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Name: Gena Rowlands
Full/Alt. name: Virginia Cathryn Rowlands
Date of Birth: Thursday June 19 1930
Born: Cambria, Wisconsin (USA)
Nationality: American
Partial 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;…Full Gena Rowlands Biography…

Persepolis (2008) 12A (Contains moderate violence, drugs and one use of strong language)Played "Voice of Marjane's Grandmother"
Broken English (2007) (for some sexual content, nudity, some violence including rape, language and drug use)Played "Vivien Wilder-Mann"
Paris, I Love You (Paris, je t'aime) (2007) 15 (Contains very strong language)Actor/Actress, Screenplay ("Quartier Latin")
Opening Night (2007) 15 (Contains strong language)Played "Myrtle Gordon"
The Skeleton Key (2005) 15 (Contains infrequent strong violence and sustained menace)Played "Violet"
The Notebook (2004) 12A (Contains moderate sex)Played "Allie Calhoun"
Taking Lives (2004) 15 (Contains strong language and moderate sex, violence and horror)Played "Mrs Asher"
Hysterical Blindness (2002) Actor/Actress
The Weekend (2000) Played "Laura"
Playing by Heart (1999) 15 (for language)Played "Hannah"

Emmy (2003) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - "Hysterical Blindness"
Emmy Award (2003) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - "Hysterical Blindness"
National Board of Review Award (1996) Career Achievement
National Board of Review (1996) Career Achievement Award
Sundance Film Festival Piper-Heidsieck Award (1994) Tribute to Independent Vision