Cast & creator
Gena Rowlands
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NCIS, The Mike Douglas Show
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).
Also known as: Virginia Cathryn Rowlands
83
film credits
49
television credits
130
1944–2021 · acting roles
6.6
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (132)
Showing 132 of 132 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
NCIS
Joann Fielding
2003
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The View
Self
1997
Columbo
Elizabeth Van Wick
1971
Monk
Marge Johnson
2002
Bonanza
Ragan Miller
1959
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Numb3rs
Erika Hellman
2005
Dr. Kildare
Helen Scott
1961Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
June
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Helen Martin
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Louise Henderson
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Diana Justin
1962
Robert Montgomery Presents
Myrtle Wilson
1950
The Virginian
Savannah
1962
Studio One
Betty
1948
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Lorraine Denby
1969
Burke's Law
Paullette Shane
1963Burke's Law
Mitzi Carlisle
1963
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948Film '72
Self
1971
Medical Center
Karen Coberly
1969Medical Center
Frances Delaney
1969
Run for Your Life
Charlotte Hyde
1965
77 Sunset Strip
Barbara Adams
1958
The Notebook
Older Allie
2004
Adventures in Paradise
Dr. Abigail Brent
1959
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Janet Cord
1963Kraft Suspense Theatre
Lois Baxter
1963
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lucille Jones
1955
Laramie
Laurel DeWalt
1959
Riverboat
Rose Traynor
1959
Ghost Story
Kate Lucas
1972
Faerie Tale Theatre
Witch
1982
87th Precinct
Teddy Carella
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
Marian Praisewater
1961
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Baroness Ingrid Blangstead
1966
Garrison's Gorillas
Duchess
1967
The Skeleton Key
Violet Devereaux
2005
Johnny Staccato
Nina Van Ness
1959
Taking Lives
Mrs. Rebecca Asher
2004
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Leslie Kaufman
1962
All About My Mother
In Memory Of
1999
The Islanders
Pepper Mint
1960
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Victoria Alden
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Grace
1951
Hope Floats
Ramona Calvert
1998
1001 Nights
Narrator (voice)
1998
Paris Je T'aime
Gena (Quartier Latin)
2006Paris Je T'aime
Writer
2006
Night on Earth
Victoria Snelling
1991
A Woman Under the Influence
Mabel Longhetti
1974
General Electric Theater
Dorothy Dickenson
1953
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
1996
Playing by Heart
Hannah
1998
Paulie
Ivy
1998
She's So Lovely
Miss Green
1997
Lonely are the Brave
Jerry Bondi
1962
A Child Is Waiting
Sophie Widdicombe
1963
Another Woman
Marion
1988
Something to Talk About
Georgia King
1995
The Mighty
Gram
1998
Opening Night
Myrtle Gordon
1977
The Brink's Job
Mary Pino
1978
Machine Gun McCain
Rosemary Scott
1969
Peyton Place
Adrienne Van Leyden
1964
Unhook the Stars
Mildred
1996
Two-Minute Warning
Janet
1976
Cannes: All Access
Self
2007
Gloria
Gloria Swenson
1980
Love Streams
Sarah Lawson
1984
Faces
Jeannie Rapp
1968
The Spiral Road
Els
1962
Hysterical Blindness
Virginia Miller
2002
Light of Day
Janette Rasnick
1987
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self
2006
Once Around
Marilyn Bella
1991
Minnie and Moskowitz
Minnie Moore
1971
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003
The Weekend
Laura Ponti
1999
Hollywood Mavericks
Self (archive footage)
1990
Shadows
Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
1960
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
2004
Tony Rome
Rita Kosterman
1967
What If God Were the Sun?
Melissa Eisenbloom
2007
A Question of Love
Linda Ray Guettner
1978
Peter Falk versus Columbo
Self (archive footage)
2019
Yellow
Mimi
2014
Tempest
Antonia
1982
The Betty Ford Story
Betty Ford
1987
Charms for the Easy Life
Charlie Kate
2002
Husbands
Party Guest
1970
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
2002
An Early Frost
Katherine Pierson
1985
Broken English
Vivien Wilder-Mann
2007
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
2000
A Constant Forge
Self
2000
Grace & Glorie
Grace Stiles
1998
Parts Per Billion
Esther
2014
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
Georgia Porter
2000
Face of a Stranger
Pat Foster
1991
Crazy in Love
Honora Swift
1992
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Abigail Mason
1979
Best Friends for Life
Mrs. Harriet Cahill
1998
The Neon Bible
Mae Morgan
1995
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Self
2017
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Lily Harrison
2014
The High Cost of Loving
Ginny Fry
1958
Ted & Venus
Mrs. Turner
1991
Wild Iris
Minnie Brinn
2001
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Self
1984
Edge of Outside
Self
2006
Thursday's Child
Victoria Alden
1983John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Self
1996
Montana
Bess Guthrie
1990
Silent Cries
Peggy Sutherland
1993
Parallel Lives
Francie Pomerantz
1994
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Self
2019
Nick Quarry
1968
Anything for John
Self
1993
Making 'Faces'
Self
2004
Faces
Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
2011
Rapunzel
The Witch
1983
Unfortunate Circumstances
Dr. Cohen
2017
Watching Gena Rowlands
Self (archive footage)
2014Nederland C
Self - Interviewed actress
1985
Olive
Tess M Powell
2011