Katharine Ross
Biography
Katharine Ross is an American retired actress. Born in Los Angeles in 1940, she was an alumna of the Actor's Workshop and began working in television in 1962. Her first film was Shenandoah (1965), and she followed it with supporting roles in Mister Buddwing and The Singing Nun. Her breakthrough came as Elaine Robinson in The Graduate (1967), earning an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe for New Star of the Year. She won BAFTA Best Actress for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969). Other notable credits include The Stepford Wives (1975), which won her a Saturn Award, and Voyage of the Damned, which brought a second Golden Globe. She appeared on The Colbys from 1985 to 1987 and later in Donnie Darko (2001) and The Hero (2017).
86years old
Turns 87 on January 29in 107 days
- Born Hollywood
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Katharine Juliet Ross (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 22
- Career span
- 52 years1965 to 2017
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A role that slipped away
Universal dropped Ross in the spring of 1969 after she turned down a stewardess part in Airport, and Jacqueline Bisset got the role instead. She later missed out on the adaptation of Joan Didion's novel Play It as It Lays, which she wanted, since it was a Universal production.
A role that slipped away
Ross auditioned for a role in West Side Story (1961) but was not hired. Her first television role came the next year in Sam Benedict.
Katharine Ross movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969 Biography, Crime, Dramaas Etta Place
IMDb rating 8.0240K votes
Most often with
Andrew V. McLaglen directed three of these films. Sam Elliott appears in six of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Sam Elliott's page
Harry Carey Jr.'s page
Robert Redford's page
R.G. Armstrong's page
Ben Johnson's page
G.D. Spradlin's page
All films by Andrew V. McLaglen
Also two films together4 more actors
- George FurthButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and Games (1967)
- Charles RobinsonThe Singing Nun (1966) and Shenandoah (1965)
- Eddra GaleGames (1967) and The Graduate (1967)
- Ned RomeroHouston: The Legend of Texas (1986) and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Katharine Ross's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$281 million
10 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 22 films: 10 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$105M37.4% of the total
- 2$102M36.5% of the total
- 3$17M6.2% of the total
- 4$17M5.9% of the total
- 5$11M4.1% of the total
- 6$8.7M3.1% of the total
- 7$7.7M2.7% of the total
- 8$7.5M2.7% of the total
$4.1 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Awards
One award and honor, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAFTA | |||
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.