Katharine Ross

Katharine Juliet Ross (born January 29, 1940 in Los Angeles ) is an American actress and children's book author . She starred in three of the most famous films of the 60s and 70s. The role of Elaine Robinson in The Graduation (1967) earned her an Oscar nomination . She won the Golden Globe Award for Best New Actress for the role of Etta Place in Two Bandits (1969) and for the role of Joanna Eberhart in The Women of Stepford (1975) . She also won the Golden Globe Award for Journey of the Damned (1976).

Childhood and youth

Ross was born in Hollywood , California on January 29, 1940 (although some sources claim she was born in 1942 or 1943). Her father, Dudley Ross, was first in the US Navy . He also worked for the Associated Press . Her family lived in Walnut Creek, California , east of San Francisco. Katharine Ross graduated from Las Lomas High School in 1957. She was a good rider in her youth and was friends with Casey TiIbbs, a well-known rodeo rider.

Career

Ross studied one year at Santa Rosa Junior College, where she continued her acting career with the play The King and I began. A little later she gave up her studies and moved to San Francisco to study acting. She joined the studio The Actor Workshop and spent three years there (1959–1962). When Ross played a role in Jean Genet's The Balcony, she appeared on stage naked. In 1964 she played the role of Cordelia in King Lear . During this time, Ross also began appearing on television series in Los Angeles to make extra money. So she first worked at Metro , but then gave up and signed a contract with Universal .

Ross rehearsed unsuccessfully for West Side Story (1961), instead playing her first television role in the crime thriller Sam Benedict in 1962. In 1964, Ross appeared in Arrest and Trial, The People at Shiloh Ranch , Smoking Guns . She also rehearsed for The Young Lovers and soon starred in her first film, The Man from the Great River . Shortly thereafter, in 1966, she starred with James Garner in Unnamed Face .

In the same year she appeared in the film Satanic Games. Overall, Ross had two major roles in two of America's most famous films: Elaine Robinson in The Graduation (1967) and Etta Place in Two Bandits (1969). After appearing alongside Dustin Hoffman in The Maturity Exam, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Young Actress. She said, "I'm not a movie star ... the system is dying and I'd love to help." She was also recognized by BAFTA for her role in Bloody Trail . Ross renounced several roles and only then accepted the role in "Two Bandits".

Even later Ross did without several roles. She was fired from Universal in the spring of 1969 because she had renounced the role of flight attendant at Airport .

Ross preferred to play on stage, so she spent the 70s in small theaters in Los Angeles. However, she became known in 1975 with the film The Stepford Women and was awarded this role as best actress. She took on the role of Etta Place in the ABC Wanted TV movie in 1976: The Sundance Woman. She won the Golden Globe Award for the film Journey of the Damned .

She also starred in several television films, including Murder by Natural Causes in 1979, along with Hal Holbrook , Barry Bostwick and Richard Anderson Rodeo Girl in 1980, Rodeo Girl 1980 Murder in Texas in 1981, the television series The Colby - The Empire , along with Charlton Heston as Francesca Scott Colby. She also appeared in the 2001 film Donnie Darko , and also acted as Carly Schroeder's grandmother in the 2007 independent film The Dolphin Whisperer . In 2017 she played the role of Sam Elliott's ex-wife in The Hero.

Ross is also a children's author and has published several children's books.

Private

Ross has been married five times. Her first marriage was with the actor Joel Fabiani , 1960–1962. For the second time, Ross was married to John Marion from 1964 to 1967. In 1969 Ross married the famous cameraman, Conrad Hall, whom she met while working on Two Bandits . They divorced in 1973. Ross was married to Gaetano "Tom" Lisi from 1975 to 1979.

Today Ross is married to the actor Sam Elliott, whom she also met while working on Two Bandits (1969). They worked together again on the film The Legacy in 1978 . The couple married in May 1984, four months before their only child, a daughter, was born.

Filmography (selection)

• 1965: The Man from the Great River (Shenandoah)
• 1966: Dominique - The Singing Nun (The Singing Nun)
• 1966: Face without a name (Mister Buddwing)
• 1967: Games, directed by Curtis Harrington
• 1967: The Graduate (The Graduate)
• 1968: The Intrepid (Hellfighters)
• 1969: Two bandits (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
• 1969: Bloody Trail (Tell Them Willie Boy is here)
• 1970: Fools, directed by Tom Gries
• 1972: The Trail of the Black Beast ( They Only Kill their Masters ), directed by James Goldstone
• 1972: Get to Know Your Rabbit, directed by Brian De Palma
• 1974: Le Hasard et la violence, directed by Philippe Labro
• 1975: The Stepford Wives (The Stepford Wives)
• 1976: Voyage of the Damned (Voyage of the Damned)
• 1976: Wanted: The Bandit S.'s Wife, Director: Lee Philips
• 1978: The Betsy, directed by Daniel Petrie
• 1978: The Swarm (The Swarm)
• 1978: Das Haus des Satan (The Legacy) , directed by Richard Marquand
• 1980: The Final Countdown (The Final Countdown)
• 1982: Flames on the Horizon (Wrong is Right)
• 1982: The Shadow Riders , directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
• 1985: The Empire: The Colbys ( The Colbys , TV series)
• 1986: Red-Headed Stranger, directed by William D. Wittliff
• 1991: A Climate of Killing, directed by JS Cardone
• 1997: Home before Dark, directed by Maureen Foley
• 2001: Donnie Darko
• 2002: Don't Let Go, directed by Max Myers
• 2006: the Dolphin (Eye of the Dolphin)
• 2013: Wini + George (short film), director: Benjamin Monié
• 2017: The Hero, directed by Brett Haley
• 2019: Attachments, directed by Richard Krevolin

