Gena Rowlands

Gena Rowlands

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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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

NCIS

NCIS

2003 • as Joann Fielding

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 • as Self

The View

The View

1997 • as Self

Columbo

Columbo

1971 • as Elizabeth Van Wick

Monk

Monk

2002 • as Marge Johnson

Filmography

2021

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/14/2021

2019

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/5/2019

2017

Unfortunate Circumstances
Unfortunate Circumstances
as Dr. Cohen
Movie - Released: 5/10/2017
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/18/2017

2014

Parts Per Billion
Parts Per Billion
as Esther
Movie - Released: 3/25/2014
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
as Lily Harrison
Movie - Released: 12/12/2014
Watching Gena Rowlands
Watching Gena Rowlands
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 8/1/2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 2/1/2014

2012

Yellow
Yellow
as Mimi
Movie - Released: 9/8/2012

2011

Olive
Olive
as Tess M Powell
Movie - Released: 12/16/2011
Faces
Faces
as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/19/2011

2007

Broken English
Broken English
as Vivien Wilder-Mann
Movie - Released: 11/22/2007
What If God Were the Sun?
What If God Were the Sun?
as Melissa Eisenbloom
Movie - Released: 5/14/2007
Cannes: All Access
Cannes: All Access
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/27/2007

2006

Paris Je T'aime
Paris Je T'aime
as Gena (Quartier Latin)
Movie - Released: 6/21/2006
Edge of Outside
Edge of Outside
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/11/2006
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/3/2006

2005

The Skeleton Key
The Skeleton Key
as Violet Devereaux
Movie - Released: 7/29/2005
Numb3rs
Numb3rs
as Erika Hellman
TV - Released: 1/23/2005

2004

The Notebook
The Notebook
as Older Allie
Movie - Released: 5/25/2004
Taking Lives
Taking Lives
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
Movie - Released: 3/19/2004
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
Movie - Released: 3/30/2004
Making 'Faces'
Making 'Faces'
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/2004

2003

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/3/2003
NCIS
NCIS
as Joann Fielding
TV - Released: 9/23/2003

2002

Hysterical Blindness
Hysterical Blindness
as Virginia Miller
Movie - Released: 1/16/2002
Charms for the Easy Life
Charms for the Easy Life
as Charlie Kate
Movie - Released: 8/18/2002
Monk
Monk
as Marge Johnson
TV - Released: 7/12/2002

2001

Wild Iris
Wild Iris
as Minnie Brinn
Movie - Released: 1/1/2001

2000

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
as Georgia Porter
Movie - Released: 3/19/2000
Light Keeps Me Company
Light Keeps Me Company
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/26/2000
A Constant Forge
A Constant Forge
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/2000

1999

The Weekend
The Weekend
as Laura Ponti
Movie - Released: 6/28/1999

1998

Playing by Heart
Playing by Heart
as Hannah
Movie - Released: 12/30/1998
Hope Floats
Hope Floats
as Ramona Calvert
Movie - Released: 5/29/1998
The Mighty
The Mighty
as Gram
Movie - Released: 6/1/1998
Paulie
Paulie
as Ivy
Movie - Released: 4/17/1998
1001 Nights
1001 Nights
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/30/1998
Best Friends for Life
Best Friends for Life
as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
Movie - Released: 1/18/1998
Grace & Glorie
Grace & Glorie
as Grace Stiles
Movie - Released: 12/13/1998

1997

She's So Lovely
She's So Lovely
as Miss Green
Movie - Released: 8/29/1997
The View
The View
as Self
TV - Released: 8/11/1997

1996

Unhook the Stars
Unhook the Stars
as Mildred
Movie - Released: 9/4/1996
Movie
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/28/1996
E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story
as Self
TV - Released: 8/21/1996

1995

The Neon Bible
The Neon Bible
as Mae Morgan
Movie - Released: 8/23/1995
Something to Talk About
Something to Talk About
as Georgia King
Movie - Released: 8/4/1995

1994

Parallel Lives
Parallel Lives
as Francie Pomerantz
Movie - Released: 8/4/1994

1993

Silent Cries
Silent Cries
as Peggy Sutherland
Movie - Released: 3/8/1993
Anything for John
Anything for John
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/6/1993

1992

Crazy in Love
Crazy in Love
as Honora Swift
Movie - Released: 8/10/1992

1991

Night on Earth
Night on Earth
as Victoria Snelling
Movie - Released: 12/12/1991
Once Around
Once Around
as Marilyn Bella
Movie - Released: 1/18/1991
Face of a Stranger
Face of a Stranger
as Pat Foster
Movie - Released: 12/29/1991
Ted & Venus
Ted & Venus
as Mrs. Turner
Movie - Released: 8/8/1991

1990

Montana
Montana
as Bess Guthrie
Movie - Released: 2/9/1990
Hollywood Mavericks
Hollywood Mavericks
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 9/7/1990

1988

Another Woman
Another Woman
as Marion
Movie - Released: 10/13/1988

1987

Light of Day
Light of Day
as Janette Rasnick
Movie - Released: 2/6/1987
The Betty Ford Story
The Betty Ford Story
as Betty Ford
Movie - Released: 3/2/1987

1985

An Early Frost
An Early Frost
as Katherine Pierson
Movie - Released: 5/1/1985
Movie
Nederland C
as Self - Interviewed actress
Movie - Released: 1/16/1985

