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).
Cast

Night on Earth
Victoria Snelling

Light of Day
Janette Rasnick

Faces
Jeannie Rapp

Playing by Heart
Hannah

Paris Je T'aime
Gena (Quartier Latin)

Gloria
Gloria Swenson

The Notebook
Older Allie

Taking Lives
Mrs. Rebecca Asher

Another Woman
Marion

Two-Minute Warning
Janet

Minnie and Moskowitz
Minnie Moore

The Brink's Job
Mary Pino

Tony Rome
Rita Kosterman

Hope Floats
Ramona Calvert

Opening Night
Myrtle Gordon

The Mighty
Gram

Broken English
Vivien Wilder-Mann

The Skeleton Key
Violet Devereaux

Paulie
Ivy

A Woman Under the Influence
Mabel Longhetti

Lonely are the Brave
Jerry Bondi

Hysterical Blindness
Virginia Miller

Machine Gun McCain
Rosemary Scott

Once Around
Marilyn Bella

Unhook the Stars
Mildred

The Neon Bible
Mae Morgan

Tempest
Antonia

Something to Talk About
Georgia King

Wild Iris
Minnie Brinn

Love Streams
Sarah Lawson

Charms for the Easy Life
Charlie Kate

1001 Nights
Narrator (voice)

An Early Frost
Katherine Pierson

Yellow
Mimi

What If God Were the Sun?
Melissa Eisenbloom

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self

A Child Is Waiting
Sophie Widdicombe Benham

Crazy in Love
Honora Swift

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie

Silent Cries
Peggy Sutherland

Anything for John
Self
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Self

The Spiral Road
Els

The High Cost of Loving
Ginny Fry

The Weekend
Laura Ponti

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
Georgia Porter

The Betty Ford Story
Betty Ford

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Abigail Mason

Face of a Stranger
Pat Foster

Parts Per Billion
Esther

Edge of Outside
Self

Olive
Tess M Powell

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Lily Harrison

Parallel Lives
Francie Pomerantz

Nick Quarry
Unknown

A Question of Love
Linda Ray Guettner

Faces
Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)

Unfortunate Circumstances
Dr. Cohen
Nederland C
Self - Interviewed actress

Thursday's Child
Victoria Alden

I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Self

Best Friends for Life
Mrs. Harriet Cahill

Grace & Glorie
Grace Stiles

Montana
Bess Guthrie

Light Keeps Me Company
Self

A Constant Forge
Self

She's So Lovely
Miss Green

Cannes: All Access
Self

Hollywood Mavericks
Self (archive footage)

Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Self

Making 'Faces'
Self

Watching Gena Rowlands
Self (archive footage)

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Self

Rapunzel
The Witch

Shadows
Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)

Husbands
Party Guest

Ted & Venus
Mrs. Turner

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self