Katharine Ross

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Katharine Ross

Acting 86 January 29, 1940

Los Angeles, California, USA

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 Rob…

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Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko

7.8 2001 Movie
American Dad!

American Dad!

7.0 2005 TV Show
The Graduate

The Graduate

7.6 1967 Movie
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

7.6 1969 Movie
Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

7.0 1944 TV Show
The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown

6.6 1980 Movie
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

7.9 1962 TV Show
Wagon Train

Wagon Train

6.6 1957 TV Show
The Virginian

The Virginian

6.5 1962 TV Show
The Stepford Wives

The Stepford Wives

6.7 1975 Movie
The Big Valley

The Big Valley

6.2 1965 TV Show
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

6.7 1955 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2019
    Attachments

    Movie Eileen

  2. 2018
    Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

    Movie

  3. 2017
    The Hero

    Movie Valarie Hayden

  4. 2013
    Wini + George

    Movie Wini

  5. 2012
    We Grew Wings

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  6. 2007
    Eye of the Dolphin

    Movie Lucy

  7. 2006
    The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance

    Movie Self

  8. 2006
    All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

    Movie Self

  9. 2005
    American Dad!

    TV show Angela (voice)

  10. 2002
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time

    Movie Self

  11. 2002
    Don't Let Go

    Movie Charlene Stevens

  12. 2001
    Donnie Darko

    Movie Dr. Lilian Thurman

  13. 2001
    The Stepford Life

    Movie Herself

  14. 1997
    Home Before Dark

    Movie

  15. 1992
    'The Graduate' at 25

    Movie Self

  16. 1992
    The Graduate at 25

    Movie Herself

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  1. 1991
    A Climate for Killing

    Movie Grace Hines

  2. 1991
    Conagher

    Movie Evie Teale

  3. 1988
    Tattle: When to Tell on a Friend

    Movie Maggie's Mother

  4. 1986
    Houston: The Legend of Texas

    Movie Susanne Dickinson (uncredited)

  5. 1986
    Red Headed Stranger

    Movie Laurie

  6. 1985
    The Colbys

    TV show Francesca Scott Colby Hamilton Langdon

  7. 1985
    Reel Horror

    Movie Miss Macy (archive footage)

  8. 1983
    Secrets of a Mother and Daughter

    Movie Ava Pryce

  9. 1983
    Travis McGee

    Movie Gretel Howard

  10. 1982
    The Shadow Riders

    Movie Kate Connery / Sister Katherine

  11. 1982
    Wait Until Dark

    Movie Suzy Hendrix

  12. 1982
    Wrong Is Right

    Movie Sally Blake

  13. 1982
    Marian Rose White

    Movie Nurse Bonnie MacNeil

  14. 1981
    Murder in Texas

    TV show Ann Kurth Hill

  15. 1980
    Rodeo Girl

    Movie Sammy Garrett

  16. 1980
    The Final Countdown

    Movie Laurel Scott

  17. 1979
    Murder by Natural Causes

    Movie Allison Sinclair

  18. 1978
    The Legacy

    Movie Margaret Walsh

  19. 1978
    The Swarm

    Movie Helena

  20. 1978
    The Betsy

    Movie Sally Hardeman

  21. 1978
    Inside 'the Swarm'

    Movie Self

  22. 1976
    Voyage of the Damned

    Movie Mila Hauser

  23. 1976
    Origins of the Mafia

    TV show Rosa Mastrangelo

  24. 1976
    Wanted: The Sundance Woman

    Movie Etta Place