# List of Katharine Ross performances

Katharine Ross is an American actress whose career began in the 1960s, with her feature debut being Shenandoah (1965), followed by roles in the comedies Mister Buddwing (1965) and The Singing Nun (1966), and the psychological thriller Games (1967). Ross garnered international acclaim for her role in Mike Nichols' The Graduate (1967), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year, and was nominated for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In 1969, Ross won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress for her roles in both Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here. Subsequent roles included the lead in the horror film The Stepford Wives (1975), and the drama Voyage of the Damned (1976), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She then co-starred with Sam Elliott—who subsequently became her husband—in the horror film The Legacy (1978), followed by the science fiction film The Final Countdown (1980) and in Richard Brooks' comedy thriller Wrong Is Right (1982). From 1985 to 1987, Ross starred in the television series The Colbys. Beginning in the 1990s, Ross went into semi-retirement, though she continued to occasionally appear in television and film roles. In 2001, she had a supporting role as a therapist of the title character in Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko, which went on to amass a cult following.

## Film

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1965 | Shenandoah | Ann Anderson | Andrew V. McLaglen | |
| 1965 | Mister Buddwing | Janet | Delbert Mann | |
| 1966 | The Singing Nun | Nicole Arlien | Henry Koster | |
| 1967 | The Longest Hundred Miles | Laura Huntington | Don Weis | Television film |
| 1967 | Games | Jennifer Montgomery | Curtis Harrington | |
| 1967 | The Graduate | Elaine Robinson | Mike Nichols | Golden Globe-Best New Starring Actress. Laurel Award-Best Supporting Actress. Nominated Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and BAFTA-Best Newcomer |
| 1968 | Hellfighters | Tish Buckman | Andrew V. McLaglen | |
| 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Etta Place | George Roy Hill | BAFTA Award for Best Actress (also for Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here) |
| 1969 | Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here | Lola | Abraham Polonsky | BAFTA Award for Best Actress (also for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) |
| 1970 | Fools | Anais Appleton | Tom Gries | |
| 1972 | Get to Know Your Rabbit | Nameless Woman | Brian De Palma | |
| 1972 | They Only Kill Their Masters | Kate Bingham | James Goldstone | |
| 1974 | Love and Chance | Docteur Constance Weber | Philippe Labro | Also known as: Chance and Violence |
| 1975 | The Stepford Wives | Joanna Eberhart | Bryan Forbes | Saturn Award for Best Actress |
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned | Mira Houser | Stuart Rosenberg | Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture |
| 1976 | Wanted: The Sundance Woman | Etta Place / Mrs. Sundance / Annie Martin / Bonnie Doris | Lee Philips | Television film |
| 1978 | The Betsy | Sally Hardeman | Daniel Petrie | |
| 1978 | The Swarm | Helena Anderson | Irwin Allen | |
| 1978 | The Legacy | Margaret Walsh | Richard Marquand | |
| 1979 | Murder by Natural Causes | Allison Sinclair | Robert Day | Television film |
| 1980 | The Final Countdown | Laurel Scott | Don Taylor | |
| 1980 | Rodeo Girl | Sammy Garrett | Jackie Cooper | Television film |
| 1981 | Murder in Texas | Ann Kurth Hill | William Hale | Television film |
| 1982 | Wait Until Dark | Suzy Hendrix | Barry Davis | Television film |
| 1982 | Marian Rose White | Nurse Bonnie MacNeil | Robert Day | Television film |
