Gena Rowlands

With a career that spans for over 6 decades, Gena Rowlands is considered as a veteran actress and a gem in Hollywood history. She’s popular for starring in films such as A Woman Under the Influence, Opening Night, Gloria, Thursday’s Child, and Love Streams, where she worked with the director, John Cassavetes. The couple met at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where they were both pursuing a degree.

They worked together for ten films and were married from 1954 until his death in 1989. Gena Rowlands thinks all the characters she and John Cassavetes are filming are very important. Working with John would make her feel free, and John was a director who would give the actors freedom. Years later, she married a retired businessman, Robert Forrest, and the two are still happily married until today.