Katharine Ross

Retired American actress celebrated for iconic roles in two landmark films of the late 1960s, earning an Academy Award nomination.

Katharine Ross - Personal Information

  • Name: Katharine Ross
  • Date of Birth: January 29, 1940
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Gender: Female
  • Job Title: Actor
  • Crew Jobs: Teleplay

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.

Selected Filmography

A look at some of Katharine Ross's most notable screen appearances across film and television.

  • Attachments (2019) as Eileen
  • Hollywood: No Sex, Please! (2018)
  • The Hero (2017) as Valarie Hayden
  • Wini + George (2013) as Wini
  • We Grew Wings (2012) as Narrator (voice)
  • Eye of the Dolphin (2007) as Lucy
  • The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance (2006) as Self
  • All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (2006) as Self
  • American Dad! (TV - 2005) as Angela (voice)
  • American Dad! (TV - 2005) as Sickly Lady (voice)

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