
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).
Acting · 118
Yellow
2012
Olive
2011
Faces
2011
Broken English
2007
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Edge of Outside
2006
The Skeleton Key
2005
Numb3rs
2005
The Notebook
2004
Taking Lives
2004
Making 'Faces'
2004
NCIS
2003
Monk
2002
Wild Iris
2001
A Constant Forge
2000
The Weekend
1999
Playing by Heart
1998
Grace & Glorie
1998
The Mighty
1998
Hope Floats
1998
1001 Nights
1998
Paulie
1998
She's So Lovely
1997
The View
1997
Unhook the Stars
1996
The Neon Bible
1995
Parallel Lives
1994
Silent Cries
1993
Crazy in Love
1992
Night on Earth
1991
Ted & Venus
1991
Once Around
1991
Montana
1990
Another Woman
1988
Light of Day
1987
An Early Frost
1985
Love Streams
1984
Rapunzel
1983
Thursday's Child
1983
Tempest
1982
Gloria
1980
The Brink's Job
1978
Opening Night
1977
Ghost Story
1972
Columbo
1971
Husbands
1970
Medical Center
1969
Faces
1968
Nick Quarry
1968
Tony Rome
1967
Peyton Place
1964
Burke's Law
1963
The Virginian
1962
The Spiral Road
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961
87th Precinct
1961
Shadows
1960
The Islanders
1960
Laramie
1959
Riverboat
1959
Bonanza
1959
Johnny Staccato
1959
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Studio One
1948
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