Acting · Madison, Wisconsin, USA · Born June 19, 1930
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).
MovieBroadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
MovieGena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019
as Self
MoviePeter Falk versus Columbo
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017
as Self
MovieUnfortunate Circumstances
2017
as Dr. Cohen
MovieSix Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014
as Lily Harrison
MovieYellow
2014
as Mimi
MovieWatching Gena Rowlands
2014
as Self (archive footage)
MovieParts Per Billion
2014
as Esther
MovieOlive
2011
as Tess M Powell
MovieFaces
2011
as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
MovieCannes: All Access
2007
as Self
MovieBroken English
2007
as Vivien Wilder-Mann
MovieWhat If God Were the Sun?
2007
as Melissa Eisenbloom
MovieParis Je T'aime
2006
as Gena (Quartier Latin)
MovieEdge of Outside
2006
as Self
MovieStardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
as Self
MovieThe Skeleton Key
2005
as Violet Devereaux
TVNumb3rs
2005
as Erika Hellman
MovieThe Notebook
2004
as Older Allie
MovieThe Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004
as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
MovieTaking Lives
2004
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
MovieMaking 'Faces'
2004
as Self
TVNCIS
2003
as Joann Fielding
MovieBroadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
MovieCharms for the Easy Life
2002
as Charlie Kate
TVMonk
2002
as Marge Johnson
MovieHeart of the Festival
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHysterical Blindness
2002
as Virginia Miller
MovieWild Iris
2001
as Minnie Brinn
MovieA Constant Forge
2000
as Self
MovieLight Keeps Me Company
2000
as Self
MovieThe Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000
as Georgia Porter
MovieThe Weekend
1999
as Laura Ponti
MoviePlaying by Heart
1998
as Hannah
MovieGrace & Glorie
1998
as Grace Stiles
MovieThe Mighty
1998
as Gram
MovieHope Floats
1998
as Ramona Calvert
Movie1001 Nights
1998
as Narrator (voice)
MoviePaulie
1998
as Ivy
MovieBest Friends for Life
1998
as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
MovieShe's So Lovely
1997
as Miss Green
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieUnhook the Stars
1996
as Mildred
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996
as Self
MovieThe Neon Bible
1995
as Mae Morgan
MovieSomething to Talk About
1995
as Georgia King
MovieParallel Lives
1994
as Francie Pomerantz
MovieAnything for John
1993
as Self
MovieSilent Cries
1993
as Peggy Sutherland
MovieCrazy in Love
1992
as Honora Swift
MovieFace of a Stranger
1991
as Pat Foster
MovieNight on Earth
1991
as Victoria Snelling
MovieTed & Venus
1991
as Mrs. Turner
MovieOnce Around
1991
as Marilyn Bella
MovieHollywood Mavericks
1990
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMontana
1990
as Bess Guthrie
MovieAnother Woman
1988
as Marion
MovieThe Betty Ford Story
1987
as Betty Ford
MovieLight of Day
1987
as Janette Rasnick
MovieAn Early Frost
1985
as Katherine Pierson
Nederland C
1985
as Self - Interviewed actress
MovieI'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
1984
as Self
MovieLove Streams
1984
as Sarah Lawson
MovieRapunzel
1983
as The Witch
MovieThursday's Child
1983
as Victoria Alden
TVFaerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Witch
MovieTempest
1982
as Antonia
MovieGloria
1980
as Gloria Swenson
MovieStrangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979
as Abigail Mason
MovieThe Brink's Job
1978
as Mary Pino
MovieA Question of Love
1978
as Linda Ray Guettner
MovieOpening Night
1977
as Myrtle Gordon
MovieTwo-Minute Warning
1976
as Janet
TVLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
MovieA Woman Under the Influence
1974
as Mabel Longhetti
TVGhost Story
1972
as Kate Lucas
MovieMinnie and Moskowitz
1971
as Minnie Moore
TVColumbo
1971
as Elizabeth Van Wick
MovieHusbands
1970
as Party Guest
TVMedical Center
1969
as Karen Coberly
TVMarcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Lorraine Denby
MovieMachine Gun McCain
1969
as Rosemary Scott
MovieFaces
1968
as Jeannie Rapp
MovieNick Quarry
1968
MovieTony Rome
1967
as Rita Kosterman
TVGarrison's Gorillas
1967
as Duchess
TVThe Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
as Baroness Ingrid Blangstead
TVRun for Your Life
1965
as Charlotte Hyde
TVPeyton Place
1964
as Adrienne Van Leyden
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Janet Cord
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as June
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Paullette Shane
MovieA Child Is Waiting
1963
as Sophie Widdicombe Benham
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Helen Martin
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Savannah
TVThe Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
as Leslie Kaufman
MovieThe Spiral Road
1962
as Els
MovieLonely are the Brave
1962
as Jerry Bondi
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVTarget: The Corruptors!
1961
as Marian Praisewater
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Helen Scott
TV87th Precinct
1961
as Teddy Carella
MovieShadows
1960
as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
TVThe Islanders
1960
as Pepper Mint
TVAdventures in Paradise
1959
as Dr. Abigail Brent
TVLaramie
1959
as Laurel DeWalt
TVRiverboat
1959
as Rose Traynor
TVBonanza
1959
as Ragan Miller
TVJohnny Staccato
1959
as Nina Van Ness
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Barbara Adams
MovieThe High Cost of Loving
1958
as Ginny Fry
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Lucille Jones
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Dorothy Dickenson
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Victoria Alden
TVRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Myrtle Wilson
TVStudio One
1948
as Betty
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
