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
Cast Credits
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2021
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2019
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2017
Unfortunate Circumstances
Character: Dr. Cohen
MOVIE • 2017
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Character: Lily Harrison
MOVIE • 2014
Watching Gena Rowlands
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2014
Parts Per Billion
Character: Esther
MOVIE • 2014
Yellow
Character: Mimi
MOVIE • 2012
Olive
Character: Tess M Powell
MOVIE • 2011
Faces
Character: Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2011
Broken English
Character: Vivien Wilder-Mann
MOVIE • 2007
Cannes: All Access
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2007
What If God Were the Sun?
Character: Melissa Eisenbloom
MOVIE • 2007
Paris Je T'aime
Character: Gena (Quartier Latin)
MOVIE • 2006
Edge of Outside
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2006
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2006
The Skeleton Key
Character: Violet Devereaux
MOVIE • 2005
Numb3rs
Character: Erika Hellman
TV • 2005
The Notebook
Character: Older Allie
MOVIE • 2004
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Character: Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
MOVIE • 2004
Crew