Gena Rowlands
Known for: Acting
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
Series
NCIS
Joann Fielding
2003
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
Monk
Marge Johnson
2002
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Columbo
Elizabeth Van Wick
1971
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
Numb3rs
Erika Hellman
2005
Series
Bonanza
Ragan Miller
1959
Series
The Virginian
Savannah
1962
Film
The Notebook
Older Allie
2004
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
June
1963
Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Helen Martin
1962
Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Louise Henderson
1962
Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Diana Justin
1962
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
Myrtle Wilson
1950
Series
Dr. Kildare
Helen Scott
1961
Series
Burke's Law
Paullette Shane
1963
Series
Burke's Law
Mitzi Carlisle
1963
Series
Studio One
Betty
1948
Series
Medical Center
Karen Coberly
1969
Series
Medical Center
Frances Delaney
1969
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Series
Run for Your Life
Charlotte Hyde
1965
Series
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Lorraine Denby
1969
Series
Laramie
Laurel DeWalt
1959
Series
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Janet Cord
1963
Series
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Lois Baxter
1963
Series
Adventures in Paradise
Dr. Abigail Brent
1959
Series
Faerie Tale Theatre
Witch
1982
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lucille Jones
1955
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
77 Sunset Strip
Barbara Adams
1958
Series
Ghost Story
Kate Lucas
1972
Film
Hope Floats
Ramona Calvert
1998
Film
The Skeleton Key
Violet Devereaux
2005
Series
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Baroness Ingrid Blangstead
1966
Series
Riverboat
Rose Traynor
1959
Series
87th Precinct
Teddy Carella
1961
Series
Garrison's Gorillas
Duchess
1967
Film
Taking Lives
Mrs. Rebecca Asher
2004
Series
Johnny Staccato
Nina Van Ness
1959
Series
Target: The Corruptors!
Marian Praisewater
1961
Series
The Islanders
Pepper Mint
1960
Film
Night on Earth
Victoria Snelling
1991
Film
Paris Je T'aime
Gena (Quartier Latin)
2006
Film
Paulie
Ivy
1998
Series
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Leslie Kaufman
1962
Film
A Woman Under the Influence
Mabel Longhetti
1974
Film
The Mighty
Gram
1998
Film
Playing by Heart
Hannah
1998
Film
Another Woman
Marion
1988
Film
Something to Talk About
Georgia King
1995
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
1996
Film
She's So Lovely
Miss Green
1997
Film
Love Streams
Sarah Lawson
1984
Film
Machine Gun McCain
Rosemary Scott
1969
Film
Lonely are the Brave
Jerry Bondi
1962
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Victoria Alden
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Grace
1951
Film
Gloria
Gloria Swenson
1980
Film
Faces
Jeannie Rapp
1968
Film
Light of Day
Janette Rasnick
1987
Film
Opening Night
Myrtle Gordon
1977
Film
Two-Minute Warning
Janet
1976
Film
Tony Rome
Rita Kosterman
1967
Film
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
A Child Is Waiting
Sophie Widdicombe Benham
1963
Film
Once Around
Marilyn Bella
1991
Film
Broken English
Vivien Wilder-Mann
2007
Series
General Electric Theater
Dorothy Dickenson
1953
Film
Parts Per Billion
Esther
2014
Film
Peter Falk versus Columbo
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021
Film
Tempest
Antonia
1982
Film
Unhook the Stars
Mildred
1996
Film
Husbands
Party Guest
1970
Film
Crazy in Love
Honora Swift
1992
Film
The Weekend
Laura Ponti
1999
Film
Hollywood Mavericks
Self (archive footage)
1990
Film
The Brink's Job
Mary Pino
1978
Film
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
2004
Film
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
2000
Film
Cannes: All Access
Self
2007
Film
Shadows
Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
1960
Film
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003
Film
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self
2006
Film
An Early Frost
Katherine Pierson
1985
Film
Minnie and Moskowitz
Minnie Moore
1971
Film
Ted & Venus
Mrs. Turner
1991
Series
Peyton Place
Adrienne Van Leyden
1964
Film
Hysterical Blindness
Virginia Miller
2002
Film
Montana
Bess Guthrie
1990
Film
Anything for John
Self
1993
Film
The Spiral Road
Els
1962
Film
Edge of Outside
Self
2006
Film
The Neon Bible
Mae Morgan
1995
Film
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
Georgia Porter
2000
Film
Parallel Lives
Francie Pomerantz
1994
Film
A Question of Love
Linda Ray Guettner
1978
Film
Yellow
Mimi
2014
Film
Silent Cries
Peggy Sutherland
1993
Film
The Betty Ford Story
Betty Ford
1987
Film
Grace & Glorie
Grace Stiles
1998
Film
Thursday's Child
Victoria Alden
1983
Film
Charms for the Easy Life
Charlie Kate
2002
Film
Wild Iris
Minnie Brinn
2001
Film
A Constant Forge
Self
2000
Film
1001 Nights
Narrator (voice)
1998
Film
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Lily Harrison
2014
Film
What If God Were the Sun?
Melissa Eisenbloom
2007
Film
Face of a Stranger
Pat Foster
1991
Film
Rapunzel
The Witch
1983
Film
The High Cost of Loving
Ginny Fry
1958
Film
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Self
2017
Film
Best Friends for Life
Mrs. Harriet Cahill
1998
Film
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Self
2019
Film
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Abigail Mason
1979
Film
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Self
1984
Film
Making 'Faces'
Self
2004
Film
Olive
Tess M Powell
2011
Nederland C
Self - Interviewed actress
1985
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Self
1996
Film
Nick Quarry
1968
Film
Faces
Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
2011
Film
Watching Gena Rowlands
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
Unfortunate Circumstances
Dr. Cohen
2017