
Gena Rowlands
Known for: Acting
Born: June 19, 1930
Died: August 14, 2024
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

Gloria
1980

Another Woman
1988

Minnie and Moskowitz
1971

Opening Night
1977

Paulie
1998

A Woman Under the Influence
1974

Unhook the Stars
1996

Wild Iris
2001

Love Streams
1984

Charms for the Easy Life
2002

1001 Nights
1998

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004

Silent Cries
1993

The Weekend
1999

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000

The Betty Ford Story
1987

Face of a Stranger
1991

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014

A Question of Love
1978

Unfortunate Circumstances
2017

Thursday's Child
1983

Best Friends for Life
1998

Grace & Glorie
1998

Watching Gena Rowlands
2014

Night on Earth
1991

Light of Day
1987

Faces
1968

The Skeleton Key
2005

Lonely are the Brave
1962

Hysterical Blindness
2002

Tempest
1982

An Early Frost
1985

Crazy in Love
1992

The High Cost of Loving
1958

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979

Olive
2011

Nick Quarry
1968

Faces
2011

I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
1984

Montana
1990

Making 'Faces'
2004

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019

The Notebook
2004

Hope Floats
1998

The Neon Bible
1995

A Child Is Waiting
1963

The Spiral Road
1962

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006

Rapunzel
1983

Taking Lives
2004

Tony Rome
1967

The Mighty
1998

Broken English
2007

Something to Talk About
1995

The Brink's Job
1978

Once Around
1991
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996

Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017

Yellow
2014

Parts Per Billion
2014

Hollywood Mavericks
1990

Two-Minute Warning
1976

What If God Were the Sun?
2007

Anything for John
1993

Peter Falk versus Columbo
2019

Playing by Heart
1998
Nederland C
1985

A Constant Forge
2000

Light Keeps Me Company
2000

Machine Gun McCain
1969

Cannes: All Access
2007

Ted & Venus
1991

Edge of Outside
2006

Parallel Lives
1994

She's So Lovely
1997

Husbands
1970

Paris Je T'aime
2006

Shadows
1960

Heart of the Festival
2002

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021

Garrison's Gorillas
1967

Columbo
1971

77 Sunset Strip
1958

Burke's Law
1963

Numb3rs
2005

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963

The View
1997

Monk
2002

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Medical Center
1969

Studio One
1948

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982

General Electric Theater
1953

The Islanders
1960

Johnny Staccato
1959

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

87th Precinct
1961

Target: The Corruptors!
1961

Run for Your Life
1965

The Virginian
1962

Adventures in Paradise
1959

Peyton Place
1964

Laramie
1959

Riverboat
1959

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950

Dr. Kildare
1961

Ghost Story
1972
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

Bonanza
1959

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

NCIS
2003

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966