Gena Rowlands
Acting
Born June 19, 1930 · 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).
Films (80)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017
Unfortunate Circumstances
2017
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014
Watching Gena Rowlands
2014
Parts Per Billion
2014
Yellow
2012
Olive
2011
Faces
2011
Cannes: All Access
2007
Broken English
2007
What If God Were the Sun?
2007
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Edge of Outside
2006
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
The Skeleton Key
2005
The Notebook
2004
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004
Taking Lives
2004
Making 'Faces'
2004
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Charms for the Easy Life
2002
Heart of the Festival
2002
Hysterical Blindness
2002
Wild Iris
2001
A Constant Forge
2000
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000
The Weekend
1999
Playing by Heart
1998
Grace & Glorie
1998
The Mighty
1998
Hope Floats
1998
1001 Nights
1998
Paulie
1998
Best Friends for Life
1998
She's So Lovely
1997
Unhook the Stars
1996
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996
The Neon Bible
1995
Something to Talk About
1995
Parallel Lives
1994
Anything for John
1993
Silent Cries
1993
Crazy in Love
1992
Face of a Stranger
1991
Night on Earth
1991
Ted & Venus
1991
Once Around
1991
Hollywood Mavericks
1990
Montana
1990
Another Woman
1988
The Betty Ford Story
1987
Light of Day
1987
An Early Frost
1985
Nederland C
1985
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
1984
Love Streams
1984
Rapunzel
1983
Thursday's Child
1983
Tempest
1982
Gloria
1980
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979
The Brink's Job
1978
A Question of Love
1978
Opening Night
1977
Two-Minute Warning
1976
A Woman Under the Influence
1974
Minnie and Moskowitz
1971
Husbands
1970
Machine Gun McCain
1969
Faces
1968
Nick Quarry
1968
Tony Rome
1967
A Child Is Waiting
1963
The Spiral Road
1962
Lonely are the Brave
1962
Shadows
1960
The High Cost of Loving
1958