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And in “Opening Night,” Gena Rowlands’ fabulous yet tortured stage actress Myrtle descends into addiction, tormented by ghostly visions and crippling doubt.

In my mind are three exquisite actresses who danced with Oscar multiple times without taking the gold man home: Jane Alexander, Joan Allen and the late, incomparable Gena Rowlands.

It sounds a bit like Cassavetes’ “A Woman Under the Influence” — and Byrne certainly has what it takes to go full Gena Rowlands — but her unraveling is both funnier and somehow even more nauseating.

I was watching actresses that I loved, even Gena Rowlands.

Gena Rowlands also won four Emmys and two Golden Globes before retiring in 2015.