4. Opening Night (1977) This is now considered a classic Rowlands turn in a classic film by Cassavetes – iconic enough to inspire the recent West End musical with Sheridan Smith, even if the ...

Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest ... including “Minnie and Moskowitz” in 1971, “Opening Night” in 1977 and “Love Streams” in 1984. She earned two Oscar nods: 1974's ...

Gena Rowlands, the wife and muse of John Cassavetes whose unvarnished abilities found in such films as Faces, A Woman Under the Influence, Opening Night and Gloria put her in the pantheon of ...