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Gena Rowlands

1930 - 2024

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Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (; June 19, 1930 – August 14, 2024) was an American actress, whose career in film, stage, and television spanned nearly seven decades. She was a four-time Emmy Award and two-time Golden Globe winner, and she was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She rose to prominence for her collaborations with her actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980), both of which earned her Oscar nominations. She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for Opening Night (1977). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gena Rowlands is the 532nd most popular actor (up from 624th in 2019), the 1,120th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,147th in 2019) and the 280th most popular American Actor.

Gena Rowlands is most famous for her roles in the films "A Woman Under the Influence" and "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie."

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Among actors, Gena Rowlands ranks 532 out of 13,578. Before her are Marla Maples, John Cassavetes, Marie Laforêt, Geena Davis, Jürgen Prochnow, and Gloria Swanson. After her are Françoise Dorléac, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bill Nighy, Mahershala Ali, Hugh Jackman, and Claudette Colbert.

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Among people born in 1930, Gena Rowlands ranks 65. Before her are Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Robert Evans, Ali al-Sistani, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Carlos Kleiber, and Reinhard Selten. After her are Jesús Franco, Derek Walcott, Johan Galtung, Robert Wagner, Ivan Silayev, and William R. Pogue. Among people deceased in 2024, Gena Rowlands ranks 55. Before her are Rik Van Looy, Robin Warren, Ismail Haniyeh, Niklaus Wirth, Shelley Duvall, and Kris Kristofferson. After her are Johan Galtung, Luigi Riva, Yahya Sinwar, Caterina Valente, Juan Vicente Pérez, and Ebrahim Raisi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gena Rowlands ranks 1,120 out of 20,380. Before her are Hamilton O. Smith (1931), Sam Harris (1967), James Gunn (1966), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), Benjamin Guggenheim (1865), and Martin Seligman (1942). After her are Dickinson W. Richards (1895), Dashiell Hammett (1894), Kenneth Arrow (1921), Anne Sullivan (1866), Charley Patton (1891), and David Fincher (1962).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gena Rowlands ranks 280. Before her are Shelley Duvall (1949), Gene Wilder (1933), Marla Maples (1963), John Cassavetes (1929), Geena Davis (1956), and Gloria Swanson (1899). After her are Mahershala Ali (1974), Phylicia Rashad (1948), Barbara Stanwyck (1907), Mike Wallace (1918), Steve Buscemi (1957), and Michelle Williams (1980).

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