{"id":37896,"date":"2026-01-11T22:50:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T22:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=37896"},"modified":"2026-01-11T22:50:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T22:50:52","slug":"she-became-a-superstar-after-the-graduate-this-is-what-the-60s-bombshell-looks-like-today-age-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=37896","title":{"rendered":"She became a superstar after \u2018The Graduate\u2019 \u2013 this is what the \u201960s bombshell looks like today, age 85"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Katharine Juliet Ross went from an unknown actress to an Academy Award-nominated star overnight.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>She famously portrayed Elaine in\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>The Graduate<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0alongside Dustin Hoffman and, over the years, became what many at the time referred to as a Hollywood bombshell.<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"qqico69de901df2121\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.qqico69de901df2121 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.qqico69de901df2121 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.qqico69de901df2121 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.qqico69de901df2121 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.qqico69de901df2121 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p><strong>Ross\u2019s career has been long and very successful to date. However, her personal life hasn\u2019t been nearly so stable \u2013 she\u2019s been married five times. Fortunately, her fifth marriage<\/strong><strong>\u00a0to the beloved actor Sam Elliott has proven worth the wait<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s been some years since Katharine Ross has appeared on-screen, but there\u2019s far more to her life than mere acting. To this day, she remains a true beauty. Here\u2019s all you need to know about Katharine Ross \u2013 and what she looks like today at, age 85.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Katharine Ross was born in Hollywood, California on January 29, 1940. Unlike many other Hollywood stars, the young girl\u2019s parents didn\u2019t work in the acting business. Her father, Dudley, worked both as a reporter for the Associated Press and as a commander in the U.S. Navy. As a result, his family moved around plenty.<\/p>\n<p>They lived first in Virginia, then moved to Palo Alto, California, and eventually settled in Walnut Creek, outside San Francisco. That was where Katharine grew up, and in 1957, she graduated from Las Lomas High School.<\/p>\n<p>She went on to attend Santa Rosa Junior College, a place that would prove pivotal with regard to her future. It was at the school that she was first introduced to acting. Katharine Ross took part in her first theatrical productions, which would change her life forever.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-124912\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130527\/katharineross-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130527\/katharineross-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130527\/katharineross-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130527\/katharineross-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130527\/katharineross-1638x2048.jpg 1638w\" alt=\"Attachment Theory Video\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Silver Screen Collection\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She appeared in the school\u2019s production of\u00a0<em>The King and I<\/em>, and afterwards decided she wanted to seriously pursue a career in the acting business. After just one year, though, Katharine chose to drop out. Instead, she applied to The Actors Workshop in San Francisco and moved into a small apartment above a grocery shop.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-katharine-ross-early-life-amp-career\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Katharine Ross \u2013 early life &amp; career<\/h2>\n<p>For three years, Ross became a better and better actress as she continuously refined her talent. Eventually, she landed some minor roles in television shows. Not only was she a good actress, but she also knew how to audition.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-574587192\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-c36e69e563a593559e84b49398f50a82\" class=\"newsner-c36e69e563a593559e84b49398f50a82 newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI was queen of the screen tests,\u201d Ross told Life Magazine in 1968. \u201cDaily runs from San Francisco to Los Angeles and back in time for the Workshop\u2019s curtain time. I played a whole string of hit-and-run drivers: an innocent hit-and-run driver, a hardened hit-and-run driver, a well-to-do, snotty teenage hit-and-run driver. On\u00a0<em>Gunsmoke<\/em>, I was a sympathetic crippled clubfoot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While in college, Ross met her first husband, Joel Fabiani, her college sweetheart, whom she married in 1960. He was the first of five husbands, but we\u2019ll return to that shortly.<\/p>\n<p>The years after she and Fabiani tied the knot were crucial in Ross\u2019 life. She became known for her many appearances in television Westerns. Being the true beauty that she is, she fitted perfectly into that genre.<\/p>\n<p>However, though it might sound like a dream to be cast in many television shows, it wasn\u2019t all sunshine and roses for Katharine Ross. Like many others in the business, she was exploited and taken advantage of.<\/p>\n<p>Put simply, it wasn\u2019t all fun and games for certain young TV stars in the 1960s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-124910\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130526\/katharineross3.jpg\" alt=\"Katharine Ross\" width=\"630\" height=\"337\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI remember doing a screen test for the only film that Samuel Goldwyn Jr. ever directed:\u00a0<em>The Young Lovers<\/em>. It was to star Peter Fonda, but he wasn\u2019t available to do the screen test with me, so they brought in Chad Everett. He didn\u2019t know that the role was cast, and he was putting everything he had into the screen test. I didn\u2019t have the heart to tell him the truth,\u201d Katharine told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2015\/tv\/news\/katharine-ross-looks-back-on-being-a-tv-star-in-the-60s-1201425313\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Variety<\/a>. \u201cI went through a series of sessions with a hairdresser to get my look the way Sam wanted it. When they were finished, they had hacked off all of my hair. And they wound up casting someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-katharine-ross-cast-as-elaine-in-the-graduate\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Katharine Ross \u2013 cast as Elaine in \u2018The Graduate\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll tell you what was great about it,\u201d she continued. \u201cIt was a time when the old studio system was in its dying throes, and they were just starting to try new approaches, and the little $1 million budget films were being seen as the way to go. And that did turn out to be the progenitor of a great new era that eventually became the indie film movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Katharine made her TV debut in an episode of\u00a0Sam Benedict\u00a0in 1962, and her first film role was in the Civil War-themed Shenandoah, starring James Stewart, in 1965. The following year, Ross signed a deal with Universal, and while working on her first starring role in the film\u00a0<em>Games<\/em>, director Mike Nichols noticed that the young, talented actress had something exceptional.