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Gena Rowlands
Deceased

How Did Gena Rowlands Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 94
Also known asVirginia Cathryn RowlandsGenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn19/06/1930Born inMadison, Wisconsin, USADied14/08/2024 (aged 94)Died inIndian WellsCauseAlzheimer's diseaseWikidataQ229258 ↗Buried atWestwood Village Memorial Park CemeteryTMDb#4800 ↗

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.

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Filmography88 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeMovieSelf91
2017Bette Davis: Larger Than LifeMovieSelf87
2012YellowMovieMimi82
2011OliveMovieTess M Powell81
2007Broken EnglishMovieVivien Wilder-Mann77
2007What If God Were the Sun?MovieMelissa Eisenbloom77
2007Cannes: All AccessMovieSelf77
2006Paris Je T'aimeMovieGena (Quartier Latin)76
2006Stardust: The Bette Davis StoryMovieSelf76
2005Numb3rsSeriesErika Hellman75
2004The NotebookMovieOlder Allie74
2003NCISSeriesJoann Fielding73
2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereMovieSelf73
2002MonkSeriesMarge Johnson72
2002Charms for the Easy LifeMovieCharlie Kate72
2002Heart of the FestivalMovieSelf (archive footage)72
2002Hysterical BlindnessMovieVirginia Miller72
2000Light Keeps Me CompanyMovieSelf70
2000The Color of Love: Jacey's StoryMovieGeorgia Porter70
1998Playing by HeartMovieHannah68
1998The MightyMovieGram68
1998Hope FloatsMovieRamona Calvert68
1997The ViewSeriesSelf67
1997She's So LovelyMovieMiss Green67
1996E! True Hollywood StorySeriesSelf66
1996Unhook the StarsMovieMildred66
1995Something to Talk AboutMovieGeorgia King65
1995The Neon BibleMovieMae Morgan65
1994Parallel LivesMovieFrancie Pomerantz64
1993Silent CriesMoviePeggy Sutherland63
1993Anything for JohnMovieSelf63
1991Once AroundMovieMarilyn Bella61
1991Ted & VenusMovieMrs. Turner61
1991Face of a StrangerMoviePat Foster61
1991Night on EarthMovieVictoria Snelling61
1990Hollywood MavericksMovieSelf (archive footage)60
1988Another WomanMovieMarion58
1987The Betty Ford StoryMovieBetty Ford57
1985An Early FrostMovieKatherine Pierson55
1984I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His WorkMovieSelf54
1983Thursday's ChildMovieVictoria Alden53
1983RapunzelMovieThe Witch53
1982Faerie Tale TheatreSeriesWitch52
1982TempestMovieAntonia52
1980GloriaMovieGloria Swenson50
1979Strangers: The Story of a Mother and DaughterMovieAbigail Mason49
1978The Brink's JobMovieMary Pino48
1977Opening NightMovieMyrtle Gordon47
1976Two-Minute WarningMovieJanet46
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSeriesSelf45
1972Ghost StorySeriesKate Lucas42
1971ColumboSeriesElizabeth Van Wick41
1969Medical CenterSeriesKaren Coberly39
1969Marcus Welby, M.D.SeriesLorraine Denby39
1968FacesMovieJeannie Rapp38
1968Nick QuarryMovie—38
1967Garrison's GorillasSeriesDuchess37
1967Tony RomeMovieRita Kosterman37
1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.SeriesBaroness Ingrid Blangstead36
1965Run for Your LifeSeriesCharlotte Hyde35
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeriesJune33
1963Burke's LawSeriesMitzi Carlisle33
1963Kraft Suspense TheatreSeriesLois Baxter33
1963A Child Is WaitingMovieSophie Widdicombe Benham33
1962The VirginianSeriesSavannah32
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeriesHelen Martin32
1962The Spiral RoadMovieEls32
1962Lonely are the BraveMovieJerry Bondi32
1962The Lloyd Bridges ShowSeriesLeslie Kaufman32
1961Dr. KildareSeriesHelen Scott31
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSeriesSelf31
196187th PrecinctSeriesTeddy Carella31
1961Target: The Corruptors!SeriesMarian Praisewater31
1960ShadowsMovieWoman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)30
1960The IslandersSeriesPepper Mint30
1959BonanzaSeriesRagan Miller29
1959LaramieSeriesLaurel DeWalt29
1959Adventures in ParadiseSeriesDr. Abigail Brent29
1959RiverboatSeriesRose Traynor29
1959Johnny StaccatoSeriesNina Van Ness29
195877 Sunset StripSeriesBarbara Adams28
1958The High Cost of LovingMovieGinny Fry28
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeriesLucille Jones25
1953General Electric TheaterSeriesDorothy Dickenson23
1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeriesGrace21
1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSeriesMyrtle Wilson20
1948Studio OneSeriesBetty18
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeriesSelf18