Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Born
19 Juni 1930
Died
14 August 2024
Place of birth
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Also known as
Virginia Cathryn Rowlands
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).
Bekannt für
7.9
Film
The Notebook
Older Allie
2004
6.4
Film
Taking Lives
Mrs. Rebecca Asher
2004
7.8
Series
87th Precinct
Teddy Carella
1961–1962
6.6
Film
The Skeleton Key
Violet Devereaux
2005
6.6
Film
Playing by Heart
Hannah
1998
6.7
Film
1001 Nights
Narrator (voice)
1998
6.4
Film
Hope Floats
Ramona Calvert
1998
5.6
Film
Something to Talk About
Georgia King
1995
6.8
Film
Another Woman
Marion
1988
7.8
Film
A Woman Under the Influence
Mabel Longhetti
1974
7.0
Film
Paulie
Ivy
1998
7.5
Film
Night on Earth
Victoria Snelling
1991
7.3
Film
The Mighty
Gram
1998
7.2
Film
Peter Falk versus Columbo
Self (archive footage)
2019
7.2
Film
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Self
2019
6.0
Film
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Self
2017
Acting credits 16 titles
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
as Self
7.2
2019
Peter Falk versus Columbo
as Self (archive footage)
7.2
2019
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
as Self
6.0
2017
The Skeleton Key
as Violet Devereaux
6.6
2005
The Notebook
as Older Allie
7.9
2004
Taking Lives
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
6.4
2004
1001 Nights
as Narrator (voice)
6.7
1998
Paulie
as Ivy
7.0
1998
Hope Floats
as Ramona Calvert
6.4
1998
The Mighty
as Gram
7.3
1998
Playing by Heart
as Hannah
6.6
1998
Something to Talk About
as Georgia King
5.6
1995
Night on Earth
as Victoria Snelling
7.5
1991
Another Woman
as Marion
6.8
1988
A Woman Under the Influence
as Mabel Longhetti
7.8
1974
87th Precinct
as Teddy Carella
7.8
1961–1962