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Gena Rowlands

Born: 1930-06-19

From: Madison, Wisconsin, USA

About: 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).


Film credits:

Night on Earth
Victoria Snelling
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Light of Day
Janette Rasnick
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Faces
Jeannie Rapp
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Playing by Heart
Hannah
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Paris Je T'aime
Gena (Quartier Latin)
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Gloria
Gloria Swenson
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The Notebook
Older Allie
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Taking Lives
Mrs. Rebecca Asher
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Another Woman
Marion
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Two-Minute Warning
Janet
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Minnie and Moskowitz
Minnie Moore
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The Brink's Job
Mary Pino
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Tony Rome
Rita Kosterman
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Hope Floats
Ramona Calvert
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Opening Night
Myrtle Gordon
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The Mighty
Gram
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Broken English
Vivien Wilder-Mann
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The Skeleton Key
Violet Devereaux
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Paulie
Ivy
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A Woman Under the Influence
Mabel Longhetti
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Lonely are the Brave
Jerry Bondi
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Hysterical Blindness
Virginia Miller
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Machine Gun McCain
Rosemary Scott
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Once Around
Marilyn Bella
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Unhook the Stars
Mildred
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The Neon Bible
Mae Morgan
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Tempest
Antonia
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Something to Talk About
Georgia King
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Wild Iris
Minnie Brinn
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Love Streams
Sarah Lawson
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Charms for the Easy Life
Charlie Kate
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1001 Nights
Narrator (voice)
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An Early Frost
Katherine Pierson
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Yellow
Mimi
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What If God Were the Sun?
Melissa Eisenbloom
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
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A Child Is Waiting
Sophie Widdicombe Benham
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Crazy in Love
Honora Swift
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The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
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Silent Cries
Peggy Sutherland
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Anything for John
Self
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John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Self
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The Spiral Road
Els
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The High Cost of Loving
Ginny Fry
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The Weekend
Laura Ponti
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The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
Georgia Porter
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The Betty Ford Story
Betty Ford
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Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Abigail Mason
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Face of a Stranger
Pat Foster
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Parts Per Billion
Esther
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Edge of Outside
Self
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Olive
Tess M Powell
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Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self
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Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Lily Harrison
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Parallel Lives
Francie Pomerantz
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Nick Quarry
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A Question of Love
Linda Ray Guettner
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Faces
Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
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Unfortunate Circumstances
Dr. Cohen
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Nederland C
Self - Interviewed actress
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Thursday's Child
Victoria Alden
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I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Self
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Best Friends for Life
Mrs. Harriet Cahill
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Grace & Glorie
Grace Stiles
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Montana
Bess Guthrie
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Light Keeps Me Company
Self
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A Constant Forge
Self
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She's So Lovely
Miss Green
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Cannes: All Access
Self
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Hollywood Mavericks
Self (archive footage)
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Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Self
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Making 'Faces'
Self
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Watching Gena Rowlands
Self (archive footage)
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Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Self
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Rapunzel
The Witch
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Shadows
Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
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Husbands
Party Guest
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Ted & Venus
Mrs. Turner
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
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