Gena Rowlands
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).
Known For
Top 40 Movies
The Notebook
2004
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Something to Talk About
1995
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014
Taking Lives
2004
Faces
1968
A Woman Under the Influence
1974
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019
Lonely are the Brave
1962
Olive
2011
Faces
2011
Silent Cries
1993
A Constant Forge
2000
Heart of the Festival
2002
Making 'Faces'
2004
The Mighty
1998
Parallel Lives
1994
Best Friends for Life
1998
The Betty Ford Story
1987
The Skeleton Key
2005
Montana
1990
Tony Rome
1967
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Hope Floats
1998
Two-Minute Warning
1976
Wild Iris
2001
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
Playing by Heart
1998
Tempest
1982
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017
Night on Earth
1991
Cannes: All Access
2007
Paulie
1998
Parts Per Billion
2014
Another Woman
1988
Gloria
1980
She's So Lovely
1997