Gena Rowlands

Acting

Born: 1930-06-19

Died: 2024-08-14

From: Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Gender: Female

Popularity: 1.5

Also Known As

Virginia Cathryn Rowlands

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).

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Awards & Nominations17 won · 2 nominated

🏆 Won

Academy Honorary Award

2016

🏆 Won

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

2014

🏆 Won

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

2004

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

Hysterical Blindness

2003

🏆 Won

Seattle International Film Festival

1999

🏆 Won

National Board of Review of Motion Pictures

1996

🏆 Won

Sundance Film Festival

1994

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

1992

🏆 Won

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film

The Betty Ford Story

1988

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

The Betty Ford Story

1987

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actress

Gloria

1981

🏆 Won

Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress

Gloria

1980

🏆 Won

Silver Bear for Best Actress

Opening Night

1978

🏆 Won

Silver Shell for Best Actress

1975

🏆 Won

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama

A Woman Under the Influence

1975

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actress

A Woman Under the Influence

1975

🏆 Won

National Board of Review Award for Best Actress

A Woman Under the Influence

1974

🏆 Won

San Francisco International Film Festival

A Woman Under the Influence

1974

🏆 Won

Mary Pickford Award

Acting85 titles

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Series

Gena Rowlands

Also Known As

Biography

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Awards & Nominations17 won · 2 nominated

Acting85 titles

NCIS

Monk

Columbo

Bonanza

Robert Montgomery Presents

Numb3rs

The Virginian

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Notebook

Dr. Kildare

Studio One

Burke's Law

Run for Your Life

Medical Center

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Laramie

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Faerie Tale Theatre

77 Sunset Strip

Adventures in Paradise

Ghost Story

The Islanders

Riverboat

Johnny Staccato

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

87th Precinct

Garrison's Gorillas

Target: The Corruptors!

The Skeleton Key

Hope Floats

The Lloyd Bridges Show

Taking Lives

General Electric Theater

Paulie

A Woman Under the Influence

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Paris Je T'aime

The Mighty

Something to Talk About

Night on Earth

Lonely are the Brave

Playing by Heart

Another Woman

Machine Gun McCain

She's So Lovely

Gloria

Faces

Opening Night

Love Streams

Husbands

Tempest

Tony Rome

The Weekend

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

Peyton Place

Light of Day

Minnie and Moskowitz

Shadows

Unhook the Stars

Crazy in Love

Two-Minute Warning

A Child Is Waiting

Hysterical Blindness

The Brink's Job

Parts Per Billion

Broken English

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

Ted & Venus

An Early Frost

Once Around

Montana

The Spiral Road

Yellow