Gena Rowlands
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).
The Notebook
as Older AllieAn epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's....
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Hope Floats
as Ramona CalvertBirdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been...
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Something to Talk About
as Georgia KingGrace King Bichon, who is managing her father's riding-stable, discovers that her husband Eddie...
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The Skeleton Key
as Violet DevereauxA hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a...
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Paris Je T'aime
as Gena (Quartier Latin)Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished...
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Paulie
as IvyPaulie, a talking parrot, recounts his travels looking for his original owner to a Russian...
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Night on Earth
as Victoria SnellingAn anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable...
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Opening Night
as Myrtle GordonActress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her...
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Taking Lives
as Mrs. Rebecca AsherRecruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes...
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A Woman Under the Influence
as Mabel LonghettiMabel Longhetti, desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction...
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Love Streams
as Sarah LawsonTwo closely-bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.
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Light of Day
as Janette RasnickCleveland siblings rise with a rock band while coping with personal problems.
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Husbands
as Party GuestA common friend's sudden death brings three men, married with children, to reconsider their...
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Parts Per Billion
as EstherThe interwoven stories of three couples which are forced to make life-altering decisions in the...
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Lonely are the Brave
as Jerry BondiA fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape...
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Tony Rome
as Rita KostermanTony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find...
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And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND...
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The Brink's Job
as Mary PinoIn 1950, a group of unlikely criminal masterminds commits the robbery of the century. Led by...
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Shadows
as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in...
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Gloria
as Gloria SwensonWhen a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his...
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Playing by Heart
as HannahIn a vibrant tapestry of love and longing, nine interconnected souls navigate romance and...
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The Mighty
as GramKevin, an intelligent guy helps out Maxwell to improve his reading skills. In return, Kevin...
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Faces
as Jeannie RappMiddle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As...
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as SelfBroadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about...
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Two-Minute Warning
as JanetA psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a...
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Another Woman
as MarionMarion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to...
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She's So Lovely
as Miss GreenAfter being released from a psychiatric institution, a man tries to redeem himself in the eyes...
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1001 Nights
as Narrator (voice)Presented in the form of a feverish love dream, 1001 Nights is the first and only installment of...
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Unhook the Stars
as MildredWidowed mother Mildred must suddenly redefine herself and find an outlet for her nurturing side...
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Minnie and Moskowitz
as Minnie MooreDepressed and jaded after being dumped by her married boyfriend, aging beauty Minnie Moore...
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Broken English
as Vivien Wilder-MannNora Wilder is freaking out. Everyone around her is either in a relationship, married, or has...
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Once Around
as Marilyn BellaRenata Bella feels like a failure at life and career. But when Renata attends a seminar on...
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Hysterical Blindness
as Virginia MillerTwo friends lament their unhappy single lives while searching for Mr. Right in 1980s New Jersey.
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Machine Gun McCain
as Rosemary ScottAfter serving 12 years behind bars for armed robbery, tough guy Hank McCain finds himself the...
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A Child Is Waiting
as Sophie Widdicombe BenhamDr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean...
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Tempest
as AntoniaA sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the...
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Parallel Lives
as Francie PomerantzA college reunion turns into a tangled web of passion, romance and intrigue as old friends and...
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Silent Cries
as Peggy SutherlandIn 1942, the Japanese occupied the island of Singapore. During the take-over, not only military...
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Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
as Abigail MasonA woman, who had left home 20 years previously under acrimonious circumstances, finds out that...
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Rapunzel
as The WitchA sinister witch steals the baby of a simple candlemaker and his wife and names her Rapunzel....
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An Early Frost
as Katherine PiersonSuccessful lawyer Michael Pierson is gay, but he has always hidden this part of his life from...
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A Question of Love
as Linda Ray GuettnerA lesbian mother fights to keep her son when a custody suit is brought by her ex-husband.
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Nick Quarry
as uncreditedA 10 minute demo reel for a proposed TV series based on the Tony Rome PI movies. With an...
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The Weekend
as Laura PontiMarian and John Kerr are expecting an old friend, Lyle for a weekend visit to their beautiful...
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Cannes: All Access
as SelfFrom its simple beginnings in 1939 in a sleepy beach town in the south of France, the...
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Crazy in Love
as Honora SwiftThree generations of women live on a small island off the coast of Washington state with their...
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Ted & Venus
as Mrs. TurnerTed is a 1970s Venice Beach poet who spends his days drifting along the boardwalk, reciting his...
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Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
as SelfAn intimate portrait of the superb actress Gena Rowlands, icon of independent cinema. Together...
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The Betty Ford Story
as Betty FordThis biographical film was based on the book The Times of My Life written by Chris Chase and...
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The Spiral Road
as ElsA selfish and prideful young Dutch doctor, through a series of circumstances, comes to learn...
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Face of a Stranger
as Pat FosterAfter the death of her husband, Pat learns that he gambled away all of their savings and that...
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The High Cost of Loving
as Ginny FryMiddle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable...
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as SelfBroadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s...
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The Neon Bible
as Mae MorganDuring a train ride, a teenager recalls his upbringing in 1940s small-town Georgia and the...
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A Constant Forge
as SelfOne of the great mavericks of cinema, John Cassavetes has earned a reputation as the godfather...
