Gena Rowlands
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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).
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film | Self | HIT | |
| 2017 | Bette Davis: Larger Than Life | Self | FLOP | |
| 2011 | Olive | Tess M Powell | HIT | |
| 2007 | Broken English | Vivien Wilder-Mann | FLOP | |
| 2007 | What If God Were the Sun? | Melissa Eisenbloom | HIT | |
| 2006 | Paris Je T'aime | Gena (Quartier Latin) | HIT | |
| 2006 | Stardust: The Bette Davis Story | Self | HIT | |
| 2005 | The Skeleton Key | Violet Devereaux | HIT | |
| 2004 | The Notebook | Older Allie | HIT | |
| 2004 | The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie | Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie | HIT | |
| 2004 | Taking Lives | Mrs. Rebecca Asher | FLOP | |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | HIT | |
| 2002 | Charms for the Easy Life | Charlie Kate | HIT | |
| 2002 | Hysterical Blindness | Virginia Miller | FLOP | |
| 2001 | Wild Iris | Minnie Brinn | HIT | |
| 2000 | A Constant Forge | Self | HIT | |
| 2000 | Light Keeps Me Company | Self | HIT | |
| 2000 | The Color of Love: Jacey's Story | Georgia Porter | HIT | |
| 1998 | Playing by Heart | Hannah | HIT | |
| 1998 | Grace & Glorie | Grace Stiles | FLOP | |
| 1998 | The Mighty | Gram | HIT | |
| 1998 | Hope Floats | Ramona Calvert | FLOP | |
| 1998 | 1001 Nights | Narrator (voice) | HIT | |
| 1998 | Paulie | Ivy | HIT | |
| 1996 | Unhook the Stars | Mildred | FLOP | |
| 1995 | The Neon Bible | Mae Morgan | FLOP | |
| 1993 | Anything for John | Self | FLOP | |
| 1991 | Face of a Stranger | Pat Foster | HIT | |
| 1991 | Night on Earth | Victoria Snelling | HIT | |
| 1991 | Once Around | Marilyn Bella | FLOP | |
| 1990 | Hollywood Mavericks | Self (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 1990 | Montana | Bess Guthrie | FLOP | |
| 1988 | Another Woman | Marion | HIT | |
| 1984 | I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work | Self | HIT | |
| 1984 | Love Streams | Sarah Lawson | HIT | |
| 1982 | Tempest | Antonia | FLOP | |
| 1980 | Gloria | Gloria Swenson | HIT | |
| 1979 | Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter | Abigail Mason | HIT | |
| 1978 | The Brink's Job | Mary Pino | FLOP | |
| 1977 | Opening Night | Myrtle Gordon | HIT | |
| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning | Janet | FLOP | |
| 1974 | A Woman Under the Influence | Mabel Longhetti | HIT | |
| 1971 | Minnie and Moskowitz | Minnie Moore | HIT | |
| 1970 | Husbands | Party Guest | HIT | |
| 1969 | Machine Gun McCain | Rosemary Scott | FLOP | |
| 1968 | Faces | Jeannie Rapp | HIT | |
| 1967 | Tony Rome | Rita Kosterman | FLOP | |
| 1963 | A Child Is Waiting | Sophie Widdicombe Benham | HIT | |
| 1962 | Lonely are the Brave | Jerry Bondi | HIT | |
| 1960 | Shadows | Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited) | HIT |