Gena Rowlands

Virginia Cathryn Gena Rowlands is an American film, stage and television actress, whose career in the entertainment industry has spanned over six decades. A fourtime Emmy and twotime Golden Globe winner, she is known for her collaborations with her late actordirector husband John Cassavetes in ten films, including A Woman Under the Influence and Gloria , which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for Opening Night . In November 2015, Rowlands received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of her unique screen performances.

Rowlands was born as Virginia Cathryn Rowlands in Madison, Wisconsin. Her mother, Mary Allen , was a housewife who later worked as an actress under the stage name Lady Rowlands. Her father, Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands, was a banker and state legislator. He was a member of the Wisconsin Progressive Party, and was of Welsh descent. She had a brother, David Rowlands.

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