Person Details

Birthday: 1930-06-19 23:45:45

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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Movie Involvements: 63

TV Involvements: 32


Most Famous Work

Biography

Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (born June 19, 1930) is 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gena Rowlands, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

NCIS
Average
8

NCIS

(2003) Joann Fielding
Columbo
Average
8

Columbo

(1971) Elizabeth Van Wick
The Notebook
Average
8

The Notebook

(2004) Old Allison "Allie" Hamilton
The Virginian
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6

The Virginian

(1962) Savannah
Bonanza
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8

Bonanza

(1959) Ragan Miller
Numb3rs
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7

Numb3rs

(2005) Erika Hellman
Laramie
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6

Laramie

(1959) Laurel DeWalt
Robert Montgomery Presents
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4

Robert Montgomery Presents

(1950) Myrtle Wilson

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Self
2019 Self
2017 Self
2014 Lily Harrison
Self (archive footage)
Esther
Self (archive footage)
2012 Mimi
2011 Tess M Powell
Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
2007 Vivien Wilder-Mann
Self
Melissa Eisenbloom
2006 Gena (Quartier Latin)
Self
Self
2005 Violet Devereaux
Erika Hellman
2004 Old Allison "Allie" Hamilton
Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
Mrs. Rebecca Asher
Self
2003 Joann Fielding
Self
2002 Charlie Kate
Marge Johnson
Virginia Miller
2001 Minnie Brinn
2000 Self
Georgia Porter
Self
1999 Laura Ponti
1998 Hannah
Grace Stiles
Gram
Ramona Calvert
Narrator (voice)
Ivy
Mrs. Harriet Cahill
1997 Miss Green
Self
1996 Mildred
Self
Self
1995 Mae Morgan
Georgia King
1994 Francie Pomerantz
1993 Self
Peggy Sutherland
1992 Honora Swift
1991 Pat Foster
Victoria Snelling
Mrs. Turner
Marilyn Bella
1990 Self (archive footage)
Bess Guthrie
1988 Marion
1987 Betty Ford
Janette Rasnick
1985 Katherine Pierson
Self - Interviewed actress
1984 Self
Sarah Lawson
1983 The Witch
Victoria Alden
1982 Witch
Antonia Dimitrius
1980 Gloria Swenson
1979 Abigail Mason
1978 Mary Pino
Linda Ray Guettner
1977 Myrtle Gordon
1976 Janet
1975 Self
1974 Mabel Longhetti
1972 Kate Lucas
1971 Minnie Moore
Elizabeth Van Wick
1970 Party Guest
1969 Karen Coberly
Rosemary Scott
1968 Jeannie Rapp
N/A
1967 Rita Kosterman
Duchess
1965 Charlotte Hyde
1964 Adrienne Van Leyden
1963 Janet Cord
Lois Baxter
June
Paullette Shane
Mitzi Carlisle
Sophie Widdicombe Benham
1962 Helen Martin
Diana Justin
Louise Henderson
Savannah
Els
Jerry Bondi
1961 Marian Praisewater
Helen Scott
Teddy Carella
1960 Pepper Mint
1959 Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
Dr. Abigail Brent
Laurel DeWalt
Rose Traynor
Ragan Miller
Nina Van Ness
1958 Barbara Adams
Ginny Fry
1955 Lucille Jones
1953 Dorothy Dickenson
1951 Grace
Victoria Alden
1950 Myrtle Wilson
1948 Betty
Self
Self - live scenes from 'Middle of the Night'
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2006 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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