Gena Rowlands

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Gena Rowlands

Acting June 19, 1930

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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…

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The Notebook

The Notebook

7.9 2004 Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
NCIS

NCIS

7.6 2003 TV Show
The View

The View

4.3 1997 TV Show
The Skeleton Key

The Skeleton Key

6.6 2005 Movie
Monk

Monk

7.9 2002 TV Show
Columbo

Columbo

8.1 1971 TV Show
All About My Mother

All About My Mother

7.6 1999 Movie
Taking Lives

Taking Lives

6.4 2004 Movie
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
Bonanza

Bonanza

7.5 1959 TV Show
Night on Earth

Night on Earth

7.5 1991 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

    Movie Self

  2. 2019
    Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

    Movie Self

  3. 2019
    Peter Falk versus Columbo

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2017
    Bette Davis: Larger Than Life

    Movie Self

  5. 2017
    Unfortunate Circumstances

    Movie Dr. Cohen

  6. 2014
    Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

    Movie Lily Harrison

  7. 2014
    Yellow

    Movie Mimi

  8. 2014
    Watching Gena Rowlands

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  9. 2014
    Parts Per Billion

    Movie Esther

  10. 2011
    Olive

    Movie Tess M Powell

  11. 2011
    Faces

    Movie Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)

  12. 2007
    Cannes: All Access

    Movie Self

  13. 2007
    Broken English

    Movie Vivien Wilder-Mann

  14. 2007
    What If God Were the Sun?

    Movie Melissa Eisenbloom

  15. 2006
    Paris Je T'aime

    Movie Gena (Quartier Latin)

  16. 2006
    Edge of Outside

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2006
    Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

    Movie Self

  2. 2005
    The Skeleton Key

    Movie Violet Devereaux

  3. 2005
    Numb3rs

    TV show Erika Hellman

  4. 2004
    The Notebook

    Movie Older Allie

  5. 2004
    The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

    Movie Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie

  6. 2004
    Taking Lives

    Movie Mrs. Rebecca Asher

  7. 2004
    Making 'Faces'

    Movie Self

  8. 2003
    NCIS

    TV show Joann Fielding

  9. 2003
    Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

    Movie Self

  10. 2002
    Charms for the Easy Life

    Movie Charlie Kate

  11. 2002
    Monk

    TV show Marge Johnson

  12. 2002
    Heart of the Festival

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  13. 2002
    Hysterical Blindness

    Movie Virginia Miller

  14. 2001
    Wild Iris

    Movie Minnie Brinn

  15. 2000
    A Constant Forge

    Movie Self

  16. 2000
    Light Keeps Me Company

    Movie Self

  17. 2000
    The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

    Movie Georgia Porter

  18. 1999
    The Weekend

    Movie Laura Ponti

  19. 1999
    All About My Mother

    Movie In Memory Of

  20. 1998
    Playing by Heart

    Movie Hannah

  21. 1998
    Grace & Glorie

    Movie Grace Stiles

  22. 1998
    The Mighty

    Movie Gram

  23. 1998
    Hope Floats

    Movie Ramona Calvert

  24. 1998
    1001 Nights

    Movie Narrator (voice)