Gena Rowlands

Jun 19, 1930 - Aug 14, 2024 (94 years old) in 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

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NCIS

Joann Fielding

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Columbo

Elizabeth Van Wick

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Monk

Marge Johnson

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Bonanza

Ragan Miller

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Numb3rs

Erika Hellman

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Robert Montgomery Presents

Myrtle Wilson

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The Virginian

Savannah

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The Notebook

Older Allie

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Burke's Law

Paullette Shane

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Dr. Kildare

Helen Scott

Credits

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age 2021

Self

★ NR
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film 2019

Self

★ 7.2
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life 2017

Self

★ 6
Unfortunate Circumstances 2017

Dr. Cohen

★ NR
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks 2014

Lily Harrison

★ 3.2
Watching Gena Rowlands 2014

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Parts Per Billion 2014

Esther

★ 4.4
And the Oscar Goes To... 2014

Self (archive footage)

★ 7
Yellow 2012

Mimi

★ 5
Olive 2011

Tess M Powell

★ 6.5
Broken English 2007

Vivien Wilder-Mann

★ 6
Cannes: All Access 2007

Self

★ 3.7
What If God Were the Sun? 2007

Melissa Eisenbloom

★ 7
Paris Je T'aime 2006

Gena (Quartier Latin)

★ 6.8
Edge of Outside 2006

Self

★ 5.8
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story 2006

Self

★ 7
The Skeleton Key 2005

Violet Devereaux

★ 6.6
Numb3rs 2005

Erika Hellman

★ 7
The Notebook 2004

Older Allie

★ 7.9
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie 2004

Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie

★ 7.2
Taking Lives 2004

Mrs. Rebecca Asher

★ 6.4
Making 'Faces' 2004

Self

★ NR
NCIS 2003

Joann Fielding

★ 7.6
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There 2003

Self

★ 7
Charms for the Easy Life 2002

Charlie Kate

★ 7
Monk 2002

Marge Johnson

★ 8
Hysterical Blindness 2002

Virginia Miller

★ 6.1
Wild Iris 2001

Minnie Brinn

★ 7
Light Keeps Me Company 2000

Self

★ 7.8
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story 2000

Georgia Porter

★ 7
A Constant Forge 2000

Self

★ 6.6
The Weekend 1999

Laura Ponti

★ 1.3
Playing by Heart 1998

Hannah

★ 6.6
Grace & Glorie 1998

Grace Stiles

★ 6.3
The Mighty 1998

Gram

★ 7.2
Hope Floats 1998

Ramona Calvert

★ 6.4
1001 Nights 1998

Narrator (voice)

★ 6.6
Paulie 1998

Ivy

★ 6.9
Best Friends for Life 1998

Mrs. Harriet Cahill

★ NR
She's So Lovely 1997

Miss Green

★ 5.9
Unhook the Stars 1996

Mildred

★ 5.9
E! True Hollywood Story 1996

Self

★ 8.1
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All 1996

Self

★ NR
The Neon Bible 1995

Mae Morgan

★ 6.1
Something to Talk About 1995

Georgia King

★ 5.7
Parallel Lives 1994

Francie Pomerantz

★ 5
Anything for John 1993

Self

★ 6
Silent Cries 1993

Peggy Sutherland

★ 1
Crazy in Love 1992

Honora Swift

★ 4.4
Face of a Stranger 1991

Pat Foster

★ 10
Night on Earth 1991

Victoria Snelling

★ 7.5
Ted & Venus 1991

Mrs. Turner

★ 4.3
Once Around 1991

Marilyn Bella

★ 6.1
Hollywood Mavericks 1990

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
Montana 1990

Bess Guthrie

★ 6
Another Woman 1988

Marion

★ 6.8
The Betty Ford Story 1987

Betty Ford

★ NR
Light of Day 1987

Janette Rasnick

★ 5.5
An Early Frost 1985

Katherine Pierson

★ 6
Nederland C 1985

Self - Interviewed actress

★ 4
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work 1984

Self

★ 8.4
Love Streams 1984

Sarah Lawson

★ 7.2
Rapunzel 1983

The Witch

★ 5.4
Thursday's Child 1983

Victoria Alden

★ 1
Faerie Tale Theatre 1982

Witch

★ 8.1
Tempest 1982

Antonia

★ 6
Gloria 1980

Gloria Swenson

★ 6.9
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter 1979

Abigail Mason

★ 9.3
The Brink's Job 1978

Mary Pino

★ 6.1
A Question of Love 1978

Linda Ray Guettner

★ 5.3
Opening Night 1977

Myrtle Gordon

★ 7.6
Two-Minute Warning 1976

Janet

★ 6.2
A Woman Under the Influence 1974

Mabel Longhetti

★ 7.8
Ghost Story 1972

Kate Lucas

★ 7.1
Minnie and Moskowitz 1971

Minnie Moore

★ 6.7
Columbo 1971

Elizabeth Van Wick

★ 8.1
Husbands 1970

Party Guest

★ 6.8
Medical Center 1969

Karen Coberly

★ 6.1
Marcus Welby, M.D. 1969

Lorraine Denby

★ 6.5
Machine Gun McCain 1969

Rosemary Scott

★ 6.2
Faces 1968

Jeannie Rapp

★ 7.1
Nick Quarry 1968

★ NR
Tony Rome 1967

Rita Kosterman

★ 6.4
Garrison's Gorillas 1967

Duchess

★ 7.8
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. 1966

Baroness Ingrid Blangstead

★ 6.6
Run for Your Life 1965

Charlotte Hyde

★ 7.2
Peyton Place 1964

Adrienne Van Leyden

★ 6.6
Kraft Suspense Theatre 1963

Janet Cord

★ 5.3
Burke's Law 1963

Paullette Shane

★ 6
A Child Is Waiting 1963

Sophie Widdicombe Benham

★ 6.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962

Helen Martin

★ 7.8
The Virginian 1962

Savannah

★ 6.3
The Lloyd Bridges Show 1962

Leslie Kaufman

★ 5
The Spiral Road 1962

Els

★ 5.2
Lonely are the Brave 1962

Jerry Bondi

★ 7.4
Target: The Corruptors! 1961

Marian Praisewater

★ 3.5
Dr. Kildare 1961

Helen Scott

★ 5.5
87th Precinct 1961

Teddy Carella

★ 7.5
Shadows 1960

Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)

★ 6.9
The Islanders 1960

Pepper Mint

★ 8
Adventures in Paradise 1959

Dr. Abigail Brent

★ 5.7
Laramie 1959

Laurel DeWalt

★ 6.4
Riverboat 1959

Rose Traynor

★ 6.2
Bonanza 1959

Ragan Miller

★ 7.5
Johnny Staccato 1959

Nina Van Ness

★ 5.6
77 Sunset Strip 1958

Barbara Adams

★ 6.7
The High Cost of Loving 1958

Ginny Fry

★ 5.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955

Lucille Jones

★ 7.7
General Electric Theater 1953

Dorothy Dickenson

★ 6.3
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

Victoria Alden

★ 8.6
Robert Montgomery Presents 1950

Myrtle Wilson

★ 5.6
Studio One 1948

Betty

★ 5

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