Gena Rowlands

Gena Rowlands (1930–2024) var en amerikansk skuespiller og regissør som opptrådte på film, teater og fjernsyn. Hun samarbeidet med skuespiller, regissør og hennes ektemann John Cassavetes på ti filmproduksjoner. Gena Rowlands var gift med John Cassavetes fra 9. april 1954 til han døde den 3. februar 1989. De fikk tre barn sammen – Nick, Alexandra og Zoe – som alle utdannet seg til skuespillere.

Gena Rowlands
Født		Virginia Cathryn Rowlands 19. juni 1930[1][2][3][4] Cambria
Død		14. aug. 2024[5] (94 år) Indian Wells[6]
Beskjeftigelse		Fjernsynsskuespiller, teaterskuespiller, filmskuespiller, skuespiller
Utdannet ved		University of Wisconsin American Academy of Dramatic Arts (–1952)[7] Washington-Liberty High School
Ektefelle		John Cassavetes (1954–1989) (avslutningsårsak: ektefelles død) Robert Forrest (2012–2024) (avslutningsårsak: personens død)
Far		Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands
Mor		Lady Rowlands
Barn		Nick Cassavetes Alexandra Cassavetes Zoe Cassavetes
Nasjonalitet		USA
Gravlagt		Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery[8]
Utmerkelser		17 oppføringer Sølvbjørnen for beste skuespillerinne (1978) (for verk: Opening Night) Sølvmuslingen for beste kvinnelige skuespiller (1975) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (1987) (for verk: The Betty Ford Story, tema for: 39th Primetime Emmy Awards) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (1992) (tema for: 44th Primetime Emmy Awards) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (2003) (for verk: Hysterical Blindness, tema for: 55th Primetime Emmy Awards) Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama (1975) (for verk: A Woman Under the Influence) Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (1988) (for verk: The Betty Ford Story) Mary Pickford Award Æres-Oscar (2016) (tema for: Den 88. Oscar-utdelingen)[9] National Board of Review Award for Best Actress (1974) (for verk: A Woman Under the Influence) San Francisco International Film Festival (1974) (for verk: A Woman Under the Influence) Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress (1980) (for verk: Gloria) Sundance filmfestival (1994) National Board of Review (1996) Seattle International Film Festival (1999) Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming (2004) (for verk: The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie, tema for: 19th Daytime Emmy Awards) Los Angeles Film Critics Association (2014)
Aktive år		1954–2014
IMDb		IMDb
Signatur
Gena Rowlands på Commons

Rowlands spilte i over 50 filmer og TV-serier siden hun debuterte som skuespiller på 1950-tallet, blant annet A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Taking Lives (2004) og What if God Where the Sun (2007).

Filmografi

Film

År	Tittel	Rolle	Merknader
1958	The High Cost of Loving	Jenny Fry
1959	Shadows	Woman in Nightclub	Ikke oppført på rollelisten
1962	Lonely Are the Brave	Jerry Bondi
	Spiral Road, TheThe Spiral Road	Els
1963	Child Is Waiting, AA Child Is Waiting	Sophie Widdicombe
1967	Tony Rome	Rita Kosterman
1968	Faces	Jeannie Rapp
1969	Machine Gun McCain	Rosemary Scott
1971	Minnie and Moskowitz	Minnie Moore
1974	Woman Under the Influence, AA Woman Under the Influence	Mabel Longhetti
1976	Two-Minute Warning	Janet
1977	Opening Night	Myrtle Gordon
1978	Brink's Job, TheThe Brink's Job	Mary Pino
1980	Gloria	Gloria Swenson
1982	Tempest	Antonia Dimitrius
1984	Love Streams	Sarah Lawson
	I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes, the Man & His Work	Seg selv	Kortdokumentar (premiere i 1989)
1987	Light of Day	Jeanette Rasnick
1988	Another Woman	Marion Post
1990	Hollywood Mavericks	Seg selv	Dokumentar
1991	Once Around	Marilyn Bella
	Night on Earth	Victoria Snelling
	Ted & Venus	Mrs. Turner
1993	Silent Cries	Peggy Sutherland
1995	Something to Talk About	Georgia King
	Neon Bible, TheThe Neon Bible	Mae Morgan
1996	Unhook the Stars	Mildred "Millie" Hawks
1997	She's So Lovely	Miss Jane Green
1998	Paulie	Ivy
	Hope Floats	Ramona Calvert
	Mighty, TheThe Mighty	Gram
	Playing by Heart	Hannah
1999	Weekend, TheThe Weekend	Laura Ponti
2000	Light Keeps Me Company	Seg selv (intervjuobjekt)	Dokumentar
2004	Taking Lives	Mrs. Asher
	The Notebook	Older Allie Calhoun
2005	Skeleton Key, TheThe Skeleton Key	Violet Devereaux
2006	Paris, je t'aime	Gena	Segmentet: Quartier Latin
2007	Broken English	Vivien Wilder-Mann
	Persepolis	Bestemor	Stemme i den engelskspråklige versjonen
2011	Olive
2012	Yellow	Mimi
2013	Parts Per Billion	Esther
2014	Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks	Lily Harrison

