
Actor
Born June 19, 1930 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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).

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Self

Peter Falk versus Columbo
Self (archive footage)

Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Self

Unfortunate Circumstances
Dr. Cohen

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Lily Harrison

Yellow
Mimi

Watching Gena Rowlands
Self (archive footage)

Parts Per Billion
Esther

Olive
Tess M Powell

Faces
Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)

Cannes: All Access
Self

Broken English
Vivien Wilder-Mann

What If God Were the Sun?
Melissa Eisenbloom

Paris Je T'aime
Gena (Quartier Latin)

Edge of Outside
Self

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self

The Skeleton Key
Violet Devereaux

Numb3rs
Erika Hellman

The Notebook
Older Allie

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie

Taking Lives
Mrs. Rebecca Asher

Making 'Faces'
Self

NCIS
Joann Fielding

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self

Charms for the Easy Life
Charlie Kate

Monk
Marge Johnson

Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)

Hysterical Blindness
Virginia Miller

Wild Iris
Minnie Brinn

A Constant Forge
Self

Light Keeps Me Company
Self

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
Georgia Porter

The Weekend
Laura Ponti

All About My Mother

Playing by Heart
Hannah

Grace & Glorie
Grace Stiles

The Mighty
Gram

Hope Floats
Ramona Calvert

1001 Nights
Narrator (voice)

Paulie
Ivy

Best Friends for Life
Mrs. Harriet Cahill

She's So Lovely
Miss Green

The View
Self

Unhook the Stars
Mildred

E! True Hollywood Story
Self

The Neon Bible
Mae Morgan

Something to Talk About
Georgia King

Parallel Lives
Francie Pomerantz

Anything for John
Self

Silent Cries
Peggy Sutherland

Crazy in Love
Honora Swift

Face of a Stranger
Pat Foster

Night on Earth
Victoria Snelling

Ted & Venus
Mrs. Turner

Once Around
Marilyn Bella

Hollywood Mavericks
Self (archive footage)

Montana
Bess Guthrie

Another Woman
Marion

The Betty Ford Story
Betty Ford

Light of Day
Janette Rasnick

An Early Frost
Katherine Pierson

I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Self

Love Streams
Sarah Lawson

Rapunzel
The Witch

Thursday's Child
Victoria Alden

Faerie Tale Theatre
Witch

Tempest
Antonia

Gloria
Gloria Swenson

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Abigail Mason

The Brink's Job
Mary Pino

A Question of Love
Linda Ray Guettner

Opening Night
Myrtle Gordon

Two-Minute Warning
Janet

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self

A Woman Under the Influence
Mabel Longhetti

Ghost Story
Kate Lucas

Minnie and Moskowitz
Minnie Moore

Columbo
Elizabeth Van Wick

Husbands
Party Guest

Medical Center
Karen Coberly

Marcus Welby, M.D.
Lorraine Denby

Machine Gun McCain
Rosemary Scott

Faces
Jeannie Rapp

Nick Quarry

Tony Rome
Rita Kosterman

Garrison's Gorillas
Duchess

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Baroness Ingrid Blangstead

Run for Your Life
Charlotte Hyde

Peyton Place
Adrienne Van Leyden

Kraft Suspense Theatre
Janet Cord

Burke's Law
Paullette Shane

A Child Is Waiting
Sophie Widdicombe Benham

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Helen Martin

The Virginian
Savannah

The Lloyd Bridges Show
Leslie Kaufman

The Spiral Road
Els

Lonely are the Brave
Jerry Bondi

The Mike Douglas Show
Self

Target: The Corruptors!
Marian Praisewater

Dr. Kildare
Helen Scott

87th Precinct
Teddy Carella

Shadows
Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)

The Islanders
Pepper Mint

Adventures in Paradise
Dr. Abigail Brent

Laramie
Laurel DeWalt

Riverboat
Rose Traynor

Bonanza
Ragan Miller

Johnny Staccato
Nina Van Ness

77 Sunset Strip
Barbara Adams

The High Cost of Loving
Ginny Fry

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lucille Jones

General Electric Theater
Dorothy Dickenson

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Victoria Alden

Robert Montgomery Presents
Myrtle Wilson

Studio One
Betty

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee