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
• Faces as Jeannie Rapp
• The Notebook as Older Allie
• Opening Night as Myrtle Gordon
• The Mighty as Gram
• A Woman Under the Influence as Mabel Longhetti
• Light of Day as Janette Rasnick
• Playing by Heart as Hannah
• Paris Je T'aime as Gena (Quartier Latin)
• Gloria as Gloria Swenson

TV

• Columbo as Elizabeth Van Wick
• Monk as Marge Johnson
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lucille Jones
• NCIS as Joann Fielding
• Garrison's Gorillas as Duchess
• 77 Sunset Strip as Barbara Adams
• Burke's Law as Paullette Shane
• Numb3rs as Erika Hellman
• Kraft Suspense Theatre as Janet Cord
• The View as Self