TV

År	Tittel	Rolle	Merknader
1954	Top Secret	Powell	Episode: "This Man Is Death"
1955	The Way of the World	Paula Graves
	Robert Montgomery Presents	Myrtle Wilson	Season 6 episode 33: "The Great Gatsby"
	Ponds Theater	Janet	Sesong 2 episode 34: "The Ways of Courage"
	Armstrong Circle Theatre	Lugene	Sesong 5 episode 40: "Time for Love"
	Studio One on Hollywood	Betty	Sesong 7 episode 50: "A Chance of Love"
	Appointment with Adventure	Sally Mason	Episoder: "Caribbean Cruise" and "The Pirate's House"
	The United States Steel Hour	Lily	Sesong 3 episode 7: "Ashton Buys a Horse"
	Goodyear Television Playhouse	Flere roller	Episoder: "Do It Yourself" (som Eve) og "The Expendable House" (som Betty)
1958	General Electric Theater	Dorothy Dickenson	Sesong 7 episode 12: "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair"
1959	Laramie	Laurel DeWalt	Sesong 1 episode 9: "The Run to Tumavaca"
	Johnny Staccato	Nina Van Ness	Sesong 1 episode 9: "Fly Baby, Fly"
	Markham	Rita Evans	Sesong 1 episode 28: "The Altar"
	Riverboat	Rose Traynor	Sesong 1 episode 14: "Guns for Empire"
1960	Adventures in Paradise	Dr. Abigail Brent	Sesong 1 episode 28: "The Death-Divers"
	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Lucille Jones	Sesong 6 episode 2: "The Doubtful Doctor"
	The Tab Hunter Show	Barbara / Penelope	Sesong 1 episode 8: "Double Trouble"
1961	The Islanders	Pepper Mint	Sesong 1 episode 20: "Island Witness"
	Target: The Corruptors!	Marian Praisewater	Sesong 1 episode 5: "The Poppy Vendor"
1961–1962	87th Precinct	Teddy Carella	Episoder: "The Floater", "Lady in Waiting", "Occupation, Citizen", and "Step Forward"
1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Helen Martin	Sesong 1 episode 11: "Ride the Nightmare"
1963	The Dick Powell Theatre	Mrs. Canfield	Sesong 2 episode 15: "Project X"
	The Lloyd Bridges Show	Leslie Kaufman	Sesong 1 episode 20: "A Personal Matter"
	77 Sunset Strip	Barbara Adams	Sesong 5 episode 25: "Flight 307"
	Bonanza	Ragan Miller	Sesong 5 episode 1: "She Walks in Beauty"
	The Virginian	Savannah	Sesong 2 episode 3: "No Tears for Savannah"
	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	June	Sesong 1 episode 9: "It's Mental Work"
	Breaking Point	Shelley Osborne Peters	Sesong 1 episode 14: "Heart of Marble, Body of Shame"
	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Louise Henderson	Sesong 1 episode 23: "The Lonely Hours"
	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Janet Cord	Sesong 1 episode 6: "One Step Down"
1964	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Diana Justin	Sesong 2 episode 19: "Murder Case"
	Dr. Kildare	Helen Scott	Sesong 3 episode 20: "To Walk in Grace"
	Burke's Law	Multiple	Episoder: "Who Killed What's His Name?" (as Paulette Shane) og "Who Killed Annie Foran?" (som Mitzi Carlisle)
1965	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Lois Baxter	Sesong 2 episode 18: "Won't It Ever Be Morning?
1966	Run for Your Life	Charlotte Hyde	Sesong 1 episode 17: "The Rediscovery of Charlotte Hyde"
	The Long, Hot Summer	Karen Roberts	Sesong 1 episode 20: "From This Day Forward"
1967	The Road West	Karen Collier	Sesong 1 episode 16: "Beyond the Hill"
	The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.	Baronesse Ingrid	Sesong 1 episode 20: "The Fountain of Youth Affair"
	Peyton Place	Adrienne Van Leyden	39 episoder
1968	Garrison's Gorillas	Hertuginne	Sesong 1 episode 24: "The Frame-Up"
1971	Medical Center	Frances Delaney	Sesong 2 episode 23: "The Man in Hiding"
1972	Circle of Fear	Kate Lucas	Sesong 1 episode 2: "The Concrete Captain"
1973	Medical Center	Karen Coberly	Sesong 5 episode 8: "Child of Violence"
1974	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Lorrain Denby	Sesong 6 episode 13: "The 266 Days"
1975	Columbo	Elizabeth Van Wyck	Sesong 4 episode 5: "Playback"
1978	A Question of Love	Linda Ray Guettner	TV-film
1979	Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter	Abigail Mason
1983	Thursday's Child	Victoria Alden
	Faerie Tale Theatre	Witch	Sesong 2 episode 1: "Rapunzel"
1985	Early Frost, AnAn Early Frost	Katherine Pierson	TV-film
1987	Betty Ford Story, TheThe Betty Ford Story	Betty Ford
1990	Montana	Bess Guthrie
1991	Face of a Stranger	Pat Foster
1992	Crazy in Love	Honora Swift
1993	Anything for John	Seg selv	TV-dokumentar
1994	Parallel Lives	Francie Pomerantz	TV-film
1998	Grace and Glorie	Grace Stiles
	Best Friends for Life	Mrs. Harriet Cahill
2000	The Color of Love: Jacey's Story	Georgia Porter
2001	Wild Iris	Minnie Brinn
2002	Charms for the Easy Life	Ms. Charlie Kate
2003	Broadway: The Golden Age	Seg selv	Dokumentarserie
	Hysterical Blindness	Virginia Miller	TV-film
2004	The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie	Evelyn Ritchie
2006	Numb3rs	Mrs. Hellman	Sesong 3 episode 3: "Provenance"
2007	What If God Were the Sun?	Melissa Eisenbloom	TV-film
2009	Monk	Marge Johnson	Sesong 7 episode 12: "Mr. Monk & the Lady Next Door"
2010	NCIS	Joann Fielding	Sesong 7 episode 16: "Mother's Day"