Portrait of Katharine Ross

Acting

Katharine Ross

Career

Active from 1965 to 2019, with a break from 1992 to 2001, busiest in 1982 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
26
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Graduate
The Graduate
GoodWatch score81/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture

    1976 · Won

    Voyage of the Damned

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Supporting Role

    1968 · Nominated · 40th Academy Awards

    The Graduate

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

2

The characters Katharine Ross played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 46 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Katharine Ross Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    4.4, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    2.0, average 2.7
  • Fantasy
    1.1, average 1.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.8, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Action-Packed 2
  • Intriguing Plot 2
  • Star-Studded Cast 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Mind Games 2
  • Psychological Tension 2
  • Slow-Burn Romance 2
  • 1970s Cinema 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

62
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

4 titles · average score 66
Attachments
Attachments (2019)

as Eileen

The Hero
The Hero (2017)
GoodWatch score 66

as Valarie Hayden

Wini + George
Wini + George (2013)

as Wini

We Grew Wings
We Grew Wings (2012)

as Narrator (voice)

2000s

4 titles · average score 59
Eye of the Dolphin
Eye of the Dolphin (2007)
GoodWatch score 45

as Lucy

American Dad!
American Dad! (2005)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Sickly Lady (voice) / Angela (voice)

Don't Let Go
Don't Let Go (2002)

as Charlene Stevens

Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko (2001)
GoodWatch score 75

as Dr. Lilian Thurman

1990s

2 titles · average score 58
Conagher
Conagher (1991)
GoodWatch score 70

as Evie Teale

A Climate for Killing
A Climate for Killing (1991)
GoodWatch score 46

as Grace Hines

1980s

14 titles · average score 55
Tattle: When to Tell on a Friend
Tattle: When to Tell on a Friend (1988)

as Maggie's Mother

Red Headed Stranger
Red Headed Stranger (1986)
GoodWatch score 60

as Laurie

Houston: The Legend of Texas
Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986)
GoodWatch score 68

as Susanne Dickinson (uncredited)

The Colbys
The Colbys (1985)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Francesca Scott Colby Hamilton Langdon

Secrets of a Mother and Daughter
Secrets of a Mother and Daughter (1983)

as Ava Pryce

The Shadow Riders
The Shadow Riders (1982)
GoodWatch score 64

as Kate Connery / Sister Katherine

Wrong Is Right
Wrong Is Right (1982)
GoodWatch score 40

as Sally Blake

Wait Until Dark
Wait Until Dark (1982)

as Suzy Hendrix

Marian Rose White
Marian Rose White (1982)

as Nurse Bonnie MacNeil

Murder in Texas
Murder in Texas (1981)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Ann Kurth Hill

The Final Countdown
The Final Countdown (1980)
GoodWatch score 57

as Laurel Scott

Rodeo Girl
Rodeo Girl (1980)

as Sammy Garrett

1970s

13 titles · average score 51
Murder by Natural Causes
Murder by Natural Causes (1979)
GoodWatch score 81

as Allison Sinclair

The Swarm
The Swarm (1978)
GoodWatch score 29

as Helena

The Legacy
The Legacy (1978)
GoodWatch score 36

as Margaret Walsh

The Betsy
The Betsy (1978)
GoodWatch score 30

as Sally Hardeman

Wanted: The Sundance Woman
Wanted: The Sundance Woman (1976)
GoodWatch score 61

as Etta Place

Voyage of the Damned
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
GoodWatch score 51

as Mila Hauser

The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives (1975)
GoodWatch score 60

as Joanna Eberhart

Chance and Violence
Chance and Violence (1974)
GoodWatch score 49

as Docteur Constance Weber

They Only Kill Their Masters
They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
GoodWatch score 51

as Kate Bingham

Get to Know Your Rabbit
Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
GoodWatch score 49

as Terrific-Looking Girl

ABC Afterschool Special
ABC Afterschool Special (1972)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Maggie's Mother

Fools
Fools (1970)

as Anais Appleton

1960s

22 titles · average score 66
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
GoodWatch score 79

as Etta Place

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
GoodWatch score 63

as Lola

Hellfighters
Hellfighters (1968)
GoodWatch score 39

as Tish Buckman

The Graduate
The Graduate (1967)
GoodWatch score 81

as Elaine Robinson

Games
Games (1967)
GoodWatch score 63

as Jennifer Montgomery

The Longest Hundred Miles
The Longest Hundred Miles (1967)
GoodWatch score 68

as Laura Huntington

The Singing Nun
The Singing Nun (1966)
GoodWatch score 48

as Nicole Arlien

Shenandoah
Shenandoah (1965)
GoodWatch score 73

as Mrs. Ann Anderson

The Wild Wild West
The Wild Wild West (1965)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show

The Big Valley
The Big Valley (1965)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Maria

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Carol Brandt

The Virginian
The Virginian (1962)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Jenny Hendricks

1950s

3 titles · average score 74
Wagon Train
Wagon Train (1957)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Bonnie Brooke

Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke (1955)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Liz Beaumont / Susan

Omnibus
Omnibus (1952)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show