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Katharine Ross

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Katharine Ross

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Jan 29, 1940 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Katharine Juliet Ross (born January 29, 1940) is a retired American actress and author. Trained at the San Francisco Workshop, she is perhaps best known for her role as Elaine Robinson in the 1967 film The Graduate, opposite Dustin Hoffman, which won her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as Etta Place in 1969's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, opposite Paul Newman and Robert Redford.

Known For

Acting
2019AttachmentsEileen
2018Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2017The HeroValarie Hayden
2013Wini + GeorgeWini
2012We Grew WingsNarrator (voice)
2007Eye of the DolphinLucy
2006All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'Self
2006The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and SundanceSelf
2005American Dad!Angela (voice)
2005American Dad!Sickly Lady (voice)
2002Don't Let GoCharlene Stevens
2002Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of TimeSelf
2001Donnie DarkoDr. Lilian Thurman
2001The Stepford LifeHerself
1997Home Before Dark
1992'The Graduate' at 25Self
1991ConagherEvie Teale
1991A Climate for KillingGrace Hines
1988Tattle: When To Tell On A FriendMaggie's Mother
1986Red Headed StrangerLaurie
1985Reel HorrorMiss Macy (archive footage)
1985The ColbysFrancesca Scott Colby Hamilton Langdon
1983Secrets of a Mother and DaughterAva Pryce
1983Travis McGeeGretel Howard
1982The Shadow RidersKate Connery / Sister Katherine
1982Wrong Is RightSally Blake
1982Marian Rose WhiteNurse Bonnie MacNeil
1982Wait Until DarkSuzy Hendrix
1981Murder in TexasAnn Kurth Hill
1980The Final CountdownLaurel Scott
1980Rodeo GirlSammy Garrett
1979Murder by Natural CausesAllison Sinclair
1978The LegacyMargaret Walsh
1978The SwarmCapt. Helena Anderson
1978The BetsySally Hardeman
1978Inside 'the Swarm'Self
1976Wanted: The Sundance WomanEtta Place
1976Voyage of the DamnedMila Hauser
1976Origins of the MafiaRosa Mastrangelo
1975The Stepford WivesJoanna Eberhart
1974Chance and ViolenceDocteur Constance Weber
1972They Only Kill Their MastersKate Bingham
1972Get to Know Your RabbitTerrific-Looking Girl
1972ABC Afterschool SpecialMaggie's Mother
1970FoolsAnais Appleton
1970The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'Self
1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidEtta Place
1969Tell Them Willie Boy Is HereLola
1968HellfightersTish Buckman
1967The GraduateElaine Robinson
1967GamesJennifer Montgomery
1967The Longest Hundred MilesLaura Huntington
1966The Singing NunNicole Arlien
1966Mister BuddwingJanet
1965ShenandoahMrs. Ann Anderson
1965The Wild Wild West
1965Run for Your LifeLaura Beaumont
1965The Big ValleyMaria
1965The Loner
1963Kraft Suspense TheatreJanet Bollington
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreGloria
1963Mr. NovakMrs. Bellway
1963Arrest and TrialMarietta Valera
1963The LieutenantElizabeth Sharp
1962The VirginianJenny Hendricks
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourCarol Brandt
1962Sam BenedictTeresa Parrelli
1961Ben Casey
1957Wagon TrainBonnie Brooke
1955GunsmokeSusan
1955GunsmokeLiz Beaumont
1953The OscarsSelf
1952Omnibus
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Audience Member
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter
Writing
1991ConagherTeleplay