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| Born | Katharine Juliet Ross January 29, 1940 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1962–2019 |
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Katharine Juliet Ross (born January 29, 1940)[1][2] is an American actress on film, stage, and television. Her accolades include an Academy Award nomination, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.
A native of Los Angeles, Ross spent most of her early life in the San Francisco Bay Area. She made her film debut in the Civil War-themed drama Shenandoah (1965), and had supporting parts in Mister Buddwing (1965) and The Singing Nun (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. In 1968 Ross co-starred in the John Wayne movie Hellfighters playing his daughter Tish Buckman. She garnered further acclaim for her roles in two 1969 Western films: 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.[3]
In the 1970s, Ross had a leading role in the horror film The Stepford Wives (1975), for which she won the Saturn Award for Best Actress, and won her second Golden Globe Award for her performance in the drama Voyage of the Damned (1976). Other roles during this period included the disaster film The Swarm (1978), the supernatural horror film The Legacy (1978), and the science fiction film The Final Countdown (1980). Ross spent the majority of the 1980s appearing in a number of television films, including Murder in Texas (1981) and The Shadow Riders (1982), and later starred on the network series The Colbys from 1985 to 1987.[4][5][6]
Ross spent the majority of the 1990s in semiretirement, although she returned to film with a supporting part in Richard Kelly's cult film Donnie Darko (2001). In 2016, she provided a voice role for the animated comedy series American Dad!, and the following year starred in the comedy-drama The Hero (2017), opposite her husband, Sam Elliott.[7]
- ^ Legge, Charles (September 22, 2009). "Hitching a lift to fame: ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS [Scot Region]". Daily Mail. p. 53. ProQuest 320835133.
QUESTION What became of lovely actress Katharine Ross? She seemed to fade from the film industry after making Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid. KATHARINE Ross, born in Hollywood, California, on January 29, 1940, grew up in Walnut Creek, outside San Francisco, and became an understudy in Actor's Workshop productions in San Francisco.
See also:- "Today in History: Today's Birthdays". Southern Illinoisan. January 29, 2024. p. A6.
- "Almanac: On This Date; Today's Birthdays". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 29, 2004. p. A-2.
- ^ Chase's 2015, p. 106.
- ^ "CalmView: Overview".
- ^ "Murder in Texas". TVGuide.com. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
- ^ "The Shadow Riders". TVGuide.com. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
- ^ "The Colbys". TVGuide.com. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
- ^ "The Hero". TVGuide.com. Retrieved June 17, 2024.