Gena Rowlands

Biography

Born 06/19/1930

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...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 2003, received Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie
In 1996, received National Board of Review Award for Career Achievement
In 1994, received Sundance Film Festival Piper-Heidsieck Award for Tribute to Independent Vision

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Highlights

In 2009, Earned an Emmy nomination for her guest starring role as a moderately compulsive surrogate mother to the main character in an episode of "Monk" (USA Network)
In 2007, Portrayed a terminally ill woman in the Lifetime Original Movie "What if God Were the Sun?"; earned Emmy and SAG nominations for Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie
In 2007, Co-starred in daughter Zoe Cassavetes' directorial debut, "Broken English"

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Family & Companions

Edwin Merwin Rowlands: father (Former Wisconsin State Senator)
Mary Allen Rowlands: mother (Appeared in "Minnie and Moskowitz" (1971) and other films; died May 28, 1999 at age 94)

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