Gena Rowlands

Acting · Born 1930-06-19 in 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).

Filmography

• Night on Earth as Victoria Snelling
• Light of Day as Janette Rasnick
• Faces as Jeannie Rapp
• Playing by Heart as Hannah
• Paris Je T'aime as Gena (Quartier Latin)
• Gloria as Gloria Swenson
• The Notebook as Older Allie
• Taking Lives as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
• Another Woman as Marion
• Two-Minute Warning as Janet