Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 19, 1930
Place of Birth
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Also Known As
- Virginia Cathryn Rowlands
Gena 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).
Known For - Movies
The Notebook
as Older Allie
The Skeleton Key
as Violet Devereaux
The Mighty
as Gram
Paris Je T'aime
as Gena (Quartier Latin)
Paulie
as Ivy
Hope Floats
as Ramona Calvert
Taking Lives
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
Night on Earth
as Victoria Snelling
Playing by Heart
as Hannah
A Woman Under the Influence
as Mabel Longhetti
