Personal Info
Birthday
June 19, 1930
Place of Birth
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Known For
Acting
Gena 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).
Acting Filmography (118)
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0.0
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie2021
7.2
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Movie2019
7.2
Peter Falk versus Columbo
Movie2019
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6.0
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Movie2017
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0.0
Unfortunate Circumstances
Movie2017
2.8
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Movie2014
5.3
Yellow
Movie2014
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0.0
Watching Gena Rowlands
Movie2014
4.4
Parts Per Billion
Movie2014
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6.5
Olive
Movie2011
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0.0
Faces
Movie2011
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3.2
Cannes: All Access
Movie2007
5.9
Broken English
Movie2007
7.0
What If God Were the Sun?
Movie2007
6.8
Paris Je T'aime
Movie2006
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5.8
Edge of Outside
Movie2006
6.7
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Movie2006
6.6
The Skeleton Key
Movie2005
7.0
Numb3rs
TV Series2005
7.9
The Notebook
Movie2004
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7.2
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Movie2004
6.4
Taking Lives
Movie2004
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Making 'Faces'
Movie2004
7.6
NCIS
TV Series2003
7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie2003
8.5
Charms for the Easy Life
Movie2002
7.9
Monk
TV Series2002
6.5
Heart of the Festival
Movie2002
6.1
Hysterical Blindness
Movie2002
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7.4
Wild Iris
Movie2001
6.8
A Constant Forge
Movie2000
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7.9
Light Keeps Me Company
Movie2000
7.0
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
Movie2000
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2.7
The Weekend
Movie1999
6.6
Playing by Heart
Movie1998
6.3
Grace & Glorie
Movie1998
7.3
The Mighty
Movie1998
6.4
Hope Floats
Movie1998
6.7
1001 Nights
Movie1998
7.0
Paulie
Movie1998
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7.0
Best Friends for Life
Movie1998
5.9
She's So Lovely
Movie1997
4.3
The View
TV Series1997
6.0
Unhook the Stars
Movie1996
8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
TV Series1996
6.1
The Neon Bible
Movie1995
5.6
Something to Talk About
Movie1995
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5.7
Parallel Lives
Movie1994
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7.3
Anything for John
Movie1993
5.0
Silent Cries
Movie1993
4.6
Crazy in Love
Movie1992
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10.0
Face of a Stranger
Movie1991
7.5
Night on Earth
Movie1991
4.5
Ted & Venus
Movie1991
6.1
Once Around
Movie1991
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7.3
Hollywood Mavericks
Movie1990
6.1
Montana
Movie1990
6.8
Another Woman
Movie1988
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0.0
The Betty Ford Story
Movie1987
5.5
Light of Day
Movie1987
5.8
An Early Frost
Movie1985
8.3
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Movie1984
7.2
Love Streams
Movie1984
5.9
Rapunzel
Movie1983
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5.5
Thursday's Child
Movie1983
8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV Series1982
6.0
Tempest
Movie1982
6.9
Gloria
Movie1980
9.4
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Movie1979
6.2
The Brink's Job
Movie1978
5.2
A Question of Love
Movie1978
7.6
Opening Night
Movie1977
6.3
Two-Minute Warning
Movie1976
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6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV Series1975
7.8
A Woman Under the Influence
Movie1974
7.4
Ghost Story
TV Series1972
6.7
Minnie and Moskowitz
Movie1971
8.1
Columbo
TV Series1971
6.7
Husbands
Movie1970
6.4
Medical Center
TV Series1969
6.6
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV Series1969
6.1
Machine Gun McCain
Movie1969
7.1
Faces
Movie1968
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9.0
Nick Quarry
Movie1968
6.4
Tony Rome
Movie1967
8.1
Garrison's Gorillas
TV Series1967
6.9
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV Series1966
7.1
Run for Your Life
TV Series1965
6.2
Peyton Place
TV Series1964
6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV Series1963
6.3
Burke's Law
TV Series1963
6.8
A Child Is Waiting
Movie1963
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV Series1962
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV Series1962
6.5
The Virginian
TV Series1962
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6.0
The Lloyd Bridges Show
TV Series1962
5.5
The Spiral Road
Movie1962
7.4
Lonely are the Brave
Movie1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
TV Series1961
5.7
Target: The Corruptors!
TV Series1961
5.7
Dr. Kildare
TV Series1961
7.8
87th Precinct
TV Series1961
6.9
Shadows
Movie1960
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8.0
The Islanders
TV Series1960
6.1
Adventures in Paradise
TV Series1959
6.7
Laramie
TV Series1959
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6.5
Riverboat
TV Series1959
7.5
Bonanza
TV Series1959
5.3
Johnny Staccato
TV Series1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
TV Series1958
6.6
The High Cost of Loving
Movie1958
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV Series1955
6.8
General Electric Theater
TV Series1953
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV Series1951
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV Series1950
5.4
Studio One
TV Series1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV Series1948
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
TV Series1944