Acting
Gena Rowlands
Acting · Born 1930-06-19 · 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).
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FilmGena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019 · Self
FilmPeter Falk versus Columbo
2019 · Self (archive footage)
FilmBette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017 · Self
FilmSix Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014 · Lily Harrison
FilmYellow
2014 · Mimi
FilmParts Per Billion
2014 · Esther
FilmOlive
2011 · Tess M Powell
FilmCannes: All Access
2007 · Self
FilmBroken English
2007 · Vivien Wilder-Mann
FilmWhat If God Were the Sun?
2007 · Melissa Eisenbloom
FilmParis Je T'aime
2006 · Gena (Quartier Latin)
FilmEdge of Outside
2006 · Self
FilmStardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006 · Self
FilmThe Skeleton Key
2005 · Violet Devereaux
Numb3rs
2005 · Erika Hellman
FilmThe Notebook
2004 · Older Allie
FilmThe Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004 · Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
FilmTaking Lives
2004 · Mrs. Rebecca Asher
NCIS
2003 · Joann Fielding
FilmBroadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Self
FilmCharms for the Easy Life
2002 · Charlie Kate
Monk
2002 · Marge Johnson
FilmHeart of the Festival
2002 · Self (archive footage)
FilmHysterical Blindness
2002 · Virginia Miller
FilmWild Iris
2001 · Minnie Brinn
FilmA Constant Forge
2000 · Self
FilmLight Keeps Me Company
2000 · Self
FilmThe Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000 · Georgia Porter
FilmThe Weekend
1999 · Laura Ponti
FilmAll About My Mother
1999 · In Memory Of
FilmPlaying by Heart
1998 · Hannah
FilmGrace & Glorie
1998 · Grace Stiles
FilmThe Mighty
1998 · Gram
FilmHope Floats
1998 · Ramona Calvert
Film1001 Nights
1998 · Narrator (voice)
FilmPaulie
1998 · Ivy
FilmBest Friends for Life
1998 · Mrs. Harriet Cahill
FilmShe's So Lovely
1997 · Miss Green
The View
1997 · Self
FilmUnhook the Stars
1996 · Mildred
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Self
FilmThe Neon Bible
1995 · Mae Morgan
FilmSomething to Talk About
1995 · Georgia King
FilmParallel Lives
1994 · Francie Pomerantz
FilmAnything for John
1993 · Self
FilmSilent Cries
1993 · Peggy Sutherland
FilmCrazy in Love
1992 · Honora Swift
FilmFace of a Stranger
1991 · Pat Foster
FilmNight on Earth
1991 · Victoria Snelling
FilmTed & Venus
1991 · Mrs. Turner
FilmOnce Around
1991 · Marilyn Bella
FilmHollywood Mavericks
1990 · Self (archive footage)
FilmMontana
1990 · Bess Guthrie
FilmAnother Woman
1988 · Marion
FilmLight of Day
1987 · Janette Rasnick
FilmAn Early Frost
1985 · Katherine Pierson
Nederland C
FilmNederland C
1985 · Self - Interviewed actress
FilmI'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
1984 · Self
FilmLove Streams
1984 · Sarah Lawson
FilmRapunzel
1983 · The Witch
FilmThursday's Child
1983 · Victoria Alden
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Witch
FilmTempest
1982 · Antonia
FilmGloria
1980 · Gloria Swenson
FilmStrangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979 · Abigail Mason
FilmThe Brink's Job
1978 · Mary Pino
FilmA Question of Love
1978 · Linda Ray Guettner
FilmOpening Night
1977 · Myrtle Gordon
FilmTwo-Minute Warning
1976 · Janet
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
FilmA Woman Under the Influence
1974 · Mabel Longhetti
Ghost Story
1972 · Kate Lucas
FilmMinnie and Moskowitz
1971 · Minnie Moore
Film '72
Film '72
1971 · Self
Columbo
1971 · Elizabeth Van Wick
FilmHusbands
1970 · Party Guest
Medical Center
1969 · Karen Coberly
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Lorraine Denby
FilmMachine Gun McCain
1969 · Rosemary Scott
FilmFaces
1968 · Jeannie Rapp
FilmNick Quarry
1968
FilmTony Rome
1967 · Rita Kosterman
Garrison's Gorillas
1967 · Duchess
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · Baroness Ingrid Blangstead
Run for Your Life
1965 · Charlotte Hyde
Peyton Place
1964 · Adrienne Van Leyden
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Janet Cord
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · June
Burke's Law
1963 · Paullette Shane
FilmA Child Is Waiting
1963 · Sophie Widdicombe Benham
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Helen Martin
The Virginian
1962 · Savannah
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962 · Leslie Kaufman
FilmThe Spiral Road
1962 · Els
FilmLonely are the Brave
1962 · Jerry Bondi
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Target: The Corruptors!
1961 · Marian Praisewater
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Helen Scott
87th Precinct
1961 · Teddy Carella
FilmShadows
1960 · Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
The Islanders
1960 · Pepper Mint
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Dr. Abigail Brent
Laramie
1959 · Laurel DeWalt
Riverboat
1959 · Rose Traynor
Bonanza
1959 · Ragan Miller
Johnny Staccato
1959 · Nina Van Ness
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Barbara Adams
FilmThe High Cost of Loving
1958 · Ginny Fry
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Lucille Jones
General Electric Theater
1953 · Dorothy Dickenson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Victoria Alden
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Myrtle Wilson
Studio One
1948 · Betty
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee