Gena Rowlands

1930–2024 · American actress

Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands was an American actress, whose career in film, stage, and television spanned nearly seven decades. She was a four-time Emmy Award and two-time Golden Globe winner, and she was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Gena Rowlands, in order

1. 1958 The High Cost of Loving: acted · directed by José Ferrer
2. 1961 87th Precinct (TV series): acted
3. 1962 Lonely Are the Brave: acted · directed by David Miller and Kirk Douglas
4. 1962 The Spiral Road: acted · directed by Robert Mulligan
5. 1963 A Child Is Waiting: acted · directed by John Cassavetes
6. 1967 Tony Rome: acted · directed by Gordon Douglas · critics 63%, audiences 61%
7. 1968 Faces: acted · directed by John Cassavetes
8. 1969 Machine Gun McCain: acted · directed by Giuliano Montaldo
9. 1971 Minnie and Moskowitz: acted · directed by John Cassavetes
10. 1974 A Woman Under the Influence: acted · directed by John Cassavetes
11. 1976 Two-Minute Warning: acted · directed by Larry Peerce
12. 1977 Opening Night: acted · directed by John Cassavetes
13. 1978 The Brink's Job: acted · directed by William Friedkin
14. 1979 Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (TV movie): acted · directed by Milton Katselas
15. 1980 Gloria: acted · directed by John Cassavetes
16. 1982 Tempest: acted · directed by Paul Mazursky
17. 1984 I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes, the Man and His Work: acted · directed by Michael Ventura
18. 1984 Love Streams: acted · directed by John Cassavetes
19. 1985 An Early Frost (TV movie): acted · directed by John Erman
20. 1987 Light of Day: acted · directed by Paul Schrader
21. 1987 The Betty Ford Story (TV movie): acted · directed by David Greene
22. 1988 Another Woman: acted · directed by Woody Allen · critics 56%, audiences 75% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
23. 1990 Montana (TV movie): acted · directed by William A. Graham
24. 1991 Night on Earth: acted · directed by Jim Jarmusch · critics 77%, audiences 91% · streaming on HBO Max
25. 1991 Once Around: acted · directed by Lasse Hallström
26. 1991 Ted & Venus: acted · directed by Bud Cort
27. 1993 Silent Cries (TV movie): acted · directed by Anthony Page
28. 1994 Parallel Lives (TV movie): acted · directed by Linda Yellen
29. 1995 Something to Talk About: acted · directed by Lasse Hallström
30. 1995 The Neon Bible: acted · directed by Terence Davies
31. 1996 Unhook the Stars: acted · directed by Nick Cassavetes
32. 1997 She's So Lovely: acted · directed by Nick Cassavetes
33. 1998 Hope Floats: acted · directed by Forest Whitaker
34. 1998 Paulie: acted · directed by John Roberts
35. 1998 Playing by Heart: acted · directed by Willard Carroll
36. 1998 The Mighty: acted · directed by Peter Chelsom
37. 1999 The Weekend: acted · directed by Brian Skeet
38. 2000 A Constant Forge: acted · directed by Charles Kiselyak
39. 2000 Sven Nykvist: Light Keeps Me Company: acted · directed by Carl-Gustaf Nykvist · critics 100%, audiences 69% · streaming on Philo, Kanopy
40. 2001 Wild Iris (TV movie): acted · directed by Daniel Petrie
41. 2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There: acted · directed by Rick McKay
42. 2004 Taking Lives: acted · directed by D.J. Caruso · critics 21%, audiences 54%
43. 2004 The Notebook: acted · directed by Nick Cassavetes · critics 54%, audiences 85% · streaming on Pluto TV
44. 2005 The Skeleton Key: acted · directed by Iain Softley
45. 2006 Numbers (TV series): acted · streaming on Roku Channel
46. 2006 Paris, je t'aime: acted · directed by Alexander Payne and Alfonso Cuarón · critics 85%, audiences 84% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
47. 2007 Broken English: acted · directed by Zoe Cassavetes · critics 66%, audiences 62% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free)
48. 2007 What If God Were the Sun? (TV movie): acted · directed by Stephen Tolkin
49. 2012 Yellow: acted · directed by Nick Cassavetes
50. 2014 Parts per Billion: acted · directed by Brian Horiuchi