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).

Known For

NCIS

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Monk

Columbo

Bonanza

The Mike Douglas Show

The View

Golden Globe Awards

All Movies (81)

• Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2021 · as Self
• Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film2019 · as Self
• Peter Falk versus Columbo2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bette Davis: Larger Than Life2017 · as Self
• Unfortunate Circumstances2017 · as Dr. Cohen
• Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks2014 · as Lily Harrison
• Watching Gena Rowlands2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Parts Per Billion2014 · as Esther
• Yellow2012 · as Mimi
• Olive2011 · as Tess M Powell
• Faces2011 · as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
• Cannes: All Access2007 · as Self
• Broken English2007 · as Vivien Wilder-Mann
• What If God Were the Sun?2007 · as Melissa Eisenbloom
• Paris Je T'aime2006 · as Gena (Quartier Latin)
• Edge of Outside2006 · as Self
• Stardust: The Bette Davis Story2006 · as Self
• The Skeleton Key2005 · as Violet Devereaux
• The Notebook2004 · as Older Allie
• The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie2004 · as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
• Taking Lives2004 · as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
• Making 'Faces'2004 · as Self
• Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003 · as Self
• Charms for the Easy Life2002 · as Charlie Kate
• Heart of the Festival2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hysterical Blindness2002 · as Virginia Miller
• Wild Iris2001 · as Minnie Brinn
• A Constant Forge2000 · as Self
• Light Keeps Me Company2000 · as Self
• The Color of Love: Jacey's Story2000 · as Georgia Porter
• The Weekend1999 · as Laura Ponti
• Playing by Heart1998 · as Hannah
• Grace & Glorie1998 · as Grace Stiles
• The Mighty1998 · as Gram
• Hope Floats1998 · as Ramona Calvert
• 1001 Nights1998 · as Narrator (voice)
• Paulie1998 · as Ivy
• Best Friends for Life1998 · as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
• She's So Lovely1997 · as Miss Green
• Unhook the Stars1996 · as Mildred
• John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All1996 · as Self
• The Neon Bible1995 · as Mae Morgan
• Something to Talk About1995 · as Georgia King
• Parallel Lives1994 · as Francie Pomerantz
• Anything for John1993 · as Self
• Silent Cries1993 · as Peggy Sutherland
• Crazy in Love1992 · as Honora Swift
• Face of a Stranger1991 · as Pat Foster
• Night on Earth1991 · as Victoria Snelling
• Ted & Venus1991 · as Mrs. Turner
• Once Around1991 · as Marilyn Bella
• Hollywood Mavericks1990 · as Self (archive footage)
• Montana1990 · as Bess Guthrie
• Another Woman1988 · as Marion
• The Betty Ford Story1987 · as Betty Ford
• Light of Day1987 · as Janette Rasnick
• An Early Frost1985 · as Katherine Pierson
• Nederland C1985 · as Self - Interviewed actress
• I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work1984 · as Self
• Love Streams1984 · as Sarah Lawson
• Rapunzel1983 · as The Witch
• Thursday's Child1983 · as Victoria Alden
• Tempest1982 · as Antonia
• Gloria1980 · as Gloria Swenson
• Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter1979 · as Abigail Mason
• The Brink's Job1978 · as Mary Pino
• A Question of Love1978 · as Linda Ray Guettner
• Opening Night1977 · as Myrtle Gordon
• Two-Minute Warning1976 · as Janet
• A Woman Under the Influence1974 · as Mabel Longhetti
• Minnie and Moskowitz1971 · as Minnie Moore
• Husbands1970 · as Party Guest
• Machine Gun McCain1969 · as Rosemary Scott
• Faces1968 · as Jeannie Rapp
• Nick Quarry1968
• Tony Rome1967 · as Rita Kosterman
• A Child Is Waiting1963 · as Sophie Widdicombe Benham
• The Spiral Road1962 · as Els
• Lonely are the Brave1962 · as Jerry Bondi
• Shadows1960 · as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
• The High Cost of Loving1958 · as Ginny Fry

All TV Shows (48)

• Numb3rs2005 · as Erika Hellman
• NCIS2003 · as Joann Fielding
• Monk2002 · as Marge Johnson
• The View1997 · as Self
• E! True Hollywood Story1996 · as Self
• Faerie Tale Theatre1982 · as Witch
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Ghost Story1972 · as Kate Lucas
• Columbo1971 · as Elizabeth Van Wick
• Medical Center1969 · as Karen Coberly
• Medical Center1969 · as Frances Delaney
• Marcus Welby, M.D.1969 · as Lorraine Denby
• Garrison's Gorillas1967 · as Duchess
• The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.1966 · as Baroness Ingrid Blangstead
• Run for Your Life1965 · as Charlotte Hyde
• Peyton Place1964 · as Adrienne Van Leyden
• Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Janet Cord
• Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Lois Baxter
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as June
• Burke's Law1963 · as Paullette Shane
• Burke's Law1963 · as Mitzi Carlisle
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Helen Martin
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Louise Henderson
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Diana Justin
• The Virginian1962 · as Savannah
• The Lloyd Bridges Show1962 · as Leslie Kaufman
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Target: The Corruptors!1961 · as Marian Praisewater
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Helen Scott
• 87th Precinct1961 · as Teddy Carella
• The Islanders1960 · as Pepper Mint
• Adventures in Paradise1959 · as Dr. Abigail Brent
• Laramie1959 · as Laurel DeWalt
• Riverboat1959 · as Rose Traynor
• Bonanza1959 · as Ragan Miller
• Johnny Staccato1959 · as Nina Van Ness
• 77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Barbara Adams
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Lucille Jones
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Dorothy Dickenson
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Victoria Alden
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Grace
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Myrtle Wilson
• Studio One1948 · as Betty
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self