She and John Cassavetes made 10 movies together: A Child Is Waiting (1963), Faces (1968/I), Gloria (1980), Love Streams (1984), Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), Opening Night (1977), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Intoccabili, Gli (1968), Two-Minute Warning (1976) and Tempest (1982).

Born in Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Pedro Almodóvar dedicated his movie Todo sobre mi madre (1999) to her, Bette Davis and Romy Schneider.

Mother-in-law of Heather Wahlquist.

Daughter of Lady Rowlands.

Grandmother of Sasha Cassavetes and Virginia Cassavetes.

As of 2007, she is one of six women who have received Best Actress nominations for performances directed by their spouses. She is the only one who has had two Best Actress nominations directed by her spouse, those two being for A Woman Under the Influence (1974) & Gloria (1980). The other five women are Frances McDormand for Fargo (1996), Joanne Woodward for Rachel, Rachel (1968), Julie Andrews for Victor Victoria (1982), Elisabeth Bergner for Escape Me Never (1935) and Jean Simmons for The Happy Ending (1969). Jules Dassin also directed his future wife Melina Mercouri in an Oscar-nominated performance (Pote tin Kyriaki (1960)), but they weren`t married yet at the time of the nomination.

Favorite actress of Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Has suppressed the first version of her husband`s (John Cassavetes) film Shadows (1959) and will neither allow it to be shown, nor acknowledge its existence.

Name rhymes with henna.

Her performance as Mabel Longhetti in A Woman Under the Influence (1974) is ranked #63 on Premiere Magazine`s 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).

Sister of David Rowlands.

She and John Cassavetes made 10 movies together: A Child Is Waiting (1963), Faces (1968/I), Gloria (1980), Love Streams (1984), Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), Opening Night (1977), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Intoccabili, Gli (1969), Two-Minute Warning (1976) and Tempest (1982).

Mother of Nick Cassavetes, Alexandra Cassavetes and Zoe R. Cassavetes .

Attended the University of Wisconsin from 1947 to 1950, when she left for New York City to study drama at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Born to Edwyn Myrwyn Rowlands, a banker and a state legislator (Assembly, 1927-1935; Senate, 1935-1939) and his wife Mary Allen Neal, a painter, she was raised in Cambria, Wisconsin, until her father was appointed to a position in the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1939. After the Washington years, the family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesotta in 1942.

Spouse: John Cassavetes (9 April 1954 - 3 February 1989) (his death) 3 children