Gena Rowlands Pictures

Gena

Cathryn

Rowlands

Virginia Cathryn Rowlands

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94 (age at death)

19 June 1930

Cambria, Wisconsin, USA

14 August 2024

Indian Wells, California, USA

Complications of Alzheimer's disease

5' 6" (168 cm)

Washington-Lee High School, Arlington, Virginia, USA (1947)

American Academy of Dramatic ArtsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison (attended 1947-50, dropped out)

Actress, Producer

her roles as Jerry Bondi in the 1962 black-and-white Western drama film Lonely Are the Brave, Sophie Widdicombe in the 1963 drama film A Child is Waiting, Adrienne Van Leyden in the ABC primetime soap opera Peyton Place, Minnie Moore in the 1971 romantic comedy-drama film Minnie and Moskowitz, Mabel Longhetti in the 1974 drama film A Woman Under the Influence, Myrtle Gordon in the 1977 psychological drama film Opening Night, Gloria Swenson in the 1980 neo-noir crime thriller film Gloria, First Lady Betty Ford in the 1987 ABC biographical drama television film The Betty Ford Story, Marion Post in the 1988 drama film Another Woman, Georgia King in the 1995 comedy-drama film Something to Talk About, Aunt Mae Morgan in the 1995 drama film The Neon Bible, Ramona Calvert in the 1998 drama film Hope Floats, Virginia Miller in the 2002 HBO drama television film Hysterical Blindness, Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie in the 2003 Showtime made-for-television drama film The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie, Mrs. Asher in the 2004 psychological thriller film Taking Lives, Older Allie Calhoun in the 2004 romantic drama film The Notebook, Violet Devereaux in the 2005 Southern Gothic supernatural horror film The Skeleton Key, and Mrs. Hellman in the CBS crime drama series NUMB3RS