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-370908637\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-8e804faba7609c5b03d990fabac44436\" class=\"newsner-8e804faba7609c5b03d990fabac44436 newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>He cast her in perhaps the most prominent of all her film roles: Elaine in\u00a0<em>The Graduate<\/em>, also starring Dustin Hoffman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Dustin Hoffman] was this New York stage actor. He looked like he had rolled out from under a rock; he was so pale. He just wanted to get back to some play off-Broadway he was doing. Although we ended up getting to know and like each other, what I thought that first day was, \u2018Oh my God \u2014 this guy is dressed all in black, and he is white as a sheet,&#8217;\u201d Ross recalled in an interview with the Houston Chronicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know Dustin\u2019s one-time roommate Gene Hackman was cast as my father. I don\u2019t know exactly what the deal was, but he bowed out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Graduate\u00a0<\/em>was a masterpiece, and Ross became a star overnight. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Golden Globe for New Star of the Year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-124913\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130528\/graduate1.jpg\" alt=\"Katharine Ross\" width=\"630\" height=\"337\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Youtube\/Studiodigital<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ending of\u00a0<em>The Graduate<\/em>\u00a0remains a mystery. Benjamin rescued Elaine from the wedding, but the expression on their faces, as they sat on a city bus was not what many had expected.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Most believed that the beautiful story of two people in love, pulled apart by other forces before being dramatically reunited, would end happily. However, the two didn\u2019t say anything to each other.<\/p>\n<p>So what does Katharine think happened between the two characters? It turns out that the ending wasn\u2019t scripted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are always told you just keep going in a scene until the director says \u2018cut.\u2019 Well, Mike didn\u2019t say it for the longest time. We ran out of dialogue, but the camera kept running. What do I think? I think Elaine got off at the next stop,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-1146819166\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-f813a91880619f84fbce4868b16f938d\" class=\"newsner-f813a91880619f84fbce4868b16f938d newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>In 1969, Katharine landed another very significant role. She was cast in the now-legendary film\u00a0<em>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,<\/em>\u00a0in which she appeared in one of the most iconic scenes ever, balancing on the handlebars of a bicycle pedaled by actor Paul Newman.<\/p>\n<p>By the time they wrapped up filming, Ross had actually been in the same movie as the love of her life, although she didn\u2019t know it at that point.<\/p>\n<p>Ross\u2019 private life has been quite the roller coaster, or at least it was in the beginning of her career. Katharine\u2019s been married five times, with her current union spanning more than 40 years, a truly incredible achievement.<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned, Ross first tied the knot in 1960 with Joel Fabiani. The couple was married for two years, and not long after, in 1964, Ross married John Marion. Their marriage lasted for three years. Then, in 1969, she married for a third time, to\u00a0<em>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid<\/em>\u00a0cinematographer Conrad Hall. In 1973, the couple divorced, and Ross married Gaetano \u201cTom\u201d Lisi a year later.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-124917\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130531\/katharinerosspaulnewman1-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130531\/katharinerosspaulnewman1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130531\/katharinerosspaulnewman1-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130531\/katharinerosspaulnewman1-1536x1036.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130531\/katharinerosspaulnewman1-2048x1382.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"Katharine Ross,Paul Newman\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1727\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">20th Century-Fox\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The couple went their separate ways in 1979 \u2013 the same year Katharine Ross would meet the true love of her life.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-katharine-ross-amp-sam-elliott-s-love-story\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Katharine Ross &amp; Sam Elliott\u2019s love story<\/h2>\n<p>As early as the set of\u00a0<em>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid<\/em>, actor Sam Elliott had liked Katharine. However, he was just an extra in the film and, therefore, decided not to approach her. In 2018, the now-legendary actor said that all he could do was \u201cjust watch Katharine come and go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy wife, Katharine Ross, and I both worked on\u00a0<em>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid<\/em>, but I didn\u2019t dare try to talk to her then. She was the leading lady. I was a shadow on the wall, a glorified extra in a bar scene,\u201d Elliott told<em>\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/entertainment\/style-trends\/info-2015\/sam-elliott-celebrity-news.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><em>AARP The Magazine<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a great opportunity, though, because being an extra on the show and being a contract player (with Fox) allowed me to get in and watch \u2019em make the film. I spent a lot of time over in a dark corner watching Katharine and the rest of \u2019em work while they were in L.A,\u201d he told The Oklahoman.