Consummate actress, quintessential beauty, Gena Rowlands has had her share of great roles. She married John Cassavettes in 1958, and in the decades that followed starred in several of his films. Her roles in A Woman Under the Influence and Gloria each earned her an Academy Award nomination. In the Nineties, Rowlands has continued to turn in commanding performances, most recently in 1997's She's So Lovely, directed by son Nick Cassavettes.

Harold Check