Person
Gena Rowlands
Acting · 1930–2024 · 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).
Known for
NCIS
Joann Fielding
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Helen Martin
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Columbo
Elizabeth Van Wick
Monk
Marge Johnson
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Robert Montgomery Presents
Myrtle Wilson
Bonanza
Ragan Miller
Numb3rs
Erika Hellman
The View
Self
Filmography
- 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelf
- 2019Gena Rowlands: A Life on FilmSelf
- 2019Peter Falk versus ColumboSelf (archive footage)
- 2017Bette Davis: Larger Than LifeSelf
- 2017Unfortunate CircumstancesDr. Cohen
- 2014Six Dance Lessons in Six WeeksLily Harrison
- 2014YellowMimi
- 2014Watching Gena RowlandsSelf (archive footage)
- 2014Parts Per BillionEsther
- 2011OliveTess M Powell
- 2011FacesJeannie Rapp (archive footage)
- 2007Cannes: All AccessSelf
- 2007Broken EnglishVivien Wilder-Mann
- 2007What If God Were the Sun?Melissa Eisenbloom
- 2006Paris Je T'aimeGena (Quartier Latin)
- 2006Edge of OutsideSelf
- 2006Stardust: The Bette Davis StorySelf
- 2005The Skeleton KeyViolet Devereaux
- 2005Numb3rsErika Hellman
- 2004The NotebookOlder Allie
- 2004The Incredible Mrs. RitchieMrs. Evelyn Ritchie
- 2004Taking LivesMrs. Rebecca Asher
- 2004Making 'Faces'Self
- 2003NCISJoann Fielding
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf
- 2002Charms for the Easy LifeCharlie Kate
- 2002MonkMarge Johnson
- 2002Heart of the FestivalSelf (archive footage)
- 2002Hysterical BlindnessVirginia Miller
- 2001Wild IrisMinnie Brinn
- 2000A Constant ForgeSelf
- 2000Light Keeps Me CompanySelf
- 2000The Color of Love: Jacey's StoryGeorgia Porter
- 1999The WeekendLaura Ponti
- 1999All About My MotherIn Memory Of
- 1998Playing by HeartHannah
- 1998Grace & GlorieGrace Stiles
- 1998The MightyGram
- 1998Hope FloatsRamona Calvert
- 19981001 NightsNarrator (voice)
- 1998PaulieIvy
- 1998Best Friends for LifeMrs. Harriet Cahill
- 1997She's So LovelyMiss Green
- 1997The ViewSelf
- 1996Unhook the StarsMildred
- 1996E! True Hollywood StorySelf
- 1996John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It AllSelf
- 1995The Neon BibleMae Morgan
- 1995Something to Talk AboutGeorgia King
- 1994Parallel LivesFrancie Pomerantz
- 1993Anything for JohnSelf
- 1993Silent CriesPeggy Sutherland
- 1992Crazy in LoveHonora Swift
- 1991Face of a StrangerPat Foster
- 1991Night on EarthVictoria Snelling
- 1991Ted & VenusMrs. Turner
- 1991Once AroundMarilyn Bella
- 1990Hollywood MavericksSelf (archive footage)
- 1990MontanaBess Guthrie
- 1988Another WomanMarion
- 1987The Betty Ford StoryBetty Ford
- 1987Light of DayJanette Rasnick
- 1985An Early FrostKatherine Pierson
- 1985Nederland CSelf - Interviewed actress
- 1984I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His WorkSelf
- 1984Love StreamsSarah Lawson
- 1983RapunzelThe Witch
- 1983Thursday's ChildVictoria Alden
- 1982Faerie Tale TheatreWitch
- 1982TempestAntonia
- 1980GloriaGloria Swenson
- 1979Strangers: The Story of a Mother and DaughterAbigail Mason
- 1978The Brink's JobMary Pino
- 1978A Question of LoveLinda Ray Guettner
- 1977Opening NightMyrtle Gordon
- 1976Two-Minute WarningJanet
- 1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf
- 1974A Woman Under the InfluenceMabel Longhetti
- 1972Ghost StoryKate Lucas
- 1971Minnie and MoskowitzMinnie Moore
- 1971ColumboElizabeth Van Wick
- 1970HusbandsParty Guest
- 1969Medical CenterKaren Coberly
- 1969Marcus Welby, M.D.Lorraine Denby
- 1969Machine Gun McCainRosemary Scott
- 1968FacesJeannie Rapp
- 1968Nick Quarry
- 1967Tony RomeRita Kosterman
- 1967Garrison's GorillasDuchess
- 1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.Baroness Ingrid Blangstead
- 1965Run for Your LifeCharlotte Hyde
- 1964Peyton PlaceAdrienne Van Leyden
- 1963Kraft Suspense TheatreJanet Cord
- 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreJune
- 1963Burke's LawPaullette Shane
- 1963A Child Is WaitingSophie Widdicombe Benham
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourHelen Martin
- 1962The VirginianSavannah
- 1962The Lloyd Bridges ShowLeslie Kaufman
- 1962The Spiral RoadEls
- 1962Lonely are the BraveJerry Bondi
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1961Target: The Corruptors!Marian Praisewater
- 1961Dr. KildareHelen Scott
- 196187th PrecinctTeddy Carella
- 1960ShadowsWoman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
- 1960The IslandersPepper Mint
- 1959Adventures in ParadiseDr. Abigail Brent
- 1959LaramieLaurel DeWalt
- 1959RiverboatRose Traynor
- 1959BonanzaRagan Miller
- 1959Johnny StaccatoNina Van Ness
- 195877 Sunset StripBarbara Adams
- 1958The High Cost of LovingGinny Fry
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsLucille Jones
- 1953General Electric TheaterDorothy Dickenson
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameVictoria Alden
- 1950Robert Montgomery PresentsMyrtle Wilson
- 1948Studio OneBetty
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee
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