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-2020309821\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-a687b45bf9daf773109f21f82725540a\" class=\"newsner-a687b45bf9daf773109f21f82725540a newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>It would be ten years before Katharine and Sam would meet again. The two were both cast in the Gothic horror movie\u00a0<em>The Legacy<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0the first film in which they interacted with one another. The film premiered in London, though Sam Elliott didn\u2019t want to go as he didn\u2019t think it was a great movie. In the end, what convinced to make the trip was that he was \u201csmitten\u201d by the lovely Katharine.<\/p>\n<p>According to the actress, a combination of his distinctive baritone voice and rugged good looks made them fall for each other.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-124918\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130532\/katharinerosssamelliott1-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1909px) 100vw, 1909px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130532\/katharinerosssamelliott1-scaled.jpg 1909w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130532\/katharinerosssamelliott1-768x1030.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130532\/katharinerosssamelliott1-1145x1536.jpg 1145w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130532\/katharinerosssamelliott1-1527x2048.jpg 1527w\" alt=\"Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott\" width=\"1909\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ron Galella\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cProbably all that and more,\u201d she told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2017\/06\/14\/katharine-ross-joins-husband-sam-elliott-in-the-hero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><em>The Mercury News<\/em><\/a>. \u201cWe were working together and one thing led to another. And here we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Katharine Ross and Sam Elliott welcomed their daughter, Cleo Rose Elliott, on September 17, 1984, just four months after their wedding. Cleo would also pursue a career in the entertainment business as a musician. And in hindsight, maybe that was for the best.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-this-is-katharine-ross-today\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">This is Katharine Ross today<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cMy parents are totally supportive of this,\u201d she told\u00a0<em>The Malibu Times<\/em>\u00a0of her music career. \u201cThey\u2019re just happy I don\u2019t want to be an actor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Katharine Ross and Sam Elliott\u2019s on-screen career together didn\u2019t end with\u00a0<em>The Legacy<\/em>. The two have appeared together many times, including starring together in the television films\u00a0<em>Travis McGee, Houston: The Legend of Texas<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Conagher<\/em>. The latter one, Elliott has called \u201cone of the highlights of my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-124914\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130528\/katharinerosssamelliott4-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1904px) 100vw, 1904px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130528\/katharinerosssamelliott4-scaled.jpg 1904w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130528\/katharinerosssamelliott4-768x1033.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130528\/katharinerosssamelliott4-1142x1536.jpg 1142w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130528\/katharinerosssamelliott4-1523x2048.jpg 1523w\" alt=\"Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott\" width=\"1904\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shutterstock..com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2017, the two starred together in\u00a0<em>The Hero<\/em>, where Elliott starred as an aging Western film star and Ross as his ex-wife. It isn\u2019t necessarily a representation of their ordinary lives \u2013 but for the couple, it\u2019s all about trying out new things together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we just like making movies and having that creative experience together is the best,\u201d Elliott told the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/la-ca-st-conversation-sam-elliott-20161114-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><em>Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in 2016.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-340196444\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-aa3939c44a02f6331f8d6bee0476f767\" class=\"newsner-aa3939c44a02f6331f8d6bee0476f767 newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just fun. It\u2019s a whole different kind of energy to go home with some you\u2019re working with rather than go home to somebody who isn\u2019t working. It\u2019s a totally positive experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ross and Elliott divide their time between homes in California and Oregon. Earlier this year, the two attended the Screen Actors Guild Awards together. Katharine has not featured as an actor in any films or television series for some years.<\/p>\n<p>She has, however, become a prolific author, publishing several children\u2019s novels.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-124916\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130530\/katharinerosssamelliott2-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2014px) 100vw, 2014px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130530\/katharinerosssamelliott2-scaled.jpg 2014w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130530\/katharinerosssamelliott2-768x976.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130530\/katharinerosssamelliott2-1209x1536.jpg 1209w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/04\/18130530\/katharinerosssamelliott2-1612x2048.jpg 1612w\" alt=\"Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott\" width=\"2014\" height=\"2560\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Axelle\/Bauer-Griffin\/FilmMagic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She and Sam\u2019s marriage has been hard work\u2013 but it has all been worth it. And it seems like there is one secret to their long-lasting union.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think really what it boils down to is we love each other, and we work at it. And I think more importantly than anything, it takes wanting to be married,\u201d Sam explained. \u201cThe two things that I wanted in my life were to have a movie career and to be married, to have a family. And it\u2019s an embarrassment of riches that I\u2019ve got both.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please, share this article on Facebook with friends and family to honor the fantastic Katharine Ross!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katharine Juliet Ross went from an unknown actress to an Academy Award-nominated star overnight.\u00a0She famously portrayed Elaine in\u00a0The Graduate\u00a0alongside Dustin Hoffman and, over the years, became what many at the time referred to as a Hollywood bombshell. Ross\u2019s career has been long and very successful to date. 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