Katharine Ross

Biography of Katharine Ross


Katharine Ross or Katharine Juliet Ross was born on 29 January 1940 in Hollywood, California. Her age is 79 years. She is an American Theatre and Film actress. He father served in the US Navy. Her family later settled in Walnut Creek of California. Katharine attended Las Lomas High School in 1957.

Is Katharine Ross married?

Katharine Ross has been married five times. First, she married Joel Fabiani. Her marriage survived from 1960 to 1962. After that, she married John Marion in 1964 with whom she remained married to, till 1967. At the set of ‘Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid’, Katharine met three times Oscar winner and Cinematographer Conrad Hall. The two got married and had a happy life together until 1973. In 1975, she married a technician and car driver on the sets of ‘The Stepford Wives’, Gaetano Tom Lisi. The two got separated in 1979. Now, Katharine is married to actor Sam Elliott. The couple had been friends since they worked together in 1969 on the sets of ‘Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid’. The two of them have also starred together in ‘The Legacy’ in 1978. Katharine married Sam in 1984, just before the birth of their only child Cleo Ross Elliott.

Katharine Ross’s Career

Katharine is known for her versatile roles. She was a good Horse rider in her youth. She started working as a stage and film actor at an early age of 17 of her life. She had worked in many theatre plays and movies. However, the remarkable one is ‘The Graduate’ (a 1967 Classic) in which she played the lady love of Dustin Hoffman. For this role, Katharine won the Oscar for best actress in supporting role.

She has been a part of the commercially successful movie ‘Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid’. The movie also won many awards including ‘BAFTA award for the best actress’ to Ross. ‘The Stepford Wives’ was another significant movie of Ross though it did not do well on Box Office. But Critiques appreciated the movie. It won the ‘Saturn Award’ in 1975 for the Best actress. For her movie, ‘Voyage of the Damned’ Katharine won the ‘Golden Globe Award’ for the best-supporting actress. Amongst her Television series, some noteworthy series are ‘The Virginian’, ‘Gunsmoke’ and ‘The Alfred Hitchcock Hour’.

Katharine Ross’s Net worth

Katharine Ross is a renowned and versatile actress from her time. She worked at her early age in films and theatres. She played Drama roles too. Ross has also appeared in TV series. Considering all these factors, her estimated Net worth is not less than 5 million dollars.

Other facts of Katharine Ross

Katharine has an American Nationality, however; her ancestry roots also belong to Germany, Scotland, and Canada. She has an average height of 5 feet 6 inches with a voluptuous body tone. Her eye color and hair color is dark brown. Her zodiac is Aquarius. She is active on Social media, particularly on Twitter and Facebook.

 

Last Modified: Mar 5, 2020


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