Gena Rowlands
Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (June 19, 1930 – August 14, 2024) was an American actress, whose career in film, stage, and television 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." In November 2015, Rowlands received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of her unique screen performances.
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| Full name at birth | Virginia Cathryn Rowlands
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| Claim to fame | her roles as Jerry Bondi in the 1962 black-and-white Western drama film Lonely Are the Brave, Sophie Widdicombe in the 1963 drama film A Child is Waiting, Adrienne Van Leyden in the ABC primetime soap opera Peyton Place, Minnie Moore in the 1971 romantic comedy-drama film Minnie and Moskowitz, Mabel Longhetti in the 1974 drama film A Woman Under the Influence, Myrtle Gordon in the 1977 psychological drama film Opening Night, Gloria Swenson in the 1980 neo-noir crime thriller film Gloria, First Lady Betty Ford in the 1987 ABC biographical drama television film The Betty Ford Story, Marion Post in the 1988 drama film Another Woman, Georgia King in the 1995 comedy-drama film Something to Talk About, Aunt Mae Morgan in the 1995 drama film The Neon Bible, Ramona Calvert in the 1998 drama film Hope Floats, Virginia Miller in the 2002 HBO drama television film Hysterical Blindness, Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie in the 2003 Showtime made-for-television drama film The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie, Mrs. Asher in the 2004 psychological thriller film Taking Lives, Older Allie Calhoun in the 2004 romantic drama film The Notebook, Violet Devereaux in the 2005 Southern Gothic supernatural horror film The Skeleton Key, and Mrs. Hellman in the CBS crime drama series NUMB3RS
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| Date of birth | 19 June 1930
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| Place of birth | Cambria, Wisconsin, USA
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| Date of death | 14 August 2024
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| Age | 94 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Indian Wells, California, USA
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| Cause of death | Complications of Alzheimer's disease
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| Occupation | Actress, Producer
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| Height | 5' 6" (168 cm)
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| Weight | 150 lbs (68 kg)
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| High school | Washington-Lee High School, Arlington, Virginia, USA (1947)
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- She and John Cassavetes made 10 movies together: A Child Is Waiting (1963), Faces (1968/I), Gloria (1980), Love Streams (1984), Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), Opening Night (1977), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Intoccabili, Gli (1968), Two-Minute Warning (1976) and Tempest (1982).
- Born in Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Pedro Almodóvar dedicated his movie Todo sobre mi madre (1999) to her, Bette Davis and Romy Schneider.
- Mother-in-law of Heather Wahlquist.
- Daughter of Lady Rowlands.
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