Gena Rowlands
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Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (born June 19, 1930) is an American actress whose career in film, stage, and television has spanned six decades.
She is a four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner best known for her appearances with her late actor-director John Cassavetes in ten films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980), which earned her nominations for Best Actress in the Academy.
She has also been named a Best Actress for Opening Night (1977).
Rowlands received an Honorary Academy Award in November 2015 for her outstanding screen appearances.
Early years
Rowlands was born in Cambria, Wisconsin, on June 19, 1930. Mary Allen (Neal), her mother, became a housewife who later appeared as an actress under the stage name Lady Rowlands. Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands, her father, was a banker and state legislator. He was a member of the Wisconsin Progressive Party and was of Welsh descent. David Rowlands, the country's oldest brother, was present.
When Edwin was appointed as branch manager of the Office of Price Administration in 1939, his family moved to Washington, D.C., where he later moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and then to Minneapolis, Minnesota. She attended the University of Wisconsin, where she was a well-known student already known for her beauty from 1947 to 1950. She was a Kappa Kappa Gamma student while in college. She travelled to New York City to study drama at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City.
Personal life
Rowlands was married to John Cassavetes from April 9, 1954, until his death on February 3, 1989. Both students were enrolled at Carnegie Hall of the American Academy in Carnegie Hall. They had three children, all actor-directors: Nick, Alexandra, and Zoe. In 2012, Rowlands married former businessman Robert Forrest.
When growing up, Rowlands claimed to be a fan of actress Bette Davis. In the 1979 made-for-TV film Strangers, Davis played Davis' daughter.
Career
Rowlands appeared in the early 1950s with repertory theatre companies and at the Provincetown Playhouse. She appeared in The Seven Year Itch for her debut in the show and toured in a national production. She appeared in the Broadway play Middle of the Night with Edward G. Robinson in 1956.
Rowlands appeared in the Top Secret, a CBS syndicated television series (1954–55) with Paul Stewart. Robert Montgomery Presents, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Studio One, Appointment with Adventure, The United States Steel Hour, and Goodyear Television Playhouse were among those television series that premiered in 1955. Rowlands appeared in the western film Laramie, along with her husband John Cassavetes in the detective drama Johnny Staccato, and in the western film Riverboat, starring Darren McGavin. She appeared in The Islanders, a South Pacific adventure series, and in Target: The Corruptors! starring Stephen McNally in 1961. She appeared in The Lloyd Bridges Show, the detective series 77 Sunset Strip, westerns Bonanza and The Virginian, and Breaking Point, all in 1963. She appeared in the medical drama Dr. Kildare and in two episodes of Burke's Law in 1964. She appeared in four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, three of which were after the series was renamed The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Adrienne Van Leyden, a socialite, appeared in the prime-time ABC soap opera Peyton Place in 1967.
In 1958, Rowlands made her film debut in The High Cost of Loving. She appeared in director David Miller's Lonely Are the Brave, with Kirk Douglas and Walter Matthau in 1962. She played the former lover of Kirk Douglas, now the wife of the Douglas character's best friend.
Rowlands and Cassavetes produced ten films together: A Child Is Waiting (1963), Faces (1968), Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Opening Night (1978), Tempest (1982), and Love Streams (1984).
Rowlands attempted to discredit a early version of Cassavetes's first film, Shadows, which Carney claims he found after decades of searching, according to Boston University film scholar Ray Carney. According to Carney, Rowlands also participated in Husbands and Love Streams screenings. The UCLA Film and Television Archive restored Husbands after it was taken down (without Cassavetes' permission and in breach of his employment) by Columbia Pictures several months after its publication in an attempt to recover as much of the deleted content as possible. UCLA produced an alternative print with nearly ten minutes of text cut out at Rowlands' request, as Rowlands felt that these scenes were in poor taste. The alternative print is the only one that has been made available for rental.
Rowlands played the mother in the critically acclaimed made-for-TV film An Early Frost (1985). In the 1989 made-for-TV film The Betty Ford Story, she received an Emmy for her portrayal of former First Lady of the United States Betty Ford.
Rowlands appeared in Woody Allen's enthralling film Another Woman in 1988. Marion Post, a middle-aged professor who is on a journey of self-discovery after she overhears another woman's therapy sessions (Mia Farrow). "Marion gets to thinking, and she's appalled to learn that so many of her own beliefs about her own life and marriage are largely unfounded: "Sandy Dennis), brother (Harris Yulin), and husband (Ian Holm) are among her time-out articles. Time Out praised the film's "marvellous" performances, adding, "Rowlands' perfectly pitched approach to a demanding role is especially surprising." Ferguson Ebert described her appearance as "sublime," while Roger Ebert noted that it represented a major change in tone from her Cassave days, demonstrating "how good an actress Rowlands has been all along."
Rowlands appeared in Mira Nair's HBO film 'Mysterical Blindness,' in which she received her third Emmy Award. Mrs. Hellman appeared in an episode from the third season of Numb3rs next year. She was a Nazi survivor whose entire family was killed. The family owned a painting that the Nazis had stolen from the Nazis. The painting revived later on. The new owner lent the painting to an art gallery in Los Angeles, but it was stolen while on display. F.B.I. Don Eppes, a scripted agent played by Rob Morrow, struggles to figure out what really happened. Rowlands received rave reviews for their work. She has been a spokesperson for people who were imprisoned by the Nazis, so this role was a good match for her.
She appeared in The Notebook (2004), which was later directed by her son Nick Cassavetes. She received her first Daytime Emmy Award for her role as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie in The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie last year. In the gothic thriller The Skeleton Key, she appeared opposite Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, and John Hurt in 2005.
In 2007, she appeared in Broken English, an independent American film written and directed by her daughter Zoe Cassavetes, as she played a supporting role opposite Parker Posey and Melvil Poupaud. In 2009, she appeared on Monk's "Mr. Monk and the Lady Next Door" episode. On March 2, 2010, she appeared on an episode of NCIS as Leroy Jethro Gibbs' former mother-in-law, who is embroiled in a murder probe. In 2014, she appeared in Six Weeks, a film adaptation.