10.0
10.0
Face of a Stranger
1991
as Pat Foster
Gena Rowlands
Also known as: Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands
Acting
Born:June 19, 1930
Died:August 14, 2024(aged 94)
Birthplace:Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:University of Wisconsin–Madison, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Washington-Liberty High School
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CommunityBiography
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).
Notable Works
Lonely Are the Brave
Filmography (72 movies)
9.2
9.2
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979
as Abigail Mason
8.4
8.4
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
1984
as Self
7.9
7.9
The Notebook
2004
as Older Allie
7.8
7.8
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
as Self
7.8
7.8
A Woman Under the Influence
1974
as Mabel Longhetti
7.6
7.6
Opening Night
1977
as Myrtle Gordon
7.5
7.5
Night on Earth
1991
as Victoria Snelling
7.4
7.4
Lonely are the Brave
1962
as Jerry Bondi
7.2
7.2
The Mighty
1998
as Gram
7.2
7.2
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004
as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
7.2
7.2
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019
as Self
7.2
7.2
Love Streams
1984
as Sarah Lawson
7.1
7.1
Faces
1968
as Jeannie Rapp
7.0
7.0
What If God Were the Sun?
2007
as Melissa Eisenbloom
7.0
7.0
Charms for the Easy Life
2002
as Charlie Kate
7.0
7.0
Wild Iris
2001
as Minnie Brinn
7.0
7.0
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000
as Georgia Porter
6.9
6.9
Paulie
1998
as Ivy
6.9
6.9
Gloria
1980
as Gloria Swenson
6.9
6.9
A Child Is Waiting
1963
as Sophie Widdicombe Benham
6.8
6.8
Another Woman
1988
as Marion
6.8
6.8
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Writer
6.7
6.7
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
as Self
6.6
6.6
Minnie and Moskowitz
1971
as Minnie Moore
6.6
6.6
The Skeleton Key
2005
as Violet Devereaux
6.6
6.6
1001 Nights
1998
as Narrator (voice)
6.6
6.6
A Constant Forge
2000
as Self
6.6
6.6
Playing by Heart
1998
as Hannah
6.5
6.5
Olive
2011
as Tess M Powell
6.4
6.4
Hope Floats
1998
as Ramona Calvert
6.4
6.4
Taking Lives
2004
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
6.3
6.3
Tony Rome
1967
as Rita Kosterman
6.3
6.3
Grace & Glorie
1998
as Grace Stiles
6.2
6.2
Two-Minute Warning
1976
as Janet
6.1
6.1
Hysterical Blindness
2002
as Virginia Miller
6.1
6.1
The Brink's Job
1978
as Mary Pino
6.0
6.0
Machine Gun McCain
1969
as Rosemary Scott
6.0
6.0
The Neon Bible
1995
as Mae Morgan
6.0
6.0
Once Around
1991
as Marilyn Bella
6.0
6.0
Montana
1990
as Bess Guthrie
6.0
6.0
Anything for John
1993
as Self
6.0
6.0
Hollywood Mavericks
1990
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017
as Self
5.9
5.9
Broken English
2007
as Vivien Wilder-Mann
5.9
5.9
Unhook the Stars
1996
as Mildred
5.8
5.8
Tempest
1982
as Antonia
5.7
5.7
The High Cost of Loving
1958
as Ginny Fry
5.7
5.7
An Early Frost
1985
as Katherine Pierson
5.6
5.6
Something to Talk About
1995
as Georgia King
5.5
5.5
Light of Day
1987
as Janette Rasnick
5.4
5.4
Rapunzel
1983
as The Witch
5.2
5.2
The Spiral Road
1962
as Els
5.0
5.0
Yellow
2012
as Mimi
4.8
4.8
A Question of Love
1978
as Linda Ray Guettner
4.3
4.3
Parts Per Billion
2014
as Esther
4.1
4.1
Crazy in Love
1992
as Honora Swift
4.0
4.0
Nederland C
1985
as Self - Interviewed actress
4.0
4.0
Ted & Venus
1991
as Mrs. Turner
3.7
3.7
Cannes: All Access
2007
as Self
2.8
2.8
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014
as Lily Harrison
1.3
1.3
The Weekend
1999
as Laura Ponti
1.0
1.0
Silent Cries
1993
as Peggy Sutherland
1.0
1.0
Thursday's Child
1983
as Victoria Alden
Watching Gena Rowlands
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Nick Quarry
1968
Making 'Faces'
2004
as Self
Unfortunate Circumstances
2017
as Dr. Cohen
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996
as Self
Faces
2011
as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Best Friends for Life
1998
as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
The Betty Ford Story
1987
as Betty Ford
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