Award-Winning Actress Gena Rowlands Dies at 94

Actress 🎬Gena Rowlands, a mainstay in show business for over 60 years died Wednesday.

She was 94.

Rowlands was born Virginia Cathryn Rowlands in Madison, Wisconsin, on June 19, 1930, the HuffPost reported.

She participated in all avenues in the entertainment industry — theater, TV and film.

Broadway was the first avenue with Rowlands starring in “Middle of the Night” and “The Seven Year Itch.”

Television was the second avenue with roles “Top Secret,” “Robert Montgomery Presents” and “Appointment With Adventure.”

Then came a film in 1958 with “The High Cost of Loving,” which marked her debut in movie theaters.

She also continued in TV in “87th Precinct,” “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” and “Peyton Place.”

Rowlands was married to John Cassavetes from 1954 until his death in 1989.

The had three children — Nick, Alexandra and Zoe.

Rowlands and Cassavetes worked together and made 10 films together over 20 years.

Those include “A Child Is Waiting” (1963), “Faces” (1968), “Machine Gun McCain” (1969), “Minnie and Moskowitz” (1971), “A Woman Under the Influence” (1974), “Two-Minute Warning” (1976), “Opening Night” (1977), “Gloria” (1980), “Tempest” (1982) and “Love Streams” (1984).

Rowlands received Best Actress Oscar nominations for “A Woman Under the Influence” and “Gloria.”