1930-06-19 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 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).
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021-08-14 |
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Gena Rowlands — Unabhängig im Kino und im Leben | Self | 2019-06-05 |
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Bette Davis - Größer als das Leben | Self | 2017-12-18 |
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Unfortunate Circumstances | Dr. Cohen | 2017-05-10 |
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Watching Gena Rowlands | Self (archive footage) | 2014-08-01 |
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Parts Per Billion | Esther | 2014-03-25 |
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Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks | Lily Harrison | 2014-12-12 |
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Yellow | Mimi | 2012-09-08 |
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Olive | Tess M Powell | 2011-12-16 |
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Faces | Jeannie Rapp (archive footage) | 2011-11-19 |
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Broken English | Vivien Wilder-Mann | 2007-11-22 |
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What If God Were the Sun? | Melissa Eisenbloom | 2007-05-14 |
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Bienvenue à Cannes | Self | 2007-10-27 |
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Stardust: The Bette Davis Story | Self | 2006-05-03 |
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Edge of Outside | Self | 2006-06-11 |
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Paris, je t'aime | Gena (Quartier Latin) | 2006-06-21 |
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The Skeleton Key | Violet Devereaux | 2005-07-29 |
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The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie | Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie | 2004-03-30 |
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Making 'Faces' | Self | 2004-01-01 |
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The Notebook | Older Allie | 2004-05-25 |
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Taking Lives | Mrs. Rebecca Asher | 2004-03-19 |
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003-04-03 |
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Charms for the Easy Life | Charlie Kate | 2002-08-18 |
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Hysterical Blindness | Virginia Miller | 2002-01-16 |
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Wild Iris | Minnie Brinn | 2001-01-01 |
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Ljuset håller mig sällskap | Self | 2000-08-26 |
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The Color of Love: Jacey's Story | Georgia Porter | 2000-03-19 |
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A Constant Forge | Self | 2000-01-01 |
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The Weekend | Laura Ponti | 1999-06-28 |
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1001 Nights | Narrator (voice) | 1998-04-30 |
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Best Friends for Life | Mrs. Harriet Cahill | 1998-01-18 |
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The Mighty | Gram | 1998-06-01 |
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Hope Floats | Ramona Calvert | 1998-05-29 |
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Playing by Heart | Hannah | 1998-12-30 |
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Grace & Glorie | Grace Stiles | 1998-12-13 |
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Paulie | Ivy | 1998-04-17 |
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She's So Lovely | Miss Green | 1997-08-29 |
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John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All | Self | 1996-01-28 |
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Unhook the Stars | Mildred | 1996-09-04 |
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The Neon Bible | Mae Morgan | 1995-08-23 |
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Something to Talk About | Georgia King | 1995-08-04 |
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Parallel Lives | Francie Pomerantz | 1994-08-04 |
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Silent Cries | Peggy Sutherland | 1993-03-08 |
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Anything for John | Self | 1993-09-06 |
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Crazy in Love | Honora Swift | 1992-08-10 |
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Night on Earth | Victoria Snelling | 1991-12-12 |
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Ted & Venus | Mrs. Turner | 1991-08-08 |
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Face of a Stranger | Pat Foster | 1991-12-29 |
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Once Around | Marilyn Bella | 1991-01-18 |
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Hollywood Mavericks | Self (archive footage) | 1990-09-07 |
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Montana | Bess Guthrie | 1990-02-09 |
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Another Woman | Marion | 1988-10-13 |
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Light of Day | Janette Rasnick | 1987-02-06 |
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The Betty Ford Story | Betty Ford | 1987-03-02 |
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An Early Frost | Katherine Pierson | 1985-05-01 |
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Nederland C | Self - Interviewed actress | 1985-01-16 |
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I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work | Self | 1984-07-01 |
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Love Streams | Sarah Lawson | 1984-03-22 |
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Rapunzel | The Witch | 1983-02-05 |
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Thursday's Child | Victoria Alden | 1983-02-01 |
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Tempest | Antonia | 1982-08-13 |
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Gloria | Gloria Swenson | 1980-10-01 |
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Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter | Abigail Mason | 1979-05-13 |
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A Question of Love | Linda Ray Guettner | 1978-11-26 |
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The Brink's Job | Mary Pino | 1978-12-08 |
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Opening Night | Myrtle Gordon | 1977-12-22 |
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Two-Minute Warning | Janet | 1976-11-12 |
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A Woman Under the Influence | Mabel Longhetti | 1974-11-18 |
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Minnie and Moskowitz | Minnie Moore | 1971-12-22 |
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Husbands | Party Guest | 1970-12-08 |
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Gli intoccabili | Rosemary Scott | 1969-04-01 |
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Faces | Jeannie Rapp | 1968-11-24 |
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Nick Quarry | 1968-01-01 | |
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Tony Rome | Rita Kosterman | 1967-11-10 |
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A Child Is Waiting | Sophie Widdicombe Benham | 1963-02-13 |
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Lonely are the Brave | Jerry Bondi | 1962-05-24 |
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The Spiral Road | Els | 1962-08-03 |
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Shadows | Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited) | 1960-10-14 |
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The High Cost of Loving | Ginny Fry | 1958-05-16 |