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Gena Rowlands in TAKING LIVES

About Gena Rowlands (1930 - )

Gena Rowlands was born on June 19, 1930 in Cambria, Wisconsin.

Sometimes Gena Rowlands is credited as Gena Rowland.  However her birth name is Virginia Cathryn Rowlands.

John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands were married April 9, 1954. John passed away on February 3, 1989.

Gena Rowlands made several movies with her husband John Cassavetes, the first one was in 1963 A CHILD IS WAITING, in 1968 they made two FACES and INTOCCABILLI GLI, in the 70's they made TWO MINUTE WARNING, A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE, OPENING NIGHT and MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ. The last movie they made together was LOVE STREAMS.

Gena Rowlands is the mother of actors Nick Cassavetes, Alexandra Cassavetes and Zoe R Cassavetes.  Gena's brother is actor David Rowlands.

Helping Sandra Bullock discover that love is still alive, Gena Rowlands plays match maker and mother in HOPE FLOATS also starring Harry Connick Jr. and Mae Whitman.

In the depths of New Orleans wnere voodoo is still alive and well, Gena Rowlands plays Violet Devereaux in THE SKELETON KEY as Kate Hudson tries to uncover the mystery of this spooky house and the hidden door to try and save John Hurt.

Trying to keep the family and the ranch together Gena Rowlands plays wife to Robert Duvall, mother to Julia Roberts and mother in law to the lying cheating scum Dennis Quaid in the 1995 movie SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT.

Behind the greatest love of all is the greatest story of all even if you hear the story again and again its the ending that touches us all in the 2004 Romance THE NOTEBOOK.

Gena Rowlands's other notable credits include...

BROKEN ENGLISH (2007)
PARIS, I LOVE YOU (2006)
THE SKELETON KEY (2005)
THE NOTBOOK (2002)
THE WEEKEND (1999)
HOPE FLOATS (1998)
SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT (1995)
ONCE AROUND (1991)
GLORIA (1980)
OPENING NIGHT (1977)
FACES (1968)
LONELY ARE THE BRAVE (1962)

Gena Rowlands in TAKING LIVES (2004)

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