Gena Rowlands
Acting

Gena Rowlands

Born 19 June 1930 · Madison, Wisconsin, USA · Died 14 August 2024

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).

Known for

The Notebook
NCIS
The Skeleton Key
Taking Lives
Monk
Night on Earth
Columbo
Paris Je T'aime
A Woman Under the Influence
Paulie
Hope Floats
Bonanza
Unfortunate Circumstances
Yellow
Parts Per Billion
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Olive
Broken English
What If God Were the Sun?
Paris Je T'aime
The Skeleton Key
The Notebook
Taking Lives
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Hysterical Blindness
Charms for the Easy Life
Wild Iris
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
The Weekend
Playing by Heart
Hope Floats
The Mighty
Paulie
1001 Nights
Best Friends for Life
Grace & Glorie
She's So Lovely
Unhook the Stars
The Neon Bible
Something to Talk About
Parallel Lives
Silent Cries
Crazy in Love
Night on Earth
Once Around
Face of a Stranger
Ted & Venus
Montana
Another Woman
Light of Day
The Betty Ford Story
An Early Frost
Love Streams
Thursday's Child
Rapunzel
Tempest
Gloria
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
The Brink's Job
A Question of Love
Opening Night
Two-Minute Warning
A Woman Under the Influence
Minnie and Moskowitz
Husbands
Machine Gun McCain
Faces
Nick Quarry
Tony Rome
A Child Is Waiting
Lonely are the Brave
The Spiral Road
The High Cost of Loving
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