Gena Rowlands Biography
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Salary
Playing by Heart (1998): $60,000
Trivia
Daughter of state legislator E.M. Rowlands (Assembly, 1927-1935; Senate, 1935-1939). Raised in Cambria, Wisconsin. Moved to Washington, D.C. in 1939, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1942, and later to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Attended the University of Wisconsin from 1947 to 1950, when she left for New York City to study drama at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Mother of
Nick Cassavetes,
Alexandra Cassavetes and
Zoe R. Cassavetes .
She and
John Cassavetes made 10 movies together:
A Child Is Waiting,
Faces,
Gloria,
Love Streams,
Minnie and Moskowitz,
Opening Night,
A Woman Under the Influence,
Machine Gun McCain,
Two-Minute Warning and
Tempest.
Sister of
David Rowlands.
Her performance as Mabel Longhetti in _Woman Under the Influence, A (1974)_ is ranked #63 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
Name rhymes with henna.
Has suppressed the first version of her husband's (
John Cassavetes) film
Shadows and will neither allow it to be shown, nor acknowledge its existence.
Favorite actress of
Maggie Gyllenhaal.
As of 2007, she is one of six women, who have received Best Actress nominations for performances directed by their spouses. The other five are
Frances McDormand for
Fargo,
Joanne Woodward for
Rachel, Rachel,
Julie Andrews for
Victor Victoria,
Elisabeth Bergner for
Escape Me Never and
Jean Simmons for
The Happy Ending.
Jules Dassin also directed his future wife
Melina Mercouri in an Oscar-nominated performance (
Pote tin Kyriaki), but they weren't married yet at the time of the nomination.
Grandmother of
Sasha Cassavetes and
Virginia Cassavetes.
Daughter of
Lady Rowlands.
Mother-in-law of
Heather Wahlquist.
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