
Gena Rowlands
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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Unfortunate Circumstances
as Dr. Cohen
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
as Lily Harrison
Parts Per Billion
as Esther
Yellow
as Mimi
Olive
as Tess M Powell
Faces
as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Broken English
as Vivien Wilder-Mann
What If God Were the Sun?
as Melissa Eisenbloom
Paris Je T'aime
as Gena (Quartier Latin)
The Skeleton Key
as Violet Devereaux
The Notebook
as Older Allie
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
Taking Lives
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
Charms for the Easy Life
as Charlie Kate
Hysterical Blindness
as Virginia Miller
Wild Iris
as Minnie Brinn
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
as Georgia Porter
The Weekend
as Laura Ponti
Playing by Heart
as Hannah
Grace & Glorie
as Grace Stiles
The Mighty
as Gram
Hope Floats
as Ramona Calvert
1001 Nights
as Narrator (voice)
Paulie
as Ivy
Best Friends for Life
as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
She's So Lovely
as Miss Green
Unhook the Stars
as Mildred
The Neon Bible
as Mae Morgan
Something to Talk About
as Georgia King
Parallel Lives
as Francie Pomerantz
Crew Credits
Paris Je T'aime
Writer
All About My Mother
In Memory Of