Gena Rowlands
1930 – 2024 · aged 94
American actress (1930–2024)
- Born
- 19 Jun 1930 · Madison
- Died
- 14 Aug 2024 · Indian Wells
Life timeline
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- 19 Jun 1930BornBorn in Madison
- 1974AwardNational Board of Review Award for Best Actress
- 1974AwardSan Francisco International Film Festival
- 1975AwardGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
- 1975AwardSilver Shell for Best Actress
- 1978AwardSilver Bear for Best Actress
- 1980AwardBoston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
- 1987AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
- 1988AwardGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
- 1992AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
- 1994AwardSundance Film Festival
- 1996AwardNational Board of Review of Motion Pictures
- 1999AwardSeattle International Film Festival
- 14 Aug 2024DiedDied in Indian Wells
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1930 – 2024).
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
Biography
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). Her other roles included William Friedkin's The Brink's Job (1978), Woody Allen's Another Woman (1988), Jim Jarmusch's Night on Earth (1991), Mira Nair's Hysterical Blindness (2002), and her son Nick Cassavetes's The Notebook (2004).
In 2021, Rowlands was called by critic Richard Brody of The New Yorker as "the most important and original movie actor of the past half century-plus." In November 2015, she received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of her unique screen performances.
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