah
(1959) Adventures in Paradise
as Dr. Abigail Brent
(1964) Peyton Place
as Adrienne Van Leyden
(1959) Laramie
as Laurel DeWalt
(1959) Riverboat
as Rose Traynor
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Myrtle Wilson
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Helen Scott
(1972) Ghost Story
as Kate Lucas
(1963) Burke's Law
as Mitzi Carlisle
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as June
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1963) Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Lois Baxter
(1959) Bonanza
as Ragan Miller
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Grace
(2003) NCIS
as Joann Fielding
(1969) Medical Center
as Frances Delaney
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
(1969) Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Lorraine Denby
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1962) The Lloyd Bridges Show
as Leslie Kaufman
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Helen Martin
(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Louise Henderson
(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Diana Justin