The Notebook2004
As Older Allie
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Gena Rowlands
Born
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 (81)
The Skeleton Key2005
As Violet Devereaux
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Taking Lives2004
As Mrs. Rebecca Asher
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Hope Floats1998
As Ramona Calvert
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Night on Earth1991
As Victoria Snelling
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Paris Je T'aime2006
As Gena (Quartier Latin)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Paulie1998
As Ivy
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Woman Under the Influence1974
As Mabel Longhetti
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Playing by Heart1998
As Hannah
TMDb 6.6 / 10
1001 Nights1998
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Faces1968
As Jeannie Rapp
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Gloria1980
As Gloria Swenson
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Mighty1998
As Gram
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Love Streams1984
As Sarah Lawson
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Two-Minute Warning1976
As Janet
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Opening Night1977
As Myrtle Gordon
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Another Woman1988
As Marion
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Something to Talk About1995
As Georgia King
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Machine Gun McCain1969
As Rosemary Scott
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Brink's Job1978
As Mary Pino
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Husbands1970
As Party Guest
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Lonely are the Brave1962
As Jerry Bondi
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Hollywood Mavericks1990
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Unhook the Stars1996
As Mildred
TMDb 5.9 / 10
She's So Lovely1997
As Miss Green
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Light of Day1987
As Janette Rasnick
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Spiral Road1962
As Els
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Shadows1960
As Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Weekend1999
As Laura Ponti
TMDb 2.7 / 10
Once Around1991
As Marilyn Bella
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Tony Rome1967
As Rita Kosterman
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Peter Falk versus Columbo2019
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
A Child Is Waiting1963
As Sophie Widdicombe Benham
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Crazy in Love1992
As Honora Swift
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Parts Per Billion2014
As Esther
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Tempest1982
As Antonia
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story2006
As Self
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story2000
As Georgia Porter
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Minnie and Moskowitz1971
As Minnie Moore
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Broken English2007
As Vivien Wilder-Mann
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film2019
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Heart of the Festival2002
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2021
As Self
Hysterical Blindness2002
As Virginia Miller
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Neon Bible1995
As Mae Morgan
TMDb 6.1 / 10
A Constant Forge2000
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Rapunzel1983
As The Witch
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Montana1990
As Bess Guthrie
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Grace & Glorie1998
As Grace Stiles
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Face of a Stranger1991
As Pat Foster
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Silent Cries1993
As Peggy Sutherland
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Ted & Venus1991
As Mrs. Turner
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Anything for John1993
As Self
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Yellow2014
As Mimi
TMDb 5.3 / 10
An Early Frost1985
As Katherine Pierson
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Light Keeps Me Company2000
As Self
TMDb 7.9 / 10
A Question of Love1978
As Linda Ray Guettner
TMDb 5.2 / 10
What If God Were the Sun?2007
As Melissa Eisenbloom
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Charms for the Easy Life2002
As Charlie Kate
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Best Friends for Life1998
As Mrs. Harriet Cahill
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Faces2011
As Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter1979
As Abigail Mason
TMDb 9.4 / 10
The High Cost of Loving1958
As Ginny Fry
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Edge of Outside2006
As Self
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Cannes: All Access2007
As Self
TMDb 3.2 / 10
The Betty Ford Story1987
As Betty Ford
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All1996
As Self
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life2017
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Thursday's Child1983
As Victoria Alden
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Parallel Lives1994
As Francie Pomerantz
TMDb 5.7 / 10
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work1984
As Self
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Wild Iris2001
As Minnie Brinn
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Making 'Faces'2004
As Self
Unfortunate Circumstances2017
As Dr. Cohen
Olive2011
As Tess M Powell
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks2014
As Lily Harrison
TMDb 2.8 / 10
Watching Gena Rowlands2014
As Self (archive footage)
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie2004
As Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Nick Quarry1968
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Nederland C
Nederland C1985
As Self - Interviewed actress
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb