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Gena Rowlands
Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (June 19, 1930 – August 14, 2024) was an American actress.
Born June 19, 1930† August 14, 2024 Madison, Wisconsin, USA1 movie on MoviHero
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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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- 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelf
- 2019Gena Rowlands: A Life on FilmSelf
- 2019Peter Falk versus ColumboSelf (archive footage)
- 2017Bette Davis: Larger Than LifeSelf
- 2017Unfortunate CircumstancesDr. Cohen
- 2014Six Dance Lessons in Six WeeksLily Harrison
- 2014YellowMimi
- 2014Watching Gena RowlandsSelf (archive footage)
- 2014Parts Per BillionEsther
- 2011OliveTess M Powell
- 2011FacesJeannie Rapp (archive footage)
- 2007Cannes: All AccessSelf
- 2007Broken EnglishVivien Wilder-Mann
- 2007What If God Were the Sun?Melissa Eisenbloom
- 2006Paris Je T'aimeWriter · Gena (Quartier Latin)
- 2006Edge of OutsideSelf
- 2006Stardust: The Bette Davis StorySelf
- 2005The Skeleton KeyViolet Devereaux
- 2004The Incredible Mrs. RitchieMrs. Evelyn Ritchie
- 2004Taking LivesMrs. Rebecca Asher
- 2004Making 'Faces'Self
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf
- 2002Charms for the Easy LifeCharlie Kate
- 2002Heart of the FestivalSelf (archive footage)
- 2002Hysterical BlindnessVirginia Miller
- 2001Wild IrisMinnie Brinn
- 2000A Constant ForgeSelf
- 2000Light Keeps Me CompanySelf
- 2000The Color of Love: Jacey's StoryGeorgia Porter
- 1999The WeekendLaura Ponti
- 1998Playing by HeartHannah
- 1998Grace & GlorieGrace Stiles
- 1998The MightyGram
- 1998Hope FloatsRamona Calvert
- 19981001 NightsNarrator (voice)
- 1998PaulieIvy
- 1998Best Friends for LifeMrs. Harriet Cahill
- 1997She's So LovelyMiss Green
- 1996Unhook the StarsMildred
- 1996John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It AllSelf
- 1995The Neon BibleMae Morgan
- 1995Something to Talk AboutGeorgia King
- 1994Parallel LivesFrancie Pomerantz
- 1993Anything for JohnSelf
- 1993Silent CriesPeggy Sutherland
- 1992Crazy in LoveHonora Swift
- 1991Face of a StrangerPat Foster
- 1991Night on EarthVictoria Snelling
- 1991Ted & VenusMrs. Turner
- 1991Once AroundMarilyn Bella
- 1990Hollywood MavericksSelf (archive footage)
- 1990MontanaBess Guthrie
- 1988Another WomanMarion
- 1987The Betty Ford StoryBetty Ford
- 1987Light of DayJanette Rasnick
- 1985An Early FrostKatherine Pierson
- 1985Nederland CSelf - Interviewed actress
- 1984I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His WorkSelf
- 1984Love StreamsSarah Lawson
- 1983RapunzelThe Witch
- 1983Thursday's ChildVictoria Alden
- 1982TempestAntonia
- 1980GloriaGloria Swenson
- 1979Strangers: The Story of a Mother and DaughterAbigail Mason
- 1978The Brink's JobMary Pino
- 1978A Question of LoveLinda Ray Guettner
- 1977Opening NightMyrtle Gordon
- 1976Two-Minute WarningJanet
- 1974A Woman Under the InfluenceMabel Longhetti
- 1971Minnie and MoskowitzMinnie Moore
- 1970HusbandsParty Guest
- 1969Machine Gun McCainRosemary Scott
- 1968FacesJeannie Rapp
- 1968Nick QuarryActor
- 1967Tony RomeRita Kosterman
- 1963A Child Is WaitingSophie Widdicombe
- 1962The Spiral RoadEls
- 1962Lonely are the BraveJerry Bondi
- 1960ShadowsWoman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
- 1958The High Cost of LovingGinny Fry
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