Rowlands also became involved in the screenings of Husbands and Love Streams, according to Carney. Īccording to Boston University film scholar Ray Carney, Rowlands sought to suppress an early version of Cassavetes's first film, Shadows, that Carney says he rediscovered after decades of searching. Rowlands and Cassavetes made ten films together: A Child Is Waiting (1963), Faces (1968), Machine Gun McCain (1969), Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), A Woman Under the Influence (1974 nomination for Academy Award for Best Actress), Two-Minute Warning (1976), Opening Night (1977), Gloria (1980 nomination for Academy Award for Best Actress), Tempest (1982), and Love Streams (1984). She played the former lover of the Kirk Douglas character, now the wife of the Douglas character's best friend.Ĭassavetes era (1963–1984) Rowlands with husband John Cassavetes in TV series Johnny Staccato, 1959 In 1962, she starred in director David Miller's Lonely Are the Brave, with Kirk Douglas and Walter Matthau. Rowlands made her film debut in The High Cost of Loving in 1958. In 1967, she was cast as socialite Adrienne Van Leyden in the prime-time ABC soap opera Peyton Place. She appeared in four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, three of which were after the series had been renamed The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Kildare and in two episodes of Burke's Law. In 1964, she guest-starred in the medical drama Dr. She guest-starred in The Lloyd Bridges Show, the detective series 77 Sunset Strip, Kraft Suspense Theatre, the westerns Bonanza and The Virginian, and Breaking Point, all in 1963. In 1961, she appeared in the adventure series The Islanders, set in the South Pacific, and in Target: The Corruptors!, starring Stephen McNally. In 1959, Rowlands appeared in the western series Laramie, alongside her husband John Cassavetes in the detective series Johnny Staccato, and in the western series Riverboat, starring Darren McGavin. She guest-starred on such anthology television series as Robert Montgomery Presents, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Studio One, Appointment with Adventure, The United States Steel Hour and Goodyear Television Playhouse, all in 1955. Rowlands costarred with Paul Stewart in the 26-episode syndicated TV series Top Secret (1954–55). In 1956, she starred in the Broadway play Middle of the Night opposite Edward G. She made her Broadway debut in The Seven Year Itch and toured in a national production of the play. In the early 1950s, Rowlands performed with repertory theatre companies and at the Provincetown Playhouse. Career Early roles (1952–1967) Publicity photo, 1955 Rowlands on Laramie in 1959 She left for New York City to study drama at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. While in college, she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. From 1947–50, she attended the University of Wisconsin, where she was a popular student already renowned for her beauty. Her family moved to Washington, D.C., in 1939, when Edwin was appointed to a position in the United States Department of Agriculture moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1942, when he was appointed as branch manager of the Office of Price Administration and later moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. She had an elder brother, David Rowlands. He was a member of the Wisconsin Progressive Party, and was of Welsh descent. Her father, Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands, was a banker and state legislator. Her mother, Mary Allen ( née Neal), was a housewife who later worked as an actress under the stage name Lady Rowlands. Rowlands was born on June 19, 1930, in Cambria, Wisconsin. In 2021, Richard Brody of The New Yorker said, “The most important and original movie actor of the past half century-plus is Gena Rowlands.” In November 2015, Rowlands received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of her unique screen performances. She is also known for her performances in Woody Allen's Another Woman (1988), and her son Nick Cassavetes's film, The Notebook (2004). She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for Opening Night (1977). A four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner, she is known for her collaborations with her late actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980), both of which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She is one of the last living actresses from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Virginia Cathryn " Gena" Rowlands (born June 19, 1930) is an American retired actress, whose career in film, stage, and television has spanned nearly seven decades.
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