Gena Rowlands

Known For	Acting
Birthday	Jun 19, 1930
Died	Aug 14, 2024 (94)
Birthplace	Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Popularity	0.7 (history)
Updated	Jul 29, 2025
Entry Date	Apr 13, 2024
Links	TMDb IMDb

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 Glori ... a (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).

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Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

2014

as Lily Harrison

Parts Per Billion

2014

as Esther

Yellow

2012

as Mimi

Faces

2011

as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)

Olive

2011

as Tess M Powell

Broken English

2007

as Vivien Wilder-Mann

What If God Were the Sun?

2007

as Melissa Eisenbloom

The Skeleton Key

2005

as Violet Devereaux

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

2004

as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie

The Notebook

2004

as Older Allie

Taking Lives

2004

as Mrs. Rebecca Asher

Charms for the Easy Life

2002

as Charlie Kate

Hysterical Blindness

2002

as Virginia Miller

Wild Iris

2001

as Minnie Brinn

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

2000

as Georgia Porter

The Weekend

1999

as Laura Ponti

Grace & Glorie

1998

as Grace Stiles

Paulie

1998

as Ivy

Best Friends for Life

1998

as Mrs. Harriet Cahill

1001 Nights

1998

as Narrator (voice)

Hope Floats

1998

as Ramona Calvert

The Mighty

1998

as Gram

Playing by Heart

1998

as Hannah

She's So Lovely

1997

as Miss Green

Unhook the Stars

1996

as Mildred

The Neon Bible

1995

as Mae Morgan

Something to Talk About

1995

as Georgia King

Parallel Lives

1994

as Francie Pomerantz

Silent Cries

1993

as Peggy Sutherland

Crazy in Love

1992

as Honora Swift

Face of a Stranger

1991

as Pat Foster

Night on Earth

1991

as Victoria Snelling

Once Around

1991

as Marilyn Bella

Ted & Venus

1991

as Mrs. Turner

Montana

1990

as Bess Guthrie

Another Woman

1988

as Marion

The Betty Ford Story

1987

as Betty Ford

Light of Day

1987

as Janette Rasnick

An Early Frost

1985

as Katherine Pierson

Love Streams

1984

as Sarah Lawson

Thursday's Child

1983

as Victoria Alden

Rapunzel

1983

as The Witch

Tempest

1982

as Antonia

Gloria

1980

as Gloria Swenson

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

1979

as Abigail Mason

A Question of Love

1978

as Linda Ray Guettner

The Brink's Job

1978

as Mary Pino

Opening Night

1977

as Myrtle Gordon

Two-Minute Warning

1976

as Janet

A Woman Under the Influence

1974

as Mabel Longhetti

Minnie and Moskowitz

1971

as Minnie Moore

Husbands

1970

as Party Guest

Faces

1968

as Jeannie Rapp

Tony Rome

1967

as Rita Kosterman

A Child Is Waiting

1963

as Sophie Widdicombe Benham

Lonely are the Brave

1962

as Jerry Bondi

The Spiral Road

1962

as Els

Shadows

1960

as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)

The High Cost of Loving

1958

as Ginny Fry

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Organization	Category	Movie
Academy Awards	Best Actress	A Woman Under the Influence	Nominated
BAFTA Awards	Best Actress	A Woman Under the Influence	Nominated
Berlin International Film Festival	Best Actress	Opening Night	Nominated

Peyton Place

as Adrienne Van Leyden

Episodes: 193

First Aired: Sep 15, 1964

87th Precinct

as Teddy Carella

Episodes: 30

First Aired: Sep 25, 1961

Garrison's Gorillas

as Duchess

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1967

Columbo

as Elizabeth Van Wick

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1971

77 Sunset Strip

as Barbara Adams

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 1958

Burke's Law

as Paullette Shane

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1963

Numb3rs

as Erika Hellman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 23, 2005

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Janet Cord

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 1963

Monk

as Marge Johnson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 12, 2002

Medical Center

as Karen Coberly

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1969

Studio One

as Betty

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Witch

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1982

General Electric Theater

as Dorothy Dickenson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

The Islanders

as Pepper Mint

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1960

Johnny Staccato

as Nina Van Ness

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1959

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Victoria Alden

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Lucille Jones

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Target: The Corruptors!

as Marian Praisewater

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1961

Run for Your Life

as Charlotte Hyde

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1965

The Virginian

as Savannah

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

Adventures in Paradise

as Dr. Abigail Brent

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1959

Laramie

as Laurel DeWalt

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1959

Riverboat

as Rose Traynor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1959

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Myrtle Wilson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 30, 1950

Dr. Kildare

as Helen Scott

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1961

Ghost Story

as Kate Lucas

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1972

Burke's Law

as Mitzi Carlisle

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1963

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as June

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1963

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Lois Baxter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 1963

Bonanza

as Ragan Miller

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1959

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Grace

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

NCIS

as Joann Fielding

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2003

Medical Center

as Frances Delaney

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1969

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Lorraine Denby

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1969

The Lloyd Bridges Show

as Leslie Kaufman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Helen Martin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Louise Henderson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Diana Justin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 20, 1944

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 20, 1944

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

The View

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 11, 1997

E! True Hollywood Story

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 21, 1996

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 11, 1961

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1975

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 20, 1944

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