1984

Love Streams
Love Streams
as Sarah Lawson
Movie - Released: 3/22/1984
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/1/1984

1983

Thursday's Child
Thursday's Child
as Victoria Alden
Movie - Released: 2/1/1983
Rapunzel
Rapunzel
as The Witch
Movie - Released: 2/5/1983

1982

Tempest
Tempest
as Antonia
Movie - Released: 8/13/1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Witch
TV - Released: 9/11/1982

1980

Gloria
Gloria
as Gloria Swenson
Movie - Released: 10/1/1980

1979

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
as Abigail Mason
Movie - Released: 5/13/1979

1978

The Brink's Job
The Brink's Job
as Mary Pino
Movie - Released: 12/8/1978
A Question of Love
A Question of Love
as Linda Ray Guettner
Movie - Released: 11/26/1978

1977

Opening Night
Opening Night
as Myrtle Gordon
Movie - Released: 12/22/1977

1976

Two-Minute Warning
Two-Minute Warning
as Janet
Movie - Released: 11/12/1976

1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
TV - Released: 1/12/1975

1974

A Woman Under the Influence
A Woman Under the Influence
as Mabel Longhetti
Movie - Released: 11/18/1974

1972

Ghost Story
Ghost Story
as Kate Lucas
TV - Released: 9/15/1972

1971

Minnie and Moskowitz
Minnie and Moskowitz
as Minnie Moore
Movie - Released: 12/22/1971
Columbo
Columbo
as Elizabeth Van Wick
TV - Released: 9/15/1971

1970

Husbands
Husbands
as Party Guest
Movie - Released: 12/8/1970

1969

Machine Gun McCain
Machine Gun McCain
as Rosemary Scott
Movie - Released: 4/1/1969
Medical Center
Medical Center
as Karen Coberly
TV - Released: 9/24/1969
Medical Center
Medical Center
as Frances Delaney
TV - Released: 9/24/1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Lorraine Denby
TV - Released: 9/23/1969

1968

Faces
Faces
as Jeannie Rapp
Movie - Released: 11/24/1968
Nick Quarry
Nick Quarry
Movie - Released: 1/1/1968

1967

Tony Rome
Tony Rome
as Rita Kosterman
Movie - Released: 11/10/1967
Garrison's Gorillas
Garrison's Gorillas
as Duchess
TV - Released: 9/6/1967

1965

Run for Your Life
Run for Your Life
as Charlotte Hyde
TV - Released: 9/13/1965

1964

Peyton Place
Peyton Place
as Adrienne Van Leyden
TV - Released: 9/15/1964

1963

A Child Is Waiting
A Child Is Waiting
as Sophie Widdicombe Benham
Movie - Released: 2/13/1963
Burke's Law
Burke's Law
as Paullette Shane
TV - Released: 9/20/1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Janet Cord
TV - Released: 10/10/1963
Burke's Law
Burke's Law
as Mitzi Carlisle
TV - Released: 9/20/1963
TV
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as June
TV - Released: 10/4/1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Lois Baxter
TV - Released: 10/10/1963

1962

Lonely are the Brave
Lonely are the Brave
as Jerry Bondi
Movie - Released: 5/24/1962
The Spiral Road
The Spiral Road
as Els
Movie - Released: 8/3/1962
The Virginian
The Virginian
as Savannah
TV - Released: 9/19/1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show
The Lloyd Bridges Show
as Leslie Kaufman
TV - Released: 9/11/1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Helen Martin
TV - Released: 9/20/1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Louise Henderson
TV - Released: 9/20/1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Diana Justin
TV - Released: 9/20/1962

1961

87th Precinct
87th Precinct
as Teddy Carella
TV - Released: 9/25/1961
Target: The Corruptors!
Target: The Corruptors!
as Marian Praisewater
TV - Released: 9/29/1961
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare
as Helen Scott
TV - Released: 9/27/1961
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1960

Shadows
Shadows
as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 10/14/1960
The Islanders
The Islanders
as Pepper Mint
TV - Released: 10/2/1960

1959

Johnny Staccato
Johnny Staccato
as Nina Van Ness
TV - Released: 9/10/1959
Adventures in Paradise
Adventures in Paradise
as Dr. Abigail Brent
TV - Released: 10/5/1959
Laramie
Laramie
as Laurel DeWalt
TV - Released: 9/15/1959
Riverboat
Riverboat
as Rose Traynor
TV - Released: 9/13/1959
Bonanza
Bonanza
as Ragan Miller
TV - Released: 9/12/1959

1958

The High Cost of Loving
The High Cost of Loving
as Ginny Fry
Movie - Released: 5/16/1958
77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip
as Barbara Adams
TV - Released: 10/10/1958

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Lucille Jones
TV - Released: 10/2/1955

1953

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as Dorothy Dickenson
TV - Released: 2/1/1953

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Victoria Alden
TV - Released: 12/24/1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Grace
TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1950

Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Myrtle Wilson
TV - Released: 1/30/1950

1948

Studio One
Studio One
as Betty
TV - Released: 11/7/1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
TV - Released: 6/20/1948

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
TV - Released: 1/20/1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
TV - Released: 1/20/1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
TV - Released: 1/20/1944