Gena Rowlands
Acting
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).
TV Shows(40)
Numb3rs
Erika Hellman
2005
NCIS
Joann Fielding
2003
Monk
Marge Johnson
2002
The View
Self
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
1996
Faerie Tale Theatre
Witch
1982
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Ghost Story
Kate Lucas
1972
Columbo
Elizabeth Van Wick
1971
Medical Center
Karen Coberly
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Lorraine Denby
1969
Garrison's Gorillas
Duchess
1967
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Baroness Ingrid Blangstead
1966
Run for Your Life
Charlotte Hyde
1965
Peyton Place
Adrienne Van Leyden
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Janet Cord
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
June
1963
Burke's Law
Paullette Shane
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Helen Martin
1962
The Virginian
Savannah
1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Leslie Kaufman
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
Marian Praisewater
1961
Dr. Kildare
Helen Scott
1961
87th Precinct
Teddy Carella
1961
The Islanders
Pepper Mint
1960
Adventures in Paradise
Dr. Abigail Brent
1959
Laramie
Laurel DeWalt
1959
Riverboat
Rose Traynor
1959
Bonanza
Ragan Miller
1959
Johnny Staccato
Nina Van Ness
1959
77 Sunset Strip
Barbara Adams
1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lucille Jones
1955
General Electric Theater
Dorothy Dickenson
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Victoria Alden
1951
Robert Montgomery Presents
Myrtle Wilson
1950
Studio One
Betty
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Movies(81)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Self
2019
Peter Falk versus Columbo
Self (archive footage)
2019
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Self
2017
Unfortunate Circumstances
Dr. Cohen
2017
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Lily Harrison
2014
Watching Gena Rowlands
Self (archive footage)
2014
Parts Per Billion
Esther
2014
Yellow
Mimi
2012
Olive
Tess M Powell
2011
Faces
Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
2011
Cannes: All Access
Self
2007
Broken English
Vivien Wilder-Mann
2007
What If God Were the Sun?
Melissa Eisenbloom
2007
Paris Je T'aime
Gena (Quartier Latin)
2006
Edge of Outside
Self
2006
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self
2006
The Skeleton Key
Violet Devereaux
2005
The Notebook
Older Allie
2004
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
2004
Taking Lives
Mrs. Rebecca Asher
2004
Making 'Faces'
Self
2004
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003
Charms for the Easy Life
Charlie Kate
2002
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
2002
Hysterical Blindness
Virginia Miller
2002
Wild Iris
Minnie Brinn
2001
A Constant Forge
Self
2000
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
2000
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
Georgia Porter
2000
The Weekend
Laura Ponti
1999
Playing by Heart
Hannah
1998
Grace & Glorie
Grace Stiles
1998
The Mighty
Gram
1998
Hope Floats
Ramona Calvert
1998
1001 Nights
Narrator (voice)
1998
Paulie
Ivy
1998
Best Friends for Life
Mrs. Harriet Cahill
1998
She's So Lovely
Miss Green
1997
Unhook the Stars
Mildred
1996
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Self
1996
The Neon Bible
Mae Morgan
1995
Something to Talk About
Georgia King
1995
Parallel Lives
Francie Pomerantz
1994
Anything for John
Self
1993
Silent Cries
Peggy Sutherland
1993
Crazy in Love
Honora Swift
1992
Face of a Stranger
Pat Foster
1991
Night on Earth
Victoria Snelling
1991
Ted & Venus
Mrs. Turner
1991
Once Around
Marilyn Bella
1991
Hollywood Mavericks
Self (archive footage)
1990
Montana
Bess Guthrie
1990
Another Woman
Marion
1988
The Betty Ford Story
Betty Ford
1987
Light of Day
Janette Rasnick
1987
An Early Frost
Katherine Pierson
1985
Nederland C
Self - Interviewed actress
1985
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Self
1984
Love Streams
Sarah Lawson
1984
Rapunzel
The Witch
1983
Thursday's Child
Victoria Alden
1983
Tempest
Antonia
1982
Gloria
Gloria Swenson
1980
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Abigail Mason
1979
The Brink's Job
Mary Pino
1978
A Question of Love
Linda Ray Guettner
1978
Opening Night
Myrtle Gordon
1977
Two-Minute Warning
Janet
1976
A Woman Under the Influence
Mabel Longhetti
1974
Minnie and Moskowitz
Minnie Moore
1971
Husbands
Party Guest
1970
Machine Gun McCain
Rosemary Scott
1969
Faces
Jeannie Rapp
1968
Nick Quarry
1968
Tony Rome
Rita Kosterman
1967
A Child Is Waiting
Sophie Widdicombe Benham
1963
The Spiral Road
Els
1962
Lonely are the Brave
Jerry Bondi
1962
Shadows
Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
1960
The High Cost of Loving
Ginny Fry
1958