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.

Filmography

• 2019Attachments — Eileen
• 2018Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
• 2017The Hero — Valarie Hayden
• 2013Wini + George — Wini
• 2012We Grew Wings — Narrator (voice)
• 2007Eye of the Dolphin — Lucy
• American Dad! — Angela (voice), Sickly Lady (voice)
• 2002Don't Let Go — Charlene Stevens
• 2001Donnie Darko — Dr. Lilian Thurman
• 1997Home Before Dark
• 1991A Climate for Killing — Grace Hines
• 1991Conagher — Evie Teale, Teleplay
• 1988Tattle: When to Tell on a Friend — Maggie's Mother
• 1986Houston: The Legend of Texas — Susanne Dickinson (uncredited)
• 1986Red Headed Stranger — Laurie
• 1985Reel Horror — Miss Macy (archive footage)
• The Colbys — Francesca Scott Colby Hamilton Langdon
• 1983Secrets of a Mother and Daughter — Ava Pryce
• 1983Travis McGee — Gretel Howard
• 1982Marian Rose White — Nurse Bonnie MacNeil
• 1982The Shadow Riders — Kate Connery / Sister Katherine
• 1982Wait Until Dark — Suzy Hendrix
• 1982Wrong Is Right — Sally Blake
• Murder in Texas — Ann Kurth Hill
• 1980Rodeo Girl — Sammy Garrett
• 1980The Final Countdown — Laurel Scott
• 1979Murder by Natural Causes — Allison Sinclair
• 1978The Betsy — Sally Hardeman
• 1978The Legacy — Margaret Walsh
• 1978The Swarm — Helena
• Origins of the Mafia — Rosa Mastrangelo
• 1976Voyage of the Damned — Mila Hauser
• 1976Wanted: The Sundance Woman — Etta Place
• 1975The Stepford Wives — Joanna Eberhart
• 1974Chance and Violence — Docteur Constance Weber
• ABC Afterschool Special — Maggie's Mother
• 1972Get to Know Your Rabbit — Terrific-Looking Girl
• 1972They Only Kill Their Masters — Kate Bingham
• 1970Fools — Anais Appleton
• 1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid — Etta Place
• 1969Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here — Lola
• 1968Hellfighters — Tish Buckman
• 1967Games — Jennifer Montgomery
• 1967The Graduate — Elaine Robinson
• 1967The Longest Hundred Miles — Laura Huntington
• 1966Mister Buddwing — Janet
• 1966The Singing Nun — Nicole Arlien
• Run for Your Life — Laura Beaumont
• 1965Shenandoah — Mrs. Ann Anderson
• The Big Valley — Maria
• The Loner
• The Wild Wild West
• Arrest and Trial — Marietta Valera
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Gloria
• Kraft Suspense Theatre — Janet Bollington
• Mr. Novak — Mrs. Bellway
• The Lieutenant — Elizabeth Sharp
• Sam Benedict — Teresa Parrelli
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Carol Brandt
• The Virginian — Jenny Hendricks
• Ben Casey
• Wagon Train — Bonnie Brooke
• Gunsmoke — Susan, Liz Beaumont
• Omnibus

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2006All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' — Self
• 2006The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance — Self
• 2002Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time — Self
• 2001The Stepford Life — Herself
• 1992'The Graduate' at 25 — Self
• 1992The Graduate at 25 — Herself
• 1978Inside 'the Swarm' — Self
• 1970The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Audience Member, Self - Presenter