This block contains the information about Gena Rowlands and provides an insight into the life of the celebrity. From here you can also learn when, how and why the profession of an actor was chosen. Some interesting facts are waiting for you here.

Gena Rowlands, whose full name is Virginia Kathryn Rowland was born by the end of June 1930 in Madison, which is a small city located in the center of state of Wisconsin. She is a famous American actress. At the beginning she was studying in College, after which she entered the University of Wisconsin where she got the education of an actress. Later followed the Academy of Dramatic Art in NY. Her debut on the stage was in “Provincetown” play, which was held in the theater of NY. It is interesting to know that it was the theatre in which she was working as a hat-check girl. Till the end of fifties, she played mostly in the theatre on the Broadway. Her debut in the cinema has become the role according to the contract with Metro Golden Meyer studio. The movie was directed by Jose Ferrier in 1958 and was called “The high price of love”. Gena was married with the actor and producer John Casavetis, who filmed her in the majority of his movies. Like for example, he filmed her in the movie “Gloria” in 1980. Together they have a son Nick Cassavetis who is a producer as well and who later has filmed his mother practically in all of his movies. Like for example in- “Getting closer to the stars”, which was filmed according to his father’s scenario by the way. Gena has three children more, and all of them are in the show business.

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Here you can learn about the movies Gena Rowlands acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
Taking Lives - Mrs. Asher	$45M	2004	$11.5M	$32.7M
The Skeleton Key - Violet Devereaux	$43M	2005	$16.1M	$47.8M
The Notebook - Allie Calhoun	$30M	2004	$13.5M	$81M
Hope Floats - Ramona Calvert	$30M	1998	$14.2M	$60M
She's So Lovely - Miss Jane Green	$18M	1997		$7.22M
Playing by Heart - Hannah	$14M	1998	$26.7K	$3.96M
Paris, Je T'Aime - Gena (segment "Quartier Latin"), Writer (segment "Quartier Latin")	$13M	2006	$39.2K	$4.86M
Tempest - Antonia Dimitrius	$13M	1982
Another Woman - Marion Post	$10M	1988		$1.56M
Persepolis - Marjane's grandmother (voice: English version)	$7.3M	2007	$37.1K	$4.44M
Broken English - Vivien Wilder-Mann	$2M	2007	$55.2K	$956K
Minnie and Moskowitz - Minnie Moore	$900K	1971
Faces - Jeannie Rapp	$275K	1968
Opening Night - Myrtle Gordon		1977
Two-Minute Warning - Janet		1976
Lonely Are the Brave - Jerry Bondi		1962
The Brink's Job - Mary Pino		1978
Gloria - Gloria Swenson		1980
A Woman Under the Influence - Mabel Longhetti		1974
The Spiral Road - Els		1962