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Katherine Ross (1940-) is an Oscar®-nominated American actress. She is known for her roles in 1967’s The Graduate, 1969’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and 1975’s The Stepford Wives. Her IMDb page shows 66 acting credits since to 1957. This page will rank 23 Katharine Ross movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television roles, uncredited roles and movies not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.
Katharine Ross Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1967
The Graduate (1967)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Supp Actress Nom
1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
AA Best Picture Nom
1965
Shenandoah (1965)
1966
The Singing Nun (1966)
1975
The Stepford Wives (1975)
2001
Donnie Darko (2001)
1976
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
1968
Hellfighters (1968)
1980
The Final Countdown (1980)
1978
The Betsy (1978)
1978
The Legacy (1978)
1966
Mister Buddwing (1966)
1969
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
2017
The Hero (2017)
1986
Red Headed Stranger (1986)
1972
They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
1967
Games (1967)
1972
Get To Know Your Rabbit (1972)
2006
Eye of the Dolphin (2006)
1970
Fools (1970)
1982
Wrong Is Right (1982)
1974
Chance and Violence (1974)
1978
The Swarm (1978)
Katharine Ross Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | The Graduate (1967) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actress Nom |
Dustin Hoffman & Anne Bancroft |
103.50 | 921.9 | 1,723.70 | 1 | 85 | 07 / 01 | 99.4 | |
| 2 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) AA Best Picture Nom |
Paul Newman & Robert Redford |
100.10 | 760.0 | 931.40 | 1 | 79 | 07 / 04 | 99.3 | |
| 3 | Shenandoah (1965) | James Stewart | 19.20 | 202.8 | 202.80 | 10 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 96.6 | |
| 4 | The Singing Nun (1966) | Debbie Reynolds & Greer Garson |
9.50 | 93.1 | 93.10 | 33 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 80.9 | |
| 6 | The Stepford Wives (1975) | Paula Prentiss | 12.10 | 63.7 | 63.70 | 48 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 75.8 | |
| 5 | Donnie Darko (2001) | Jake Gyllenhaal & Drew Barrymore |
1.50 | 2.8 | 14.30 | 182 | 85 | 00 / 00 | 74.4 | |
| 7 | Voyage of the Damned (1976) | James Mason & Faye Dunaway |
5.30 | 26.8 | 26.80 | 79 | 74 | 03 / 00 | 73.3 | |
| 8 | Hellfighters (1968) | John Wayne & Jim Hutton |
11.60 | 95.2 | 95.20 | 34 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 68.3 | |
| 9 | The Final Countdown (1980) | Kirk Douglas & Martin Sheen |
15.60 | 64.5 | 64.50 | 52 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 64.7 | |
| 12 | The Betsy (1978) | Laurence Olivier & Robert Duvall |
17.40 | 80.4 | 80.40 | 40 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 54.6 | |
| 11 | The Legacy (1978) | Sam Elliott | 11.40 | 52.4 | 52.40 | 52 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 53.7 | |
| 10 | Mister Buddwing (1966) | James Garner & Jean Simmons |
2.10 | 20.8 | 20.80 | 95 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 52.6 | |
| 13 | Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969) | Robert Redford | 6.90 | 52.3 | 52.30 | 40 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 52.4 | |
| 14 | The Hero (2017) | Sam Elliott & Laura Prepon |
4.10 | 4.9 | 4.90 | 140 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 48.7 | |
| 15 | Red Headed Stranger (1986) | Willie Nelson | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 239 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 42.1 | |
| 16 | They Only Kill Their Masters (1972) | James Garner | 3.00 | 18.8 | 18.80 | 92 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 34.7 | |
| 17 | Games (1967) | Simone Signoret & James Caan |
2.10 | 18.9 | 18.90 | 93 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 32.6 | |
| 18 | Get To Know Your Rabbit (1972) | Tom Smothers & John Astin |
2.10 | 13.5 | 13.50 | 117 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 30.4 | |
| 19 | Eye of the Dolphin (2006) | Carly Schroeder & Adrian Dunbar |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 314 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 27.2 | |
| 20 | Fools (1970) | Jason Robards | 0.80 | 5.3 | 5.30 | 150 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 22.8 | |
| 22 | Wrong Is Right (1982) | Sean Connery & Dean Stockwell |
3.60 | 13.1 | 13.10 | 103 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 15.5 | |
| 21 | Chance and Violence (1974) | Yves Montand | 0.20 | 0.9 | 0.90 | 155 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.5 | |
| 23 | The Swarm (1978) | Michael Caine & Henry Fonda |
17.10 | 78.8 | 78.80 | 41 | 25 | 01 / 00 | 13.2 |
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Katharine Ross was never on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. These are the actors on the December 15, 2018 list that Katharine has appeared with.