| 1982 | The Shadow Riders | Kate Connery/Sister Katherine | Andrew V. McLaglen | Television film |
| 1982 | Wrong Is Right | Sally Blake | Richard Brooks | |
| 1983 | Travis McGee | Gretel Howard | Andrew V. McLaglen | Television film |
| 1983 | Secrets of a Mother and Daughter | Ava Price | Gabrielle Beaumont | Television film |
| 1986 | Red Headed Stranger | Laurie | William D. Wittliff | |
| 1991 | A Climate for Killing | Grace Hines | J. S. Cardone | |
| 1997 | Home Before Dark | Rose | Maureen Foley | Television film |
| 2001 | Donnie Darko | Dr. Lilian Thurman | Richard Kelly | |
| 2002 | Don't Let Go | Charlene Stevens | Max Myers | |
| 2006 | Eye of the Dolphin | Lucy | Michael D. Sellers | |
| 2013 | Wini + George | Wini | Benjamin Monie | Short film |
| 2015 | Slip, Tumble & Slide | Charlene Stevens | Max Myers | |
| 2017 | The Hero | Valerie Hayden | Brett Haley | |
| 2019 | Attachments | Eileen | Richard Krevolin | |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | Teresa Parelli | Season 1 Episode 2: "A Split Week in San Quentin" |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Janet Bollington | Season 1 Episode 5: "Are There Any More Out There Like You?" |
| 1963 | The Lieutenant | Elizabeth | Season 1 Episode 11: "Fall from a White Horse" |
| 1963 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Carol Brandt | Season 2 Episode 9: "The Dividing Wall" |
| 1964 | Arrest and Trial | Marietta Valera | Season 1 Episode 16: "Signals of an Ancient Flame" |
| 1964 | Ben Casey | Marie Costeau | Season 3 Episode 33: "The Evidence of Things Not Seen" |
| 1964 | The Virginian | Jenny Hendricks | Season 3 Episode 2: "The Dark Challenge" |
| 1964 | Gunsmoke | Susan | Season 10 Episode 2: "Crooked Mile" |
| 1965 | Gunsmoke | Liz Beaumont | Season 10 Episode 27: "The Lady" |
| 1965 | Mr. Novak | Mrs. Bellway | Season 2 Episode 19: "Faculty Follies: Part 2" |
| 1965 | Wagon Train | Bonnie Brooke | Season 8 Episode 19: "The Bonnie Brooke Story" |
| 1965 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Gloria | Season 2 Episode 16: "Terror Island" |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Laura Beaumont | Season 1 Episode 1: "The Cold, Cold War of Paul Bryan" |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Maria Montero | Season 1 Episode 7: "Winner Lose All" |
| 1965 | The Loner | Sue Sullivan | Season 1 Episode 7: "Widow on the Evening Stage" |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West | Sheila Parnell | Season 1 Episode 9: "The Night of the Double-Edged Knife" |
| 1966 | Preview Tonight | Asenath | Season 1 Episode 5: "Great Bible Adventures: Seven Rich Years and Seven Lean" |
| 1966 | The Road West | Rachel Adams | Season 1 Episode 11: "To Light a Candle" |
| 1976 | Origins of the Mafia | Rosa Mastrangelo | Mini-series |
| 1985–1987 | The Colbys | Francesca 'Frankie' Scott Colby Hamilton Langdon | 49 episodes |
| 1986 | Gone To Texas aka Houston: The Legend of Texas | Susannah Dickinson | Television film |
| 1988 | ABC Afterschool Specials | Maggie's Mother | Season 17 Episode 3: "Tattle: When to Tell on a Friend" |
| 1991 | Conagher | Evie Teale | Television film |
| 2004 | Capital City | N/A | Unaired pilot |
| 2016 | Family Guy | Mrs. Abbott | Season 14 Episode 16: "The Heartbreak Dog" |
| 2016 | American Dad! | Angela, Sickly Lady (voices) | Season 11 Episode 6: "Kiss Kiss Cam Cam" |
| 2016 | American Dad! | Sickly Lady (voices) | Season 12 Episode 4: "Portrait of Francine's Genitals" |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 1962 | The Devil's Disciple | Beatrice Cameron | The Actors Workshop, San Francisco, California | |
| 1964 | King Lear | Cordelia | University of California, Los Angeles | |
| 2015–2017 | Love Letters | Melissa Gardner | Malibu Playhouse, Malibu, California Electric Theatre, St. George, Utah | [9] [10] |