Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (/ˈdʒɛnə/;[1] born June 19, 1930) is an American retired actress, whose career in film, stage, and television has spanned nearly seven decades. A four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner, she is known for her collaborations with her actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980), both of which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for Opening Night (1977). She is also known for her performances in Woody Allen's Another Woman (1988), and her son Nick Cassavetes's film, The Notebook (2004). In 2021, Richard Brody of The New Yorker said, “The most important and original movie actor of the past half century-plus is Gena Rowlands.”[2] In November 2015, Rowlands received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of her unique screen performances.[3]
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^Brody, Richard (March 6, 2021). "The Best Movie Performances of the Century So Far". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
^Tim Gray (August 27, 2015). "Gena Rowlands, Spike Lee, Debbie Reynolds to Receive Governors Awards Oscars". Variety. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
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films of John Cassavetes, who was married to her daughter, actress GenaRowlands. Rowlands was the daughter of Tennessee Virginia (née Hickey) and William...
written and directed by John Cassavetes. The story follows a woman (GenaRowlands) whose unusual behavior leads to conflict with her blue-collar husband...
actress GenaRowlands from 1954 until his death in 1989. Many of his films were shot and edited in his and Rowlands' own Los Angeles home. He and Rowlands had...
Whitaker and starring Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Mae Whitman, and GenaRowlands. Written by Steven Rogers, the story follows Birdee (Bullock), an unassuming...
actress. She is the daughter of filmmaker John Cassavetes and actress GenaRowlands. She is best known for her 2007 film Broken English. Cassavetes's first...
for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role and GenaRowlands won Best Supporting Actress – Drama at the 9th Golden Satellite Awards...
the first major film with major motion picture stars, Aidan Quinn, GenaRowlands, Ben Gazzara, and Sylvia Sidney, broadcast on a major television network...
Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress GenaRowlands.[citation needed] Rowlands served in the Assembly from 1927 to 1933 and in the Senate...
by Iain Softley, written by Ehren Kruger, and starring Kate Hudson, GenaRowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, and Joy Bryant. The narrative follows a...
daughter of Greek-American actor-director John Cassavetes and actress GenaRowlands. She is the granddaughter of actress Katherine Cassavetes. She is the...
Trumbo and starring Kirk Douglas, GenaRowlands and Walter Matthau. Kirk Douglas plays cowboy Jack Burns, GenaRowlands portrays his best friend's wife...
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, the film stars Sharon Stone, GenaRowlands, Gillian Anderson, Harry Dean Stanton, Kieran Culkin, James Gandolfini...
Day is a 1987 American musical drama film starring Michael J. Fox, GenaRowlands and Joan Jett in her film debut. It was written and directed by Paul...
her ex-husband who claimed her lifestyle was immoral. The film stars GenaRowlands and Jane Alexander as the lesbian couple, Clu Gulager as the ex-husband...
humans. It stars Jay Mohr as the voice of the title character, alongside GenaRowlands, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, and Bruce Davison. It received mixed-to-positive...
Brian Horiuchi. It stars an ensemble cast comprising Frank Langella, GenaRowlands, Rosario Dawson, Penn Badgley, Teresa Palmer, and Josh Hartnett as three...
film written and directed by John Cassavetes and starring his wife GenaRowlands and Seymour Cassel in the title roles of Minnie and Moskowitz, respectively...
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