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Acting

Gena Rowlands

Career: Active from 1958 to 2017, busiest in 1998 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 43
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Love Streams
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 70 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Gena Rowlands Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.2, average 4.8
Violence
2.7, average 4.1
Physical Comedy
1.3, average 2.4
Scare
1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 14
Thought-Provoking 4
Emotional Journey 4
Psychological Drama 4
Character Study 4
Female Friendship 3
Bittersweet 3
Slice of Life 3
Social Commentary 3
Dialogue-Driven 3
Family Drama 2
Melancholic Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

96

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

6 titles · average score 41

Unfortunate Circumstances

as Dr. Cohen

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

46

as Lily Harrison

Parts Per Billion

33

as Esther

Yellow

45

as Mimi

Olive

as Tess M Powell

Faces

as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)

2000s

14 titles · average score 65

Broken English

62

as Vivien Wilder-Mann

Paris Je T'aime

73

as Gena (Quartier Latin)

The Skeleton Key

53

as Violet Devereaux

The Notebook

66

as Older Allie

Taking Lives

44

as Mrs. Rebecca Asher

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

68

as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie

NCIS

64

TV show · as Joann Fielding

Hysterical Blindness

69

as Virginia Miller

Monk

82

TV show · as Marge Johnson

Charms for the Easy Life

77

as Charlie Kate

Wild Iris

68

as Minnie Brinn

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

69

as Georgia Porter

1990s

21 titles · average score 59

The Weekend

44

as Laura Ponti

All About My Mother

87

In Memory Of

Hope Floats

49

as Ramona Calvert

Paulie

62

as Ivy

1001 Nights

69

as Narrator (voice)

Grace & Glorie

65

as Grace Stiles

The Mighty

74

as Gram

Unhook the Stars

71

as Mildred

The Neon Bible

49

as Mae Morgan

Something to Talk About

46

as Georgia King

Crazy in Love

43

as Honora Swift

Night on Earth

75

as Victoria Snelling

1980s

10 titles · average score 66

Another Woman

65

as Marion

Light of Day

47

as Janette Rasnick

The Betty Ford Story

as Betty Ford

An Early Frost

70

as Katherine Pierson

Love Streams

89

as Sarah Lawson

Rapunzel

66

as The Witch

Thursday's Child

as Victoria Alden

Tempest

40

as Antonia

Faerie Tale Theatre

82

TV show · as Witch

Gloria

67

as Gloria Swenson

1970s

10 titles · average score 69

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

86

as Abigail Mason

A Question of Love

62

as Linda Ray Guettner

The Brink's Job

55

as Mary Pino

Opening Night

81

as Myrtle Gordon

Two-Minute Warning

39

as Janet

A Woman Under the Influence

85

as Mabel Longhetti

Ghost Story

75

TV show · as Kate Lucas

Minnie and Moskowitz

65

as Minnie Moore

Columbo

83

TV show · as Elizabeth Van Wick

Husbands

60

as Party Guest

1960s

23 titles · average score 68

Marcus Welby, M.D.

68

TV show · as Lorraine Denby

Medical Center

67

TV show · as Frances Delaney / Karen Coberly

Faces

80

as Jeannie Rapp

Tony Rome

63

as Rita Kosterman

A Child Is Waiting

81

as Sophie Widdicombe

Burke's Law

68

TV show · as Mitzi Carlisle / Paullette Shane

Lonely are the Brave

85

as Jerry Bondi

The Spiral Road

47

as Els

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Helen Martin / Louise Henderson

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Savannah

87th Precinct

79

TV show · as Teddy Carella

Dr. Kildare

63

TV show · as Helen Scott

1950s

11 titles · average score 70

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Ragan Miller

Laramie

72

TV show · as Laurel DeWalt

Adventures in Paradise

71

TV show · as Dr. Abigail Brent

Riverboat

46

TV show · as Rose Traynor

Johnny Staccato

65

TV show · as Nina Van Ness

The High Cost of Loving

65

as Ginny Fry

77 Sunset Strip

74

TV show · as Barbara Adams

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Lucille Jones

General Electric Theater

68

TV show · as Dorothy Dickenson

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Victoria Alden / Grace

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV show · as Myrtle Wilson

1940s

1 title · average score 65

Studio One

65

TV show · as Betty