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).
Filmography (12)
The Skeleton Key
as Violet Devereaux
The Notebook
as Older Allie
Taking Lives
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
Playing by Heart
as Hannah
The Mighty
as Gram
Hope Floats
as Ramona Calvert
Paulie
as Ivy
Something to Talk About
as Georgia King
Night on Earth
as Victoria Snelling
Gloria
as Gloria Swenson
Opening Night
as Myrtle Gordon
A Woman Under the Influence
as Mabel Longhetti