5 MICHAEL CAINE The Swarm (1978)
10 MARTIN SHEEN The Final Countdown (1980)
12 MAX VON SYDOW Voyage of the Damned (1976)
21 SEAN CONNERY Wrong Is Right (1982)
25 MALCOLM MCDOWELL Voyage of the Damned (1976)
40 ROBERT DUVALL The Betsy (1978)
44 JAMES MASON Voyage of the Damned (1976)
49 GEORGE KENNEDY Shenandoah (1965)
53 JOHN SAXON Wrong Is Right (1982)
57 ORSON WELLES Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
57 ORSON WELLES Voyage of the Damned (1976)
62 JAMES CAAN Games (1967)
78 JASON ROBARDS Fools (1970)
94 PAUL NEWMAN Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
108 M. EMMET WALSH Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
115 DUSTIN HOFFMAN The Graduate (1967)
119 DEAN STOCKWELL Wrong Is Right (1982)
129 TOMMY LEE JONES The Betsy (1978)
141 KIRK DOUGLAS The Final Countdown (1980)
144 FERNANDO REY Voyage of the Damned (1976)
170 LESLIE NIELSEN Wrong Is Right (1982)
175 BEN GAZZARA Voyage of the Damned (1976)
189 JONATHAN PRYCE Voyage of the Damned (1976)
207 DENHOLM ELLIOTT Voyage of the Damned (1976)
228 JOSE FERRER The Swarm (1978)
228 JOSE FERRER Voyage of the Damned (1976)
229 CHARLES DURNING The Final Countdown (1980)
230 JEFF COREY Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
232 ANGELA LANSBURY Mister Buddwing (1966)
236 FAYE DUNAWAY Voyage of the Damned (1976)
243 HAL HOLBROOK They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
250 JOHN VERNON Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
255 EDWARD HERRMANN The Betsy (1978)
264 JAMES GARNER Mister Buddwing (1966)
264 JAMES GARNER They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
269 JOHN WAYNE Hellfighters (1968)
281 CLORIS LEACHMAN Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
291 ANNE BANCROFT The Graduate (1967)
297 HENRY FONDA The Swarm (1978)
313 JOHN STANDING THE LEGACY (1978)
334 ROBERT REDFORD Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
334 ROBERT REDFORD Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
344 MAKO Fools (1970)
380 LAURENCE OLIVIER The Betsy (1978)
404 SCOTT WILSON Don’t Let Go (2002)
423 JENNIFER JASON LEIGH Wrong Is Right (1982)
428 RICHARD WIDMARK The Swarm (1978)
431 HENRY SILVA Wrong Is Right (1982)
443 SAM WANAMAKER Voyage of the Damned (1976)
458 SAM ELLIOTT Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
458 SAM ELLIOTT THE HERO (2017)
458 SAM ELLIOTT The Legacy (1978)
467 PAUL FIX Shenandoah (1965)
495 BO HOPKINS Don’t Let Go (2002)
510 ALLEN GARFIELD Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
521 ROYAL DANO Red Headed Stranger (1986)
523 DREW BARRYMORE Donnie Darko (2001)
547 RICHARD DREYFUSS The Graduate (1967)
595 SLIM PICKENS The Swarm (1978)
621 BEN JOHNSON The Swarm (1978)
634 DEBBIE REYNOLDS The Singing Nun (1966)
656 CAMERON MITCHELL The Swarm (1978)
669 PATRICK SWAYZE Donnie Darko (2001)
688 ROBERT WEBBER Wrong Is Right (1982)
700 VERA MILES Hellfighters (1968)
725 BARRY SULLIVAN Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
759 NEHEMIAH PERSOFF Voyage of the Damned (1976)
805 CHARLES LANE Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
836 JOSEF SOMMER The Stepford Wives (1975)
867 PETER LAWFORD They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
868 JOHN DIEHL A Climate for Killing (1991)
873 MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL Donnie Darko (2001)
883 MARIA SCHELL Voyage of the Damned (1976)
903 JANE LYNCH EYE OF THE DOLPHIN (2006)
907 STROTHER MARTIN Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
907 STROTHER MARTIN Shenandoah (1965)
909 JAMES STEWART Shenandoah (1965)
975 LEE GRANT The Swarm (1978)
975 LEE GRANT Voyage of the Damned (1976)
991 JANE ALEXANDER THE BETSY (1978)
HM (863) EDMOND O’BRIEN They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
HM (991) LESLEY-ANNE DOWN THE BETSY (1978)
HM (994) PHILIP STONE VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED (1976)
HM (999) BUCK HENRY The Graduate (1967)
Kathy appeared with 25 Oscar winners.
