Gena Rowlands
Birth name	Virginia Cathryn Rowlands
Born	June 19, 1930 (age 76) Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Height	168 cm (66 in)
Other name(s)	Gena Rowland
Years active	1956 -present
Spouse(s)	John Cassavetes (1954-1989)
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie 1988 The Betty Ford Story 1992 Face of a Stranger Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie 2003 Hysterical Blindness Outstanding Performer in a Children/Youth/Family Special 2004 The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

Gena Rowlands (born June 19, 1930) is an American actress. Born Virginia Cathryn Rowlands in Madison, Wisconsin,^[1] and raised in Cambria, Wisconsin, her father, Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands, was a state legislator,^[2] and her mother, Mary Allen Neal, a housewife originally from Arkansas.^[3] June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Nickname: Mad Town or Mad City Location of Madison in Dane County, Wisconsin Municipality City Incorporated 1848 Mayor Dave Cieslewicz Area    - City 136. ... See also: 1955 in film 1956 1957 in film 1950s in film years in film film // Events November 15 - The film Love Me Tender starring Elvis Presley (his first film) opens. ... // Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2007; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing... John Nicholas Cassavetes (Greek: Ιωάννης Νικολάου Κασσαβέττης) (December 9, 1929–February 3, 1989) was an American actor, screenwriter, and director. ... An Emmy Award. ... This is a list of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie winners: 1974: Mildred Natwick - The Swoop Sisters 1975: Jessica Walter - Amy Prentiss 1976: Rosemary Harris - Notorious Woman 1977: Patty Duke - Captains and Kings 1978: Meryl Streep - Holocaust 1979: Bette Davis - Strangers... This is a list of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winners: 1979: Esther Rolle - Summer of My German Soldier 1980: Mare Winningham - Amber Waves 1981: Jane Alexander - Playing for Time 1982: Penny Fuller - The Elephant Man 1983: Jean Simmons - The Thorn Birds... Hysterical Blindness is a made-for-HBO movie by Mira Nair and starring Gena Rowlands, Uma Thurman, Juliette Lewis and Ben Gazzarra. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Nickname: Mad Town or Mad City Location of Madison in Dane County, Wisconsin Municipality City Incorporated 1848 Mayor Dave Cieslewicz Area    - City 136. ... Cambria is a village located in Columbia County, Wisconsin. ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,732 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ...

Early life

The family moved to Washington, D.C. in 1939 when Myrwyn was appointed to a position in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1942 when he was appointed as branch manager of the Office of Price Administration,^[4] and later to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Gena attended the University of Wisconsin from 1947 to 1950,^[5] where she was a popular student already renowned for her beauty.^[6] She left for New York City to study drama at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: Federal District District of Columbia Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack Evans... The United States Department of Agriculture (also called the Agriculture Department, or USDA) is a United States Federal Executive Department (or Cabinet Department). ... Nickname: Cream City, Mil Town, Brew City, The City of Festivals Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Coordinates: County Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett Area    - City (97 sq. ... Bold textThe Office of Price Administration (OPA) was established within the Office for Emergency Management by the United States Government by Executive Order 8875 on August 28, 1941. ... Nickname: City of Lakes Motto: En Avant Location in Hennepin County and the state of Minnesota. ... The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) is a fully accredited two-year conservatory with campuses located at 120 Madison Avenue in New York City (in a landmark building designed by famed architect Stanford White as the original Colony Club) and 1336 North La Brea Avenue in Hollywood (in a...

Career

Rowlands went from understudy to lead role in the original Broadway production of The Seven Year Itch, and opened in Middle of the Night in 1956. She made her film debut in The High Cost of Loving in 1958. She guest starred in several anthology television series, including Robert Montgomery Presents, Kraft Television Theatre and Studio One, among many others. In 1961 she starred in the well-received television series 87th Precinct, and in 1964 in Peyton Place. Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... The Seven Year Itch is a three-act play, written by George Axelrod. ... Robert Montgomery Presents was a dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. ... It has been suggested that Kraft Television Theater be merged into this article or section. ... Studio One was an American dramatic anthology television series, sponsored by Westinghouse Electric Corporation. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The 87th Precinct is a series of novels and stories written by Ed McBain (aka Evan Hunter). ... The opening title of Peyton Place during the color years. ...

