Gena Rowlands

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AKA: Virginia Cathryn Rowlands
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 06/19/1930
Birthplace: Cambria, Wisconsin, USA

biography

When actress Gena Rowlands arrived in Hollywood in the 1950s, she could easily have opted to take the Hollywood starlet route. But she shared a creative vision with filmmaker and husband John Cassavetes; preferring instead to use her stunning, camera-loving facial features and natural acting style in unglamorous roles in groundbreaking independent films that launched an entire movement. Devoted to the idea of unearthing complex human emotions rather than painting characters with a one-dimensional Hollywood brush, Rowlands was a key factor in Cassavetes’ low budget, documentary-style dramas Continued

Credits

(TV Show)
2009-2009
Voice of Marjane's Grandmother
2007
Vivien Wilder-Mann
2007
Screenplay
2007
Cast
2007
Violet
2005
Allie Calhoun
2004
Mrs Asher
2004
Laura
2000
Hannah
1999
Gram
1998
Ramona Calvert
1998
Ivy
1998
Miss Green
1997
Mildred
1996
Aunt Mae
1996
Georgia King
1995
Victoria Snelling
1991
Jeanette Rasnick
1987
Sarah Lawson
1984
Antonia Dimitrious
1982
Mary Pino
1978
Myrtle Gordon
1977
Mabel Longhetti
1975
Rita Kosterman
1967
Sophie Widdicombe
1963
Jerri Bondi
1962
Rosemary Scott
Marilyn Bella
Jeannie Rapp
Minnie Moore
Marion

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Born and raised in Wisconsin
 
Won scholarship to study at Jarvis Repertory Theatre in Washington, DC
1950 
Moved to NYC to attend AADA
1951 
Was mistress of ceremonies in "All About Love" at the Versailles Night Club Theatre in Manhattan
 
Worked off-Broadway at the Provincetown Playhouse and in stock
Continued

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