Gena Rowlands | |
Job | Actress |
Years active | 1954-present |
Top Roles | Rita Kosterman, Sophie Widdicombe, Jeannie Rapp, Els, Jerry Bondi |
Top Genres | Drama, Crime, Adventure, Western, Comedy, Mystery |
Top Topics | Period Piece, Romance (Drama), Paris |
Top Collaborators | John Cassavetes, Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, Val Avery |
Shares birthday with | Charles Coburn, Louis Jourdan, Mildred Natwick see more.. |
Gena Rowlands Overview:
Actress, Gena Rowlands, was born Virginia Cathryn Rowlands on Jun 19, 1930 in Madison, WI. As of December 2023, Gena Rowlands was 93 years old.
HONORS and AWARDS:
.Although Rowlands was nominated for two Oscars, she never won a competitive Academy Award.
Academy Awards
Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
1974 | Best Actress | A Woman under the Influence (1974) | Mabel Longhetti | Nominated |
1980 | Best Actress | Gloria | Gloria Swenson | Nominated |
BlogHub Articles:
and John Cassavetes: Each Other’s Muse…
By Christy Putnam on Jan 23, 2016 From Christy PutnamAs I was unsure of what “symbiotic” meant in the context of actors and directors, I began to travel to the land of the “lexicons,” a green, fertile place found only in the imagination. Sometimes there’s a pot of gold, and sometimes there is a cold, hard fact that canno... Read full article
Warner Archive: Makes Her Debut in The High Cost of Loving (1958)
By KC on Jul 23, 2015 From Classic MoviesCo-starring with Jose Ferrer, in one of seven films the actor would direct, Gene Rowlands makes a solid screen debut in The High Cost of Loving (1958). This low-key comedy can sometimes be a bit too leisurely, and occasionally loses momentum, but the maneuverings and intrigue in its office settings ... Read full article
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Gena Rowlands Quotes:
Jeannie Rapp: You're a son-of-a-bitch, do you know that?
Richard Forst: Why am I a son-of-a-bitch?
Jeannie Rapp: Because you get to me.
Jerry Bondi: Jack I'm gonna tell you something. The world that you and Paul live in doesn't exist, maybe it never did. Out there is a real world and it's got real border and real fences, real laws and real trouble. And either you go by the rules or you lose.
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