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Gena Rowlands
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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).
BODY OF WORK
Gena Rowlands's Filmography
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
as Self
Peter Falk versus Columbo
as Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
as Self
Unfortunate Circumstances
as Dr. Cohen
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
as Lily Harrison
Yellow
as Mimi
Watching Gena Rowlands
as Self (archive footage)
Parts Per Billion
as Esther
Olive
as Tess M Powell
Faces
as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Cannes: All Access
as Self
Broken English
as Vivien Wilder-Mann
What If God Were the Sun?
as Melissa Eisenbloom
Paris Je T'aime
as Gena (Quartier Latin)
Edge of Outside
as Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Self
The Skeleton Key
as Violet Devereaux
The Notebook
as Older Allie
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
Taking Lives
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
Making 'Faces'
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
Charms for the Easy Life
as Charlie Kate
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
Hysterical Blindness
as Virginia Miller
Wild Iris
as Minnie Brinn
A Constant Forge
as Self
Light Keeps Me Company
as Self
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
as Georgia Porter
The Weekend
as Laura Ponti
Playing by Heart
as Hannah
Grace & Glorie
as Grace Stiles
The Mighty
as Gram
Hope Floats
as Ramona Calvert
1001 Nights
as Narrator (voice)
Paulie
as Ivy
Best Friends for Life
as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
She's So Lovely
as Miss Green
Unhook the Stars
as Mildred
No Poster
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
as Self
The Neon Bible
as Mae Morgan
Something to Talk About
as Georgia King
Parallel Lives
as Francie Pomerantz
Anything for John
as Self
Silent Cries
as Peggy Sutherland
Crazy in Love
as Honora Swift
Face of a Stranger
as Pat Foster
Night on Earth
as Victoria Snelling
Ted & Venus
as Mrs. Turner
Once Around
as Marilyn Bella
Hollywood Mavericks
as Self (archive footage)
Montana
as Bess Guthrie
Another Woman
as Marion
The Betty Ford Story
as Betty Ford
Light of Day
as Janette Rasnick
An Early Frost
as Katherine Pierson
No Poster
Nederland C
as Self - Interviewed actress
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
as Self
Love Streams
as Sarah Lawson
Rapunzel
as The Witch
Thursday's Child
as Victoria Alden
Tempest
as Antonia
Gloria
as Gloria Swenson
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
as Abigail Mason
The Brink's Job
as Mary Pino
A Question of Love
as Linda Ray Guettner
Opening Night
as Myrtle Gordon
Two-Minute Warning
as Janet
A Woman Under the Influence
as Mabel Longhetti
Minnie and Moskowitz
as Minnie Moore
Husbands
as Party Guest
Machine Gun McCain
as Rosemary Scott
Faces
as Jeannie Rapp
Nick Quarry
Tony Rome
as Rita Kosterman
A Child Is Waiting
as Sophie Widdicombe
The Spiral Road
as Els
Lonely are the Brave
as Jerry Bondi
Shadows
as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
The High Cost of Loving
as Ginny Fry