Gena Rowlands
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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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
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Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
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Peter Falk versus Columbo
as Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
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Unfortunate Circumstances
as Dr. Cohen
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
as Lily Harrison
Yellow
as Mimi
Watching Gena Rowlands
as Self (archive footage)
Parts Per Billion
as Esther
Olive
as Tess M Powell
Faces
as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Cannes: All Access
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Broken English
as Vivien Wilder-Mann
What If God Were the Sun?
as Melissa Eisenbloom
Paris Je T'aime
as Gena (Quartier Latin)
Edge of Outside
as Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
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The Skeleton Key
as Violet Devereaux
Numb3rs
as Erika Hellman
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
Taking Lives
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
Making 'Faces'
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NCIS
as Joann Fielding
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
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Charms for the Easy Life
as Charlie Kate
Monk
as Marge Johnson
Heart of the Festival
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Hysterical Blindness
as Virginia Miller
Wild Iris
as Minnie Brinn
A Constant Forge
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Light Keeps Me Company
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The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
as Georgia Porter
The Weekend
as Laura Ponti
Playing by Heart
as Hannah
Grace & Glorie
as Grace Stiles
The Mighty
as Gram
Hope Floats
as Ramona Calvert
1001 Nights
as Narrator (voice)
Paulie
as Ivy
Best Friends for Life
as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
She's So Lovely
as Miss Green
The View
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Unhook the Stars
as Mildred
E! True Hollywood Story
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The Neon Bible
as Mae Morgan
Something to Talk About
as Georgia King
Parallel Lives
as Francie Pomerantz
Anything for John
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Silent Cries
as Peggy Sutherland
Crazy in Love
as Honora Swift
Face of a Stranger
as Pat Foster
Night on Earth
as Victoria Snelling
Ted & Venus
as Mrs. Turner
Once Around
as Marilyn Bella
Hollywood Mavericks
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Montana
as Bess Guthrie
Another Woman
as Marion
The Betty Ford Story
as Betty Ford
Light of Day
as Janette Rasnick
An Early Frost
as Katherine Pierson
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
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Love Streams
as Sarah Lawson
Rapunzel
as The Witch
Thursday's Child
as Victoria Alden
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Witch
Tempest
as Antonia
Gloria
as Gloria Swenson
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
as Abigail Mason
The Brink's Job
as Mary Pino
A Question of Love
as Linda Ray Guettner
Opening Night
as Myrtle Gordon
Two-Minute Warning
as Janet
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
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A Woman Under the Influence
as Mabel Longhetti
Ghost Story
as Kate Lucas
Minnie and Moskowitz
as Minnie Moore
Columbo
as Elizabeth Van Wick
Husbands
as Party Guest
Medical Center
as Karen Coberly
Medical Center
as Frances Delaney
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Lorraine Denby
Machine Gun McCain
as Rosemary Scott
Faces
as Jeannie Rapp
Nick Quarry
as Unknown
Tony Rome
as Rita Kosterman
Garrison's Gorillas
as Duchess
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as Baroness Ingrid Blangstead
Run for Your Life
as Charlotte Hyde
Peyton Place
as Adrienne Van Leyden
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Janet Cord
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Lois Baxter
Burke's Law
as Paullette Shane
Burke's Law
as Mitzi Carlisle
A Child Is Waiting
as Sophie Widdicombe
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Helen Martin
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Louise Henderson
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Diana Justin
The Virginian
as Savannah
The Lloyd Bridges Show
as Leslie Kaufman
The Spiral Road
as Els
Lonely are the Brave
as Jerry Bondi
The Mike Douglas Show
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Target: The Corruptors!
as Marian Praisewater
Dr. Kildare
as Helen Scott
87th Precinct
as Teddy Carella
Shadows
as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
The Islanders
as Pepper Mint
Adventures in Paradise
as Dr. Abigail Brent
Laramie
as Laurel DeWalt
Riverboat
as Rose Traynor
Bonanza
as Ragan Miller
Johnny Staccato
as Nina Van Ness
77 Sunset Strip
as Barbara Adams
The High Cost of Loving
as Ginny Fry
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Lucille Jones
General Electric Theater
as Dorothy Dickenson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Victoria Alden
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Grace
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Myrtle Wilson
Studio One
as Betty
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
as Self