Books

• with Lisa Mccue (Illustrator): Good night, bobble tail! (Pestalozzi 1993)
• with Lisa Mccue (Illustrator): Stinky-poof, the little stubborn.
• with Lisa Mccue (illustrator): Quaki, the clumsy.
• with Lisa Mccue (Illustrator): Brummel is not a late riser.
• with Lisa Mccue (Illustrator): The big festival of the animal children.

Web links

Commons : Katharine Ross  - Collection of Images

• Katharine Ross in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Katharine Ross in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
2. ↑ Katharine Ross .
3. ↑ Katharine Ross Biography (1943? -) .
4. ↑ Takashi Yoshikawa: The Chinese Birthday Book. How to Use the Secrets of Ki-ology to Find Love, Happiness and Success . Weiser Books, San Francisco 2008, ISBN 978-1-57863-392-0 , Sp. 187 ( books.google.com ).
5. ↑ Katharine Ross .
6. ↑ Kentucky New Era . Google News Archive Search.
7. ↑ Cleveland Amory: Katharine Ross has always wanted to play an Indian . In: The Modesto Bee , April 8, 1977. Retrieved August 10, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) 
8. ↑ Jack Bradford: Off the Grapevine . In: Toledo Blade , June 18, 1968. Retrieved August 10, 2010. 
9. ↑ ^{a b c d} Ronald De Paolo: Sudden Stardom of the 'Graduate Girl' . In: Life , March 1, 1968. Retrieved August 10, 2010. 
10. ^ ^{A b} Dick Kleiner: Katherine, or a Rossy Future . In: Times Daily , March 25, 1965. Retrieved August 12, 2010. 
11. ↑ ^{a b c} When San Francisco Was Cool . In: James O'Reilly, Larry Habegger, Sean O'Reilly (Eds.): Travelers' Tales San Francisco: True Stories . Travelers' Tales, 2002, ISBN 1-885211-85-6 , pp. 30-31 ( books.google.com ).
12. ↑ John Houseman: Final Dress . Simon and Schuster, 1984, ISBN 0-671-42032-1 , p. 263 ( books.google.com - restricted view).
13. ^ Murray Schuhmach: Hollywood 'Lear' lures Carnovsky; Actor Blacklisted in '51 to Play Title Role at UCLA . In: New York Times , May 22, 1964. Retrieved August 10, 2010. 
14. ^ ^{A b} Charles Champlin: Katherine Ross: Post-Graduate . In: The Tuscaloosa News , June 7, 1969. Retrieved August 10, 2010. 
15. ↑ Suzanne Guldimann: Actress Katharine Ross kicks off interview series at Malibu Playhouse . In: Malibu Surfside News , January 12, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2015. 
16. ^ ^{A b} Ed Andreychuk: The Golden Corral. A Roundup of Magnificent Western Films . McFarland, 1997, ISBN 0-7864-0393-4 , pp. 142 ( books.google.com ).
17. ↑ Joyce Haber: Katharine Ross Lands Role in Public Eye . In: St. Petersburg Times , September 6, 1968. Retrieved August 10, 2010. 
18. ^ ^{A b} Sheila Graham: Katharine Jacqueline Stars on No. 2 choice . In: The Pittsburgh Press , February 26, 1969. 
19. ^ ^{A b} Paul Monaco: The sixties, 1960-1969 . University of California Press, Berkeley 2003, ISBN 0-520-23804-4 , pp. 135 ( books.google.com ).
20. ↑ Roderick Mann: Katharine Ross seeking post- “Graduate” honors . In: The Spokesman Review , March 29, 1981. Retrieved August 10, 2010. 
21. ^ Past Saturn Awards . In: Saturn Awards . The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved on August 12, 2010.
22. ↑ Dick Kleiner: Katharine Ross - Talent, Luck Gets Actress Parts She Wants . In: The Sumter Daily Item , March 14, 1977. Retrieved August 10, 2010. 
23. ^ Dan Lewis: Katharine Ross graduates to TV-movies . In: Nashua Telegraph , June 6, 1981. Retrieved August 10, 2010. 
24. ↑ imdb.com
25. ^ Marilyn Beck: Marilyn Beck's Hollywood . In: Tri City Herald , September 16, 1980. Retrieved August 10, 2010. 
26. ^ UPI: Katharine Ross gets role in 'Dynasty II' . In: The Milwaukee Journal , August 25, 1985. Retrieved August 10, 2010. 
27. ^ Story of love between Sam Elliott and Katherine Ross, who had 4 husbands before.
28. ↑ Katharine Ross . In: People , May 4, 1992. Retrieved August 10, 2010. 
29. ↑ Melonie Magruder: Straight from her heart . In: Malibu Times , December 31, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2010.