Teaming with her husband, writer and director John Cassavetes, whom she married in 1954, Rowlands starred in many productions, including Staccato, A Child Is Waiting, Faces, Gloria (nomination for Academy Award for Best Actress), Love Streams, Minnie and Moskowitz, She's So Lovely, and A Woman Under the Influence (Academy Award nomination). She starred in The Neon Bible. In 1985, Rowlands played the mother in the critically acclaimed made-for-TV movie An Early Frost. In recent years, she has appeared in Paulie and in Mira Nair's HBO movie, Hysterical Blindness for which she won her third Emmy. John Nicholas Cassavetes (Greek: Ιωάννης Νικολάου Κασσαβέττης) (December 9, 1929–February 3, 1989) was an American actor, screenwriter, and director. ... Category: ... Faces was a 1968 movie, directed by John Cassavetes and starring talented actresses, Gena Rowlands (his wife) and Lynn Carlin, who received one of the two Oscar nominations that the film garnered for her supporting role as Maria. The movie, shot in cinéma vérité-style, concerned the gradual... Gloria is a 1980 film which tells the story of a gangsters girlfriend who goes on the run with a young boy who is being hunted by the mob for information he may or may not have. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Love Streams is John Cassavetes eleventh film, based on the play by Ted Allan and Cassavetes (though the actual amount of correlation between the play and the film script is minimal). ... Minnie and Moskowitz is a film by John Cassavetes, starring his wife, Gena Rowlands, and actor Seymour Cassel in the title roles of Minnie and Moskowitz, respectively. ... Shes So Lovely is a 1997 movie directed by Nick Cassavetes, written by the late John Cassavetes. ... A Woman Under the Influence is a 1974 film in which a young wife and mothers erratic behavior leads her husband to commit her for psychiatric treatment, leaving the family even more dysfunctional than before. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... John Kennedy Tooles first novel, The Neon Bible, was written at the age of only 16. ... An Early Frost was the first major film to deal with the topic of HIV/AIDS. It was first broadcast on NBC on November 11, 1985. ... The Paulie movie poster. ... Mira Nair (born October 15, 1957) is a New York-based Indian film director. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... Hysterical Blindness is a made-for-HBO movie by Mira Nair and starring Gena Rowlands, Uma Thurman, Juliette Lewis and Ben Gazzarra. ...

She was recently seen in The Notebook, which was directed by her son, Nick Cassavetes, and co-starred James Garner, Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. In 2004 she won her first Daytime Emmy for her role as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie in The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie. To name a few, Ms. Rowlands has been nominated for: two Academy Awards; six Emmy nominations, and one Daytime Emmy; eight Golden Globes; three Satellite Awards; and one SAG Award. Some of her notable wins include: a Silver Berlin Bear; three Emmy Awards and one Daytime Emmy; two Golden Globes; two National Board of Review Awards; two Satellite Awards; and one Prize San Sebastián. The Notebook is a film based on a romantic novel by Nicholas Sparks. ... Nick Cassavetes is an American actor and director. ... 1976 TV Guide cover, of The Rockford Files, featuring Noah Beery, Jr. ... Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor. ... Rachel McAdams (born October 7, 1976) is a Canadian actress. ... The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York- based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... An Emmy Award. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. ... The Screen Actors Guild (S.A.G.) is the labor union representing over 120,000 film actors in the United States. ... The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, just 13 years after the birth of cinema, to protest New York City Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr. ... The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. ...

In 2005, she appeared opposite Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, and John Hurt in the gothic thriller The Skeleton Key. This article is about the actress. ... Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7, 1971) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor. ... John Hurt as Chancellor Adam Sutler in V for Vendetta. ... Strawberry Hill, an English villa in the Gothic revival style, built by seminal Gothic writer Horace Walpole The gothic novel was a literary genre that belonged to Romanticism and began in the United Kingdom with The Castle of Otranto (1764) by Horace Walpole. ... The Skeleton Key is a 2005 horror-suspense film released in the UK on 22 July and in the USA on August 12. ...

Controversy

She has recently been the subject of a considerable amount of controversy because of certain actions that she has taken regarding the late John Cassavetes' films. Perhaps the most notorious of these deals concerns the recently-rediscovered original version of Shadows, which for years was widely-believed to be missing or to have been destroyed. After well over a decade of searching for the film, Ray Carney managed to find a print.^[7] Upon hearing of Carney's discovery, Rowland demanded that all copies of the film be turned over to her, and—-in Carney's words—-she declared that she would do anything necessary to keep the film from being seen, including destroy the print.^[8] This article is about the 1959 film. ... Ray Carney, also known as Raymond Carney, is an American interdisciplinary arts scholar primarily known for his work as a film theorist. ...

There are lesser-known incidents regarding screenings of the films Husbands and Love Streams. The UCLA Film and Television Archive mounted a restoration of Husbands, as it was pruned down (without Cassavetes' consent, and in violation of his contract) by Columbia Pictures several months after its release, in an attempt to restore as much of the removed content as possible. However, at Rowlands's request, UCLA created an alternative print with almost ten minutes of content edited out, as Rowlands felt that these scenes were in poor taste. The alternative print is the only one that has been made available for rental.^[9] Husbands is a 1970 film written and directed by John Cassavetes. ... Love Streams is John Cassavetes eleventh film, based on the play by Ted Allan and Cassavetes (though the actual amount of correlation between the play and the film script is minimal). ... The UCLA Film and Television Archive is an internationally-renowned visual arts organization focused on the preservation, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

References

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External links

• Gena Rowlands at the Internet Broadway Database

• Gena Rowlands at the Internet Movie Database
• Gena Rowlands at the Notable Names Database‹The template Nndb name has been proposed for deletion here.› 
• Gena Rowlands at the TCM Movie Database
• Gena Rowlands at Yahoo! Movies
• Interview with Gena Rowlands