Gena Rowlands
Born June 19, 1930 (Age: 95)
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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).
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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Filmography
Unfortunate Circumstances
2017
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as Dr. Cohen
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Age: 86
Parts Per Billion
2014
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as Esther
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Age: 83
Cannes: All Access
2007
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as Self
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Age: 77
Paris Je T'aime
2006
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as Gena (Quartier Latin)
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Age: 76
The Skeleton Key
2005
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as Violet Devereaux
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Age: 75
The Notebook
2004
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as Older Allie
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Age: 74
Taking Lives
2004
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as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
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Age: 73
Making 'Faces'
2004
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as Self
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Age: 73
Charms for the Easy Life
2002
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as Charlie Kate
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Age: 72
Hysterical Blindness
2002
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as Virginia Miller
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Age: 71
A Constant Forge
2000
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as Self
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Age: 70
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
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as Self
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Age: 70
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000
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as Georgia Porter
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Age: 69
The Weekend
1999
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as Laura Ponti
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Age: 69
Playing by Heart
1998
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as Hannah
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Age: 68
Grace & Glorie
1998
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as Grace Stiles
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Age: 68
The Mighty
1998
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as Gram
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Age: 67
Hope Floats
1998
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as Ramona Calvert
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Age: 67
1001 Nights
1998
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 67
Best Friends for Life
1998
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as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
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Age: 67
She's So Lovely
1997
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as Miss Green
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Age: 67
Unhook the Stars
1996
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as Mildred
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Age: 66
No Image
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996
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as Self
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Age: 65
Something to Talk About
1995
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as Georgia King
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Age: 65
Anything for John
1993
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as Self
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Age: 63
Silent Cries
1993
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as Peggy Sutherland
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Age: 62
Crazy in Love
1992
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as Honora Swift
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Age: 62
Face of a Stranger
1991
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as Pat Foster
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Age: 61
Night on Earth
1991
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as Victoria Snelling
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Age: 61
Ted & Venus
1991
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as Mrs. Turner
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Age: 61
Once Around
1991
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as Marilyn Bella
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Age: 60
Hollywood Mavericks
1990
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 60
Montana
1990
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as Bess Guthrie
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Age: 59
Another Woman
1988
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as Marion
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Age: 58
The Betty Ford Story
1987
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as Betty Ford
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Age: 56
Light of Day
1987
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as Janette Rasnick
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Age: 56
An Early Frost
1985
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as Katherine Pierson
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Age: 54
No Image
Nederland C
1985
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as Self - Interviewed actress
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Age: 54
Gloria
1980
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as Gloria Swenson
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Age: 50
The Brink's Job
1978
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as Mary Pino
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Age: 48
A Question of Love
1978
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as Linda Ray Guettner
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Age: 48
Two-Minute Warning
1976
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as Janet
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Age: 46
A Woman Under the Influence
1974
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as Mabel Longhetti
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Age: 44
Machine Gun McCain
1969
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as Rosemary Scott
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Age: 38
A Child Is Waiting
1963
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as Sophie Widdicombe Benham
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Age: 32
The Spiral Road
1962
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as Els
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Age: 32
Lonely are the Brave
1962
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as Jerry Bondi
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Age: 31
Shadows
1960
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as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
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Age: 30
The High Cost of Loving
1958
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as Ginny Fry
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Age: 27