KATHARINE ROSS
Name: Katharine Ross
Born: 29 January 1940 Hollywood, California
Katharine Juliet Ross (born January 29, 1940 in Los Angeles, California) is an
Academy Award-nominated American movie and stage actress.
She was born in Hollywood when her father was in the Navy. Her family later
settled in Walnut Creek, California, east of San Francisco. She graduated from
Las Lomas High School. She has lived in Malibu, California since the late 1960s.
She has been married to actor Sam Elliott since 1984. They have one daughter,
Cleo.
Her prominent film roles include:
Shenandoah, as James Stewart's daughter-in-law.
The Graduate, as Elaine Robinson, a college student who discovers that her
mother and boyfriend have had an affair.
Games directed by Curtis Harrington, with James Caan and Simone Signoret
Get to Know Your Rabbit, as a nameless woman who falls in love with a tap-dancing
magician.
Hellfighters, as Tish Buckman, playing John Wayne's daughter.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, as rural schoolteacher Etta Place in the
1890s involved with the eponymous outlaws
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Lola, lover of Willie Boy (Robert Blake)
They Only Kill Their Masters (1972) as a murder suspect
The Stepford Wives (1975) as Joanna Ingalls Eberhart, a suburban housewife who
discovers a terrible secret about her community.
The Legacy (1978)
The Betsy (1978) opposite acting legend Sir Laurence Olivier
The Final Countdown (1980), as the secretary to a U.S. Senator in the 1940s
Donnie Darko (2001), as a psychiatrist treating the title character (Jake
Gyllenhaal), a teen with disturbing visions
In 1979 she starred, with Hal Holbrook, Barry Bostwick, and Richard Anderson in
the well received television movie "Murder by Natural Causes". She also starred
in the 1980s television series The Colbys playing opposite Charlton Heston as
Francesca Colby.
Name: Katharine Ross
Born: 29 January 1940 Hollywood, California
Katharine Juliet Ross (born January 29, 1940 in Los Angeles, California) is an
Academy Award-nominated American movie and stage actress.
She was born in Hollywood when her father was in the Navy. Her family later
settled in Walnut Creek, California, east of San Francisco. She graduated from
Las Lomas High School. She has lived in Malibu, California since the late 1960s.
She has been married to actor Sam Elliott since 1984. They have one daughter,
Cleo.
Her prominent film roles include:
Shenandoah, as James Stewart's daughter-in-law.
The Graduate, as Elaine Robinson, a college student who discovers that her
mother and boyfriend have had an affair.
Games directed by Curtis Harrington, with James Caan and Simone Signoret
Get to Know Your Rabbit, as a nameless woman who falls in love with a tap-dancing
magician.
Hellfighters, as Tish Buckman, playing John Wayne's daughter.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, as rural schoolteacher Etta Place in the
1890s involved with the eponymous outlaws
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Lola, lover of Willie Boy (Robert Blake)
They Only Kill Their Masters (1972) as a murder suspect
The Stepford Wives (1975) as Joanna Ingalls Eberhart, a suburban housewife who
discovers a terrible secret about her community.
The Legacy (1978)
The Betsy (1978) opposite acting legend Sir Laurence Olivier
The Final Countdown (1980), as the secretary to a U.S. Senator in the 1940s
Donnie Darko (2001), as a psychiatrist treating the title character (Jake
Gyllenhaal), a teen with disturbing visions
In 1979 she starred, with Hal Holbrook, Barry Bostwick, and Richard Anderson in
the well received television movie "Murder by Natural Causes". She also starred
in the 1980s television series The Colbys playing opposite Charlton Heston as
Francesca Colby.