Katharine Ross Net Worth

Katharine Ross's Quotes

• [in 1974, about a film she shot in France, Le hasard et la violence (1974)] What the hell, I got a trip to the French Riviera out of it. It was shot in Nice. I have no idea how good it is. I spoke English and [Yves Montand] spoke French and the whole thing was dubbed.
• [on meeting 'The Graduate" co-star, Dustin Hoffman] He looked about three feet tall. He was so dead serious, so humorless, so unkempt. [I thought] this is going to be a disaster.

Interesting Facts about Katharine Ross

1. Also an accomplished children's book author, who has written the books "Little Ballerina" and "My Favorite Things".
2. Her favorite fragrance is "Rive Gauche", by Yves Saint-Laurent.
3. Daughter, Cleo Rose Elliott (with Sam Elliott), born 17 September 1984.
4. Born to journalist Dudley Tying Ross (1906-1991), originally from New York, and his wife Katherine (1909-1993). There is some confusion regarding her mother's background; the Social Security Death Index says she was born in Oklahoma, while the 1940 Federal Census says Indiana. Her mother's maiden name is also reported variously as either Hall, Mullen or Washburn. One of these might be a surname from an early marriage.
5. Has remained good friends with Dustin Hoffman, her co-star from The Graduate (1967).
6. Was only 8 years younger than Anne Bancroft, who played her mother in The Graduate (1967).
7. Was at one point going to star in Follow Me (1972).
8. Both she and husband Sam Elliott appeared in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), although they had no scenes together and did not meet until 1978. Elliott had a bit part as a card player in the opening scene, while Ross portrayed Etta Place, the female lead role, alongside male leads Robert Redford and Paul Newman.
9. Katharine Ross (born January 1940) is only 10 years and 5 months younger than Vera Miles (born August 1929), who portrayed her mother in Hellfighters (1968).
10. Arguably the three best known roles of her career were consecutive roles in consecutive years, The Graduate (1967), Hellfighters (1968), and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).
11. Former stepmother of cinematographer Conrad W. Hall, Kate Hall and Naia Hall.
12. Ross married cinematographer Conrad L. Hall the year Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969) were released. Both movies featured Ross and were filmed by Hall. Ross would later marry Sam Elliott who made his feature debut in 'Butch Cassidy'.
13. Turned down Jacqueline Bisset's roles in Bullitt (1968) and Airport (1970).
14. Her paternal great-grandfather, Finlay Ross, was from Inverness-shire, Scotland, and her paternal great-grandmother, Marguerite Le Cocq Houguez, was from Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Katharine's ancestry also includes English, German, and other Scottish roots. Some of her recent ancestors were Canadian.
15. For her work in Voyage of the Damned (1976), she's one of only 4 actresses to win the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a motion picture without receiving an Oscar nomination for the same performance. The other 3 are, in chronological order: Katy Jurado in High Noon (1952), Hermione Gingold in Gigi (1958) and Karen Black in The Great Gatsby (1974).
16. Changed her published birth date from January 29, 1940 to January 29, 1943 when she debuted. The mainstream press didn't start reporting her age correctly until the 2010s.
17. Of Clan Ross.
18. Often mistaken for actress Ali MacGraw.
19. She has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Graduate (1967) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).
20. Met her first husband, Joel Fabiani, at SRJC in 1957. They dated on and off for 2½ years before marrying in February 1960.