Gena Rowlands

Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands is an American retired actress, whose career in film, stage, and television has spanned nearly seven decades. A four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner, she is known for her collaborations with her actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980), both of which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for Opening Night (1977). She is also known for her performances in Woody Allen's Another Woman (1988), and her son Nick Cassavetes's film, The Notebook (2004). In 2021, Richard Brody of The New Yorker said, “The most important and original movie actor of the past half century-plus is Gena Rowlands.” In November 2015, Rowlands received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of her unique screen performances.

19 June 1930

Born on the same birth date (19 June 1930): Boris Parygin

Born on the same birth day (19 June): C. J. Mosley (linebacker) • Dire Tune • Gladys Mills Phipps • Jean Dujardin • Jean Rabe • John Heartfield • Mary Schapiro • Millie Gibson • Moe Howard • Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi • Moss Burmester • Paula Abdul • Philipp van Limborch • Virginia MacWatters

Born in the same month (June 1930): Boris Parygin • Carmen Cozza • Charles Rangel • Cliff Gallup • Edward Woodward • George Chesworth • George Fernandes • Gotthard Graubner • J. H. Elliott • Jim Burke (cricketer) • Jim Nabors • Jordi Pujol • Marion Zimmer Bradley • Mike McCormack (American football) • Paul Veyne • Robert Aumann • Ryszard Kukliński • Viola Léger • Walter Bonatti • William Bernard Ziff Jr. • William C. Campbell (scientist) • Yuri Artyukhin