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Katharine Ross

Acting

Born January 29, 1940 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as Katharine Juliet Ross · Katherine Ross

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.

Awards & recognition

  • BAFTA AwardBest Actress in a Leading Role
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1968 · nominated

Filmography32 titles

Donnie Darko

2001as Dr. Lilian Thurman

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Carol Brandt

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969as Etta Place

The Graduate

1967as Elaine Robinson

The Wild Wild West

1965

American Dad!

2005as Sickly Lady (voice)

Shenandoah

1965as Mrs. Ann Anderson

Conagher

1991as Evie Teale

The Stepford Wives

1975as Joanna Eberhart

Gunsmoke

1955as Liz Beaumont

The Final Countdown

1980as Laurel Scott

Wagon Train

1957as Bonnie Brooke

The Shadow Riders

1982as Kate Connery / Sister Katherine

The Virginian

1962as Jenny Hendricks

Hellfighters

1968as Tish Buckman

Games

1967as Jennifer Montgomery

The Big Valley

1965as Maria

The Hero

2017as Valarie Hayden

Eye of the Dolphin

2007as Lucy

Voyage of the Damned

1976as Mila Hauser

The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

1970as Self

Mister Buddwing

1966as Janet

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

1969as Lola

The Singing Nun

1966as Nicole Arlien

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

2018

Red Headed Stranger

1986as Laurie

They Only Kill Their Masters

1972as Kate Bingham

The Swarm

1978as Capt. Helena Anderson

Get to Know Your Rabbit

1972as Terrific-Looking Girl

The Betsy

1978as Sally Hardeman

Attachments

2019as Eileen

Reel Horror

1985as Miss Macy (archive footage)