Gena Rowlands' Parents and Children: 10 Family Facts

1. #006

   She graduated from Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia, in 1947. Other alumni include Forrest Tucker, Shirley MacLaine, Warren Beatty and Sandra Bullock.

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2. #009

   In Love Streams (1984) she played the sister of her real-life husband, John Cassavetes.

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3. #011

   She is the mother of Nick Cassavetes, Xan Cassavetes and Zoe R. Cassavetes.

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4. #012

   She and her real-life mother, Lady Rowlands, played daughter and mother together in two films, Minnie and Moskowitz (1971) and A Woman Under the Influence (1974). They also appeared together in Opening Night (1977), though they did not play daughter and mother in that film.

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5. #013

   She is Maggie Gyllenhaal's favorite actress.

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6. #015

   She studied at the University of Wisconsin from 1947 to 1950 and went to New York to study drama at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

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7. #018

   Her father was of Welsh origin. Her mother was of English origin.

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8. #019

   She appeared in Paulie (1998) and also in Mr. Monk and the Lady Next Door (2009), in which her character had a son named Paulie. Tony Shalhoub starred in both.

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9. #023

   Gena Rowlands is the grandmother of Sasha Cassavetes and Virginia Cassavetes.

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10. #025

    Gena Rowlands is the sister of David Rowlands.

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