Gena Rowlands

Career timeline

1. 1930 · Born

   Born in Madison, Wisconsin, USA

2. 1948 · Screen debut

   Studio One (TV)

3. 1971 · Breakthrough

   Columbo (TV)

4. 2006 · Writing debut

   Paris Je T'aime (Movie)

5. 2014 · Latest release

   Parts Per Billion (Movie)

6. 2024 · Died

   August 14, 2024

Career in numbers

1 1940s

11 1950s

23 1960s

9 1970s

8 1980s

10 1990s

10 2000s

1 2010s

• Drama65
• Comedy17
• Crime14
• Mystery14
• Romance12
• Thriller6

Highest-rated title Columbo 1971 8.1 Most popular title Columbo 1971 8.1

1. 2014 Parts Per Billion as Esther 4.4 Movie
2. 2007 Broken English as Vivien Wilder-Mann 5.9 Movie
3. 2006 Paris Je T'aime as Gena (Quartier Latin) 6.8 Movie
4. 2005 The Skeleton Key as Violet Devereaux 6.6 Movie
5. 2005 Numb3rs as Erika Hellman 7.0 TV
6. 2004 The Notebook as Older Allie 7.9 Movie
7. 2004 Taking Lives as Mrs. Rebecca Asher 6.4 Movie
8. 2003 NCIS as Joann Fielding 7.6 TV
9. 2002 Monk as Marge Johnson 7.9 TV
10. 2002 Hysterical Blindness as Virginia Miller 6.1 Movie
11. 2000 The Color of Love: Jacey's Story as Georgia Porter Movie
12. 1998 Playing by Heart as Hannah 6.7 Movie
13. 1998 The Mighty as Gram 7.2 Movie
14. 1998 Hope Floats as Ramona Calvert 6.5 Movie
15. 1998 1001 Nights as Narrator (voice) 6.7 Movie
16. 1998 Paulie as Ivy 7.1 Movie
17. 1997 She's So Lovely as Miss Green 5.9 Movie
18. 1996 Unhook the Stars as Mildred 5.9 Movie
19. 1995 Something to Talk About as Georgia King 5.6 Movie
20. 1991 Night on Earth as Victoria Snelling 7.5 Movie
21. 1991 Once Around as Marilyn Bella 6.1 Movie
22. 1988 Another Woman as Marion 6.8 Movie
23. 1987 The Betty Ford Story as Betty Ford Movie
24. 1987 Light of Day as Janette Rasnick 5.5 Movie
25. 1985 An Early Frost as Katherine Pierson 5.8 Movie
26. 1984 Love Streams as Sarah Lawson 7.2 Movie
27. 1982 Faerie Tale Theatre as Witch 8.1 TV
28. 1982 Tempest as Antonia 6.0 Movie
29. 1980 Gloria as Gloria Swenson 6.9 Movie
30. 1978 The Brink's Job as Mary Pino 6.2 Movie
31. 1978 A Question of Love as Linda Ray Guettner Movie
32. 1977 Opening Night as Myrtle Gordon 7.6 Movie
33. 1976 Two-Minute Warning as Janet 6.2 Movie
34. 1974 A Woman Under the Influence as Mabel Longhetti 7.7 Movie
35. 1972 Ghost Story as Kate Lucas TV
36. 1971 Minnie and Moskowitz as Minnie Moore 6.6 Movie
37. 1971 Columbo as Elizabeth Van Wick 8.1 TV
38. 1970 Husbands as Party Guest 6.7 Movie
39. 1969 Medical Center as Karen Coberly TV
40. 1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. as Lorraine Denby 6.7 TV
41. 1969 Machine Gun McCain as Rosemary Scott 6.1 Movie
42. 1968 Faces as Jeannie Rapp 7.1 Movie
43. 1967 Tony Rome as Rita Kosterman 6.4 Movie
44. 1967 Garrison's Gorillas as Duchess TV
45. 1966 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as Baroness Ingrid Blangstead TV
46. 1965 Run for Your Life as Charlotte Hyde TV
47. 1964 Peyton Place as Adrienne Van Leyden TV
48. 1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre as Janet Cord TV
49. 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as June TV
50. 1963 Burke's Law as Paullette Shane TV
51. 1963 A Child Is Waiting as Sophie Widdicombe 6.8 Movie
52. 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Helen Martin 7.9 TV
53. 1962 The Virginian as Savannah 6.5 TV
54. 1962 The Lloyd Bridges Show as Leslie Kaufman TV
55. 1962 The Spiral Road as Els Movie
56. 1962 Lonely are the Brave as Jerry Bondi 7.4 Movie
57. 1961 Target: The Corruptors! as Marian Praisewater TV
58. 1961 Dr. Kildare as Helen Scott TV
59. 1961 87th Precinct as Teddy Carella TV
60. 1960 Shadows as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited) 6.9 Movie
61. 1960 The Islanders as Pepper Mint TV
62. 1959 Adventures in Paradise as Dr. Abigail Brent TV
63. 1959 Laramie as Laurel DeWalt TV
64. 1959 Riverboat as Rose Traynor TV
65. 1959 Bonanza as Ragan Miller 7.5 TV
66. 1959 Johnny Staccato as Nina Van Ness TV
67. 1958 77 Sunset Strip as Barbara Adams 7.2 TV
68. 1958 The High Cost of Loving as Ginny Fry Movie
69. 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lucille Jones 7.8 TV
70. 1953 General Electric Theater as Dorothy Dickenson TV
71. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as Victoria Alden TV
72. 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents as Myrtle Wilson TV
73. 1948 Studio One as Betty TV

1. 2006 Paris Je T'aime 6.8 Movie

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