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Gena Rowlands

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Gena Rowlands

Born June 19, 1930 in Madison, Wisconsin, USADied August 14, 202462 films

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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The Notebook posterFirst watchThe Notebook20047.9as Older AllieAn epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Night on Earth poster7.5Night on Earth1991The Skeleton Key poster6.6The Skeleton Key2005A Woman Under the Influence poster7.7A Woman Under the Influence1974Taking Lives poster6.4Taking Lives2004Paris Je T'aime poster6.8Paris Je T'aime2006Paulie poster7.0Paulie1998Opening Night poster7.6Opening Night1977The Mighty poster7.2The Mighty1998

Filmography

62 films as actor
  1. 2017Unfortunate CircumstancesDr. Cohen
  2. 2014Six Dance Lessons in Six WeeksLily Harrison
  3. 2014YellowMimi
  4. 2014Parts Per BillionEsther
  5. 2011OliveTess M Powell
  6. 2007Broken EnglishVivien Wilder-Mann
  7. 2007What If God Were the Sun?Melissa Eisenbloom
  8. 2006Paris Je T'aimeGena (Quartier Latin)
  9. 2005The Skeleton KeyViolet Devereaux
  10. 2004The NotebookOlder Allie
  11. 2004The Incredible Mrs. RitchieMrs. Evelyn Ritchie
  12. 2004Taking LivesMrs. Rebecca Asher
  13. 2002Charms for the Easy LifeCharlie Kate
  14. 2002Hysterical BlindnessVirginia Miller
  15. 2001Wild IrisMinnie Brinn
  16. 2000The Color of Love: Jacey's StoryGeorgia Porter
  17. 1999The WeekendLaura Ponti
  18. 1998Playing by HeartHannah
  19. 1998Grace & GlorieGrace Stiles
  20. 1998The MightyGram
  21. 1998Hope FloatsRamona Calvert
  22. 19981001 NightsNarrator (voice)
  23. 1998PaulieIvy
  24. 1998Best Friends for LifeMrs. Harriet Cahill
  25. 1997She's So LovelyMiss Green
  26. 1996Unhook the StarsMildred
  27. 1995The Neon BibleMae Morgan
  28. 1995Something to Talk AboutGeorgia King
  29. 1994Parallel LivesFrancie Pomerantz
  30. 1993Silent CriesPeggy Sutherland
  31. 1992Crazy in LoveHonora Swift
  32. 1991Face of a StrangerPat Foster
  33. 1991Night on EarthVictoria Snelling
  34. 1991Ted & VenusMrs. Turner
  35. 1991Once AroundMarilyn Bella
  36. 1990MontanaBess Guthrie
  37. 1988Another WomanMarion
  38. 1987The Betty Ford StoryBetty Ford
  39. 1987Light of DayJanette Rasnick
  40. 1985An Early FrostKatherine Pierson
  41. 1984Love StreamsSarah Lawson
  42. 1983RapunzelThe Witch
  43. 1983Thursday's ChildVictoria Alden
  44. 1982TempestAntonia
  45. 1980GloriaGloria Swenson
  46. 1979Strangers: The Story of a Mother and DaughterAbigail Mason
  47. 1978The Brink's JobMary Pino
  48. 1978A Question of LoveLinda Ray Guettner
  49. 1977Opening NightMyrtle Gordon
  50. 1976Two-Minute WarningJanet
  51. 1974A Woman Under the InfluenceMabel Longhetti
  52. 1971Minnie and MoskowitzMinnie Moore
  53. 1970HusbandsParty Guest
  54. 1969Machine Gun McCainRosemary Scott
  55. 1968FacesJeannie Rapp
  56. 1968Nick Quarry
  57. 1967Tony RomeRita Kosterman
  58. 1963A Child Is WaitingSophie Widdicombe
  59. 1962The Spiral RoadEls
  60. 1962Lonely are the BraveJerry Bondi
  61. 1960ShadowsWoman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
  62. 1958The High Cost of LovingGinny Fry