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Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as SelfCombining unprecedented access to Davis' vast personal archives with original interviews, this...
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Yellow
as MimiA young substitute teacher escapes from her drudging everyday life by fantasizing about bizarre...
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Thursday's Child
as Victoria AldenSam Alden is the 17-year-old high school star player in baseball who seems to have it all....
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Charms for the Easy Life
as Charlie KateThe story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set...
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The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
as Georgia PorterGeorgia Potter, an old-fashioned widow who lives in a small Southern town, whose life changes...
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Light Keeps Me Company
as SelfCarl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's...
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Hollywood Mavericks
as Self (archive footage)A documentary focusing on seventeen maverick directors who were not afraid to break the rules of...
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Montana
as Bess GuthrieHoyce and Bess Guthrie are long married Montana ranchers who come to a major crossroads in their...
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I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes - The Man and His Work
as SelfFilmmaker Michael Ventura follows Cassavetes around as the actor/director labors on his final...
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Grace & Glorie
as Grace StilesWhen a lonely ex-New Yorker moves into the home of a rural senior to act as a hospice worker,...
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Wild Iris
as Minnie BrinnA depressed woman battles with her mother and abuses alcohol following the suicide of her husband.
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What If God Were the Sun?
as Melissa EisenbloomA grieving nurse finds comfort and inspiration in her new assignment, where she meets a...
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Edge of Outside
as SelfAn hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W....
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Anything for John
as SelfAn intimate portrait of actor-writer-director John Cassavetes and a loving tribute to his genius...
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Faces
as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)James Benning’s "remake" of John Cassavetes’s Faces (1968) is an unexpected venture into the...
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Watching Gena Rowlands
as Self (archive footage)Sheila O'Malley's visual essay "Watching Gena Rowlands" rounds out the set by focusing on...
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Making 'Faces'
as SelfA documentary featuring interviews with actors Lynn Carlin, Gena Rowlands, and Seymour Cassel,...
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The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
as Mrs. Evelyn RitchieA troubled teen is given the chance to redeem his criminal debt to society.
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Olive
as Tess M PowellA mysterious child with magical powers and a great secret, invades the lives of three lonely...
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Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
as Lily HarrisonA retired woman hires a dance instructor to give her private dance lessons at her home -- one...
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Best Friends for Life
as Mrs. Harriet CahillSarah and Harriet have been best friends since childhood. They married at the same time, had...
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NCIS
as Joann FieldingFrom murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as SelfThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...
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Monk
as Marge JohnsonAdrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using...
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Columbo
as Elizabeth Van WickColumbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently...
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Bonanza
as Ragan MillerThe High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...
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The View
as SelfABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...
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The Mike Douglas Show
as SelfThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...
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The Virginian
as SavannahThe Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...
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Numb3rs
as Erika HellmanInspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and...
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Medical Center
as Karen CoberlyMedical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced...
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Medical Center
as Frances DelaneyMedical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced...
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Dr. Kildare
as Helen ScottThe story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...
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Ghost Story
as Kate LucasGhost Story is an American television anthology series that aired for one season on NBC from...
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Studio One
as BettyAn American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...
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Burke's Law
as Paullette ShaneBurke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...
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Burke's Law
as Mitzi CarlisleBurke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Helen MartinA continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Louise HendersonA continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Diana JustinA continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...
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Laramie
as Laurel DeWaltLaramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. A Revue...
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Robert Montgomery Presents
as Myrtle WilsonRobert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - live scenes from 'Middle of the Night'The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as SelfA talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Lorraine DenbyMarcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from...
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Run for Your Life
as Charlotte HydeRun for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...
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Golden Globe Awards
as Self - WinnerAn annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...
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Golden Globe Awards
as Self - NomineeAn annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...
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Golden Globe Awards
as Self - PresenterAn annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...
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Faerie Tale Theatre
as WitchA live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
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77 Sunset Strip
as Barbara AdamsStu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...
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Adventures in Paradise
as Dr. Abigail BrentAdventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on...
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Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Janet CordKraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...
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Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Lois BaxterKraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Lucille JonesA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Garrison's Gorillas
as DuchessGarrison's Gorillas is an ABC TV series broadcast from 1967 to 1968; a total of 26 hour-long...
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Riverboat
as Rose TraynorRiverboat is a 44-episode western television series starring Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds...
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Target: The Corruptors!
as Marian PraisewaterTarget: The Corruptors! is an American crime drama series starring Stephen McNally which aired...
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87th Precinct
as Teddy Carella87th Precinct is an American crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, and Ron Harper,...
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Johnny Staccato
as Nina Van NessJohnny Staccato is an American private detective series which ran for 27 episodes on NBC from...
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The Islanders
as Pepper MintThe Islanders is an American adventure television series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961,...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Victoria AldenHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as GraceHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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E! True Hollywood Story
as SelfE! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood...
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The Lloyd Bridges Show
as Leslie KaufmanThe Lloyd Bridges Show is an American anthology drama series produced by Aaron Spelling, which...
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Peyton Place
as Adrienne Van LeydenLike the novel and film of the same name, this nighttime soap opera is set in the small New...
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General Electric Theater
as Dorothy DickensonGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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