The daughter of a state assemblyman, Gena Rowlands was born on June 19, 1930, in Cambria, Wis. After studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Rowlands found success on Broadway and in series television.Rowlands made her film debut in The High Cost of Loving in 1958, the same year she married legendary director John Cassavetes. She collaborated with Cassavetes on numerous films, starting with A Child Is Waiting in 1963 and 1968's Faces. She went on to earn Oscar nominations for two more Cassavetes films: A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980).
Known for her emotionally raw performances, Rowlands earned Emmy awards for The Betty Ford Story (1987), Face of a Stranger (1991) and Hysterical Blindness (2003). She was given Emmy nods for the moving AIDS drama An Early Frost (1985), Wild Iris and What If God Were the Sun?. Other notable films include Once Around and The Notebook.
AddNight on EarthOn a single night in five major cities around the world, a variety of characters step into five different taxicabs, where they live out personal drama, existential crises and health emergencies -- to the delight and dismay of the world-weary drivers. Giancarlo Esposito, Roberto Benigni, Winona... Read More
AddA Woman Under the InfluenceOne of John Cassavetes' best films isn't about alcoholism, as the title suggests, but rather mental illness's debilitating effect on a working-class family. Shot largely with available light and a handheld camera in long, seemingly improvised takes, the style can be disruptive but is worth the... Read More
AddThe Skeleton KeySent to New Orleans to care for an aging stroke victim (John Hurt) who lies bedridden and speechless in a rambling antebellum mansion, 25-year-old hospice worker Caroline (Kate Hudson) discovers a key that unlocks ancient secrets. Alone in the house with no company aside from the man's unfriendly... Read More
AddLonely Are the BraveKirk Douglas makes a lasting impression as Jack Burns -- one of a dying breed, the American cowboy -- in this modern-day Western that finds Burns purposely landing in jail to spring a friend (Michael Kane) … but discovering that he doesn't want to be sprung. Burns then busts out alone, with... Read More
AddFacesDirector John Cassavetes' probing film examines the collapse of a 14-year union. The disenchanted couple -- husband Richard (John Marley) and wife Maria (Lynn Carlin) -- seeks comfort in the arms of others: Richard with a hooker (Gena Rowlands) and Maria with an aging playboy (Seymour Cassel). But... Read More
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