Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1930-06-19
Day of Death
2024-08-14
Place of Birth
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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).
Filmography (81)
⭐ 0
Role:
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
⭐ 7.2
Role:
Self
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019
⭐ 7.2
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Peter Falk versus Columbo
2019
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Self
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017
⭐ 0
Role:
Dr. Cohen
Unfortunate Circumstances
2017
⭐ 2.8
Role:
Lily Harrison
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014
⭐ 0
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Watching Gena Rowlands
2014
⭐ 4.4
Role:
Esther
Parts Per Billion
2014
⭐ 4.9
Role:
Mimi
Yellow
2012
⭐ 6.5
Role:
Tess M Powell
Olive
2011
⭐ 0
Role:
Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Faces
2011
⭐ 3.8
Role:
Self
Cannes: All Access
2007
⭐ 5.9
Role:
Vivien Wilder-Mann
Broken English
2007
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Melissa Eisenbloom
What If God Were the Sun?
2007
⭐ 6.8
Role:
Gena (Quartier Latin)
