Gena Rowlands

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jun 19, 1930 (94 years old)
Death date
Aug 14, 2024

Gena Rowlands

Known For

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
1h 25m
Movie 2021

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who lived through it, creating a first-hand archive of personal backstage stories and memories. The new documentary is the long-awaited sequel to late filmmaker Rick McKay’s award-winning 2003 film Broadway: The Golden Age, continuing the saga into the '60s and '70s and spotlighting beloved classic Broadway shows including Once Upon a Mattress, Bye Bye Birdie, Barefoot in the Park, Pippin, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Chicago, and 42nd Street. Featuring a galaxy of stars including Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Glenn Close, André De Shields, Jane Fonda, Robert Goulet, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, and many more, the film also includes rare archival photos and never-before-seen footage both onstage and off.

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
0h 53m
Movie 2019

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

An intimate portrait of the superb actress Gena Rowlands, icon of independent cinema. Together with her husband, legendary director John Cassavetes (1929-89), she lived an unusual life beyond the dream factory, a life in which reality and fiction were so perfectly intertwined that it made possible films that still today seem incredibly real.

Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
0h 52m
Movie 2017

Bette Davis: Larger Than Life

Bette Davis is the most disturbing film diva Hollywood has ever seen. Her life and her roles reflect the fractures in the American image of women. She was dominant, intelligent, sometimes heartless and yet above all she wanted to be loved. This did not work out in her private life. She was too strong for the men. But the public always loved her!

Unfortunate Circumstances
Movie 2017

Unfortunate Circumstances

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
1h 47m
Movie 2014

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

A retired woman hires a dance instructor to give her private dance lessons at her home -- one per week for six weeks. What begins as an antagonistic relationship turns into a close friendship as they dance together.

Watching Gena Rowlands
0h 23m
Movie 2014

Watching Gena Rowlands

Sheila O'Malley's visual essay "Watching Gena Rowlands" rounds out the set by focusing on Rowlands’ collaborations with Cassavetes.

The Betty Ford Story
1h 36m
Movie 1987

The Betty Ford Story

This biographical film was based on the book The Times of My Life written by Chris Chase and Betty Ford.

Light of Day
1h 47m
Movie 1987

Light of Day

Cleveland siblings rise with a rock band while coping with personal problems.

Biography

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).

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