ANNE BANCROFT The Graduate (1967)
BEN JOHNSON The Swarm (1978)
CLORIS LEACHMAN Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
DUSTIN HOFFMAN The Graduate (1967)
EDMOND O’BRIEN They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)
FAYE DUNAWAY Voyage of the Damned (1976)
GEORGE KENNEDY Shenandoah (1965)
GREER GARSON The Singing Nun (1966)
HENRY FONDA The Swarm (1978)
JAMES STEWART Shenandoah (1965)
JASON ROBARDS Fools (1970)
JOHN WAYNE Hellfighters (1968)
JOSE FERRER The Swarm (1978)
JOSE FERRER Voyage of the Damned (1976)
LAURENCE OLIVIER The Betsy (1978)
LEE GRANT The Swarm (1978)
LEE GRANT Voyage of the Damned (1976)
MICHAEL CAINE The Swarm (1978)
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND The Swarm (1978)
PATTY DUKE The Swarm (1978)
PAUL NEWMAN Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
RICHARD DREYFUSS The Graduate (1967)
ROBERT DUVALL The Betsy (1978)
SEAN CONNERY Wrong Is Right (1982)
SIMONE SIGNORET Games (1967)
TOMMY LEE JONES The Betsy (1978)
WENDY HILLER Voyage of the Damned (1976)
Hey Dan. First all….have a great time in Iceland. That sounds like a “bucket list” item for sure. Later this summer we (WoC and I) are doing one of her bucket list items….Niagra Falls….which she has never done….I have done numerous times. Enjoy.
Secondly…..thanks for taking the time on your vacation to stop in and share some of your awesome trivia lists. It is always good to see Michael Caine at the top of any list. Caine might be the most active actor on that first list…..as he has 5 movies in different degress of post production. No real surprise that Sam Elliott is her most frequent star…..though it is really hard to spot Mr. Elliott in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
The Swarm makes up over 25% of the movies with Oscar winning co-stars…..heck add in The Voyage of the Damn….and 40% of those actors come from just two movies. Good stuff as always….have a safe and fun trip.
I have seen 8 Katherine Ross movies. Five of these are in the top 6.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is The Graduate.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Danny Darko.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Swarm. Normally, I would not go in for that film, but I am trying to see all of Richard Widmark’s career.
Favourite Katherine Ross Movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Shenandoah
The Graduate
Mister Buddwing
Other Katherine Ross Movies I Have Seen:
The Singing Nun
The Stepford Wives
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
The Swarm
Hey Flora….thanks for checking out our Katharine Ross page. I have seen 13 of her movies….with The Legacy being seen only a few days ago. Ah…The Swarm…what a great campy movie…and what a cast….Oscar winners everywhere dying on screen…what more could you want from a movie…..being good is not that important…lol. I have seen 6 of the 8 you have seen. I would like to track down and watch Mister Buddwing….one of the few 1960s James Garner movies that I have not seen. I think having two classic movies….The Graduate and Butch and Sundance will always keep Katharine Ross in the history of movies. Good stuff.
“Katharine Ross became a star quickly. Her beauty and charm made her an obvious choice for Hollywood longevity, but 5 years after her debut she virtually disappeared. She still makes occasional appearances but has yet to regain her former position.”
Just as The Oracle accurately summed up Robert Ryan’s status [see my previous post] so he has nailed down perfectly Katharine’s overall status in the film industry. “Will we ever see HIS OWN like again?”
Your chronological table above faithfully illustrates that Katy has not done much on the big screen since the words in that 1983 quote were generously shared with the world She has not been among the most prolific or successful in other respects either:
1/Just 5 TV productions since 1983, only 4 of them actually getting aired, 2004’s Capital City being a pilot that never reached living rooms so that her last television actual appearance was in 1991’s Conagher, a TV movie in which she was 2nd billed to Sam Elliot, though IMDB gives it a fine 74% rating.
2/Only 7 acting awards and 4 noms according to IMDB and a very relatively low net worth [in today’s lucrative film marketplace] of just $6.5 million.
However I wonder if Katy is aware of The Oracle’s take on her career and if so would HER thoughts on HIM be more appropriately summed up by the title of her last [ie 2017] film in your chronological table or by that of the first of the two 1972 movies that you mention in that table?
