Katharine Ross

American actress

Person · Open Library

Born: 1950
Works: 44

Top works

Elmo and Grover, come on over!
ANIMAL BABIES + PUZZLE (Learning Ladders)
Bear Island
CAN U SAY DINOSAUR-B/P (Learning Ladders/Yellow Ladder)
A fuzzy friendly tale

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Film & TV

Acting · 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 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…

Known for

Attachments — Eileen2019
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!2018
The Hero — Valarie Hayden2017
Wini + George — Wini2013
We Grew Wings — Narrator (voice)2012
Eye of the Dolphin — Lucy2007

Article

Katharine Juliet Ross (born January 29, 1940) is an American retired actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award nomination, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.

An alumna of the Actor's Workshop , Ross made her television debut in 1962. She made her film debut in the Civil War drama Shenandoah (1965), and had supporting parts in Mister Buddwing and The Singing Nun (both 1966) before being cast in Curtis Harrington's Games (1967), a thriller co-starring James Caan and Simone Signoret. At Signoret's recommendation, Ross was cast as Elaine Robinson in Mike Nichols' comedy-drama The Graduate (1967), which saw her receive significant critical acclaim, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, a BAFTA nomination, and Golden Globe win for New Star of the Year. She garnered further acclaim for her roles in two 1969 Westerns: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, for both of which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress.