Gena Rowlands

Acting · Born 1930-06-19 · 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).

Known for

• Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
• Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film (2019)
• Peter Falk versus Columbo (2019)
• Unfortunate Circumstances (2017)
• Bette Davis: Larger Than Life (2017)
• Yellow (2014)
• Parts Per Billion (2014)
• Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2014)
• Watching Gena Rowlands (2014)
• Olive (2011)
• Faces (2011)
• Broken English (2007)
• What If God Were the Sun? (2007)
• Cannes: All Access (2007)
• Paris Je T'aime (2006)
• Edge of Outside (2006)
• Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006)
• The Skeleton Key (2005)
• The Notebook (2004)
• Taking Lives (2004)
• The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (2004)
• Making 'Faces' (2004)
• Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
• Hysterical Blindness (2002)