ACTOR

Gena Rowlands

1930 - 2024

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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. She was a four-time Emmy Award and two-time Golden Globe winner, was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She rose to prominence 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 Oscar nominations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gena Rowlands has received more than 6,323,572 page views. Her biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Gena Rowlands is the 624th most popular actor (down from 521st in 2019), the 1,147th most popular biography from United States (down from 976th in 2019) and the 307th most popular American Actor.

Gena Rowlands is most famous for her roles in the films "A Woman Under the Influence" and "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie."

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  • 6.3M

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  • 61.71

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  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gena Rowlands ranks 624 out of 13,578. Before her are Bernard Hill, James Cagney, Cornel Wilde, Pierre Brice, Shelley Winters, and Steve Reeves. After her are Jeremy Renner, Vincent Price, Tom Berenger, Ed Lauter, Richard Barthelmess, and Jennifer Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Gena Rowlands ranks 68. Before her are Reinhard Selten, Mary Quant, Joanne Woodward, Choe Yong-rim, Robert Aumann, and Stanley Miller. After her are Ivan Silayev, Magdalena Abakanowicz, David Dacko, Chinua Achebe, Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, and Sonia Rykiel. Among people deceased in 2024, Gena Rowlands ranks 58. Before her are David Soul, Ira von Fürstenberg, Robin Warren, Richard Serra, Shelley Duvall, and Bernard Hill. After her are Jerry West, Susan Wojcicki, Yahya Sinwar, Glynis Johns, Sandra Milo, and Robert Badinter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gena Rowlands ranks 1,147 out of 20,380. Before her are Jean Webster (1876), Paul D. Boyer (1918), Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), Edith Wharton (1862), Shelley Winters (1920), and Steve Reeves (1926). After her are Jeremy Renner (1971), George Carlin (1937), Vincent Price (1911), Stan Getz (1927), Harrison Schmitt (1935), and Tom Berenger (1949).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gena Rowlands ranks 307. Before her are Jim Belushi (1954), Stanley Tucci (1960), Richard S. Castellano (1933), James Cagney (1899), Shelley Winters (1920), and Steve Reeves (1926). After her are Jeremy Renner (1971), Vincent Price (1911), Tom Berenger (1949), Ed Lauter (1938), Richard Barthelmess (1895), and Jennifer Jones (1919).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Notebook
Older Allie
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
Jun 25th 20047.9 / 10
The Skeleton Key
Violet Devereaux
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
Jul 29th 20056.6 / 10
A Woman Under the Influence
Mabel Longhetti
Mabel Longhetti, desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction worker, Nick. Increasingly unstable, especially in the company of others, she craves happiness, but her extremely volatile behavior convinces Nick that she poses a danger to their family and decides to commit her to an institution for six months. Alone with a trio of kids to raise on his own, he awaits her return, which holds more than a few surprises.
Nov 18th 19747.776 / 10