HI BRUCE A great coincidence your coming up with a new page for Katharine at the moment, as my brother [home from Australia for a short visit] and I had a protracted argument involving her last week.Like in some of those classic Bruce Cogerson/Bob Roy debates both of us were able to claim a kind of draw when we checked out the actual position-
1/I had argued that Rosemary Forsyth was in 1965’s Shenandoah whereas he insisted she wasn’t and that Katy was the leading lady. It transpires of course that they were both in it!
2/I had forgotten about Katy being in it whereas HE got that right.
3/However he had assigned to Katy [who was Ann, Duke Wayne Jr’s wife in the film] the wrong role of Jennie the wife of Doug McClure in the film whilst I had accurately been adamant that Rosemary had played Jennie. I can never forget that heart-warming scene where during the long trek in search of his missing sons my Jimmy makes for Jennie and her husband a belated honeymoon bed. [“You run a sad train Mister. It tales people where they don’t want to go – burn the train!”] Sadly no tenderness for Rosemary in The Master’s 1983 book as she gets no mention at all.
Also by the way, I asked my brother to clarify further for me the Russell Crowe /Brando stories that I mentioned earlier and (1) as I’ve told Steve, Russell claims he attacked my brother’s friend in a bar because Crowe thought that the friend had been looking aggressively at him [a famous movie star expecting not to be stared at in a public place– the mind boggles!] (2) the basket of fruit had been sent to my brother’s other [lawyer] friend in additional appreciation of some minor legal work done on Brando’s 2001 The Score contract.
“The sun don’t shine on the same dog’s a** every day” but it’s good to be the brother of a guy who has a friend who had a slight involvement with Marlon Brando’s final movie – calls for another outburst from me of the “Made it Ma.” Cliché!
Did you ever know that you’re my hero
And everything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle
For you are the wind beneath my wings
Certainly I hope that other regulars are taking a note of my newfound celebrity and -who knows? -are maybe even thinking of asking for my autograph – Flora for example to include in that marvellous memorabilia collection of hers despite her not personally liking Hollywood’s Ace Mumbler!
It might have appeared to go unnoticed
But I’ve got it all here in my mind.
I want you to know, I know the truth, of course I know it
I would be nothing without you
[Theme song from 1988’s Beaches, the story of Hilary Whitney Essex (my Barbara Hershey) and CC Bloom (Bette Midler)]
Hey Bob….interesting about your conversation with your brother and Katherine Ross. She made my radar when I recently rented The Legacy. While watching that one…I thought…I should do a page on her. Her first movie was that James Stewart western…probably Stewart’s last good western. Thanks for the further detail on Crowe and his troubled past. Gotta admit…I am not aware of Rosemary Forsyth at all. “Made it Ma”….very funny as well as the lyrics. Good stuff.
Hey Bob…..thanks for sharing your thoughts on Katharine Ross. The curse of 39 strikes again….She turned 39 in 1979….and only has 6 movies since then……and even in those movies she was in supporting roles. Still…she had a great run. Beat me to the punch on Joel again. This was the 301st Joel subject to get a UMR page…73.41% done with that book. I think making Joel’s book was an “honor”….not sure if he was writing the book….if she would have been among the 410 people listed in the book. At 79…I think she can survive on 6.5 million….plus her husband is in some ways at near the peak…as Sam Elliott finally got an Oscar nomination…just last year. Good stuff as always.
Hello Bruce,
I like very much this page because I was young when she started her movie carrier and with that two great huge succès the Graduate and Butch Cassidy and during some years she was everywhere and one of the big hope of Hollywood.
I remenbered she came to France to make this movie with Montand, if my memory is good the french title was Le hasard et la violence.
And then what happened???
The last film I saw with her was Voyage of the Damned with Faye Dunaway.
A great critic succes in France was Willy Boy with Robert Redford, he started to be a great star at that time but to day he is still a legend….
A very good day
Pierre
Hey Pierre…..good to hear from you. Good memories of Katharine Ross. She won a Golden Globe for her role in Voyage of the Damned…but yes….she pretty much stopped making movies after the early 1980s. The curse of 39 striking again? As she turned 39 in 1979. Butch and Sundance is where I fell in love with her. Saw that movie so many times growing up. Le hasard et la violence is indeed the original title for that movie….it barely played in North America. Interesting that Tell Them Willy Boy is Here was a success in France. Hope your day goes well too. Thanks for the feedback.