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Katharine Ross

Acting Born Jan 29, 1940 Los Angeles, California, USA 24 credits

Biography

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 Newman and Robert Redford.

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Known for

American Dad!

as Angela (voice)

American Dad!

as Sickly Lady (voice)

Run for Your Life

as Laura Beaumont

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Audience Member

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

The Virginian

as Jenny Hendricks

The Wild Wild West

1965
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Gloria
Film

Donnie Darko

as Dr. Lilian Thurman

Full filmography

  • American Dad! (2005) as Angela (voice)
  • American Dad! (2005) as Sickly Lady (voice)
  • Run for Your Life (1965) as Laura Beaumont
  • Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Audience Member
  • Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
  • The Virginian (1962) as Jenny Hendricks
  • The Wild Wild West (1965)
  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) as Gloria
  • Wagon Train (1957) as Bonnie Brooke
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Carol Brandt
  • Gunsmoke (1955) as Susan
  • Gunsmoke (1955) as Liz Beaumont
  • The Big Valley (1965) as Maria
  • Ben Casey (1961)
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963) as Janet Bollington
  • Omnibus (1952)
  • Donnie Darko (2001) as Dr. Lilian Thurman
  • ABC Afterschool Special (1972) as Maggie's Mother
  • The Colbys (1985) as Francesca Scott Colby Hamilton Langdon
  • Arrest and Trial (1963) as Marietta Valera
  • The Graduate (1967) as Elaine Robinson
  • Mr. Novak (1963) as Mrs. Bellway
  • The Lieutenant (1963) as Elizabeth Sharp