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Katharine Ross (born January 29 , 1940 in Los Angeles, California ) is an American movie actress whose timeless appearance and graceful, thoughtful manner have led her to be cast in roles of intelligence and daring, often in period settings. Her prominent film roles include:
Katharine Ross will be on-hand at this year's Cripple Creek Film Festival, "A Tribute to the West Then and Now," Sept. 29 - Oct. 1. For more information, see: WWW.CRIPPLE-CREEK.CO.US/FILMFEST.HTM; e-mail: www.cripplecreekfilmfest.com; or call Michael Herst at 719/686-9249 or Ella Groth at 719/689-3461.
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In the William Goldman-scripted, Bryan Forbes-directed adaptation of Ira Levin's savagely satiric sci-fi novel The Stepford Wives, housewife Joanna (Katharine Ross) moves with husband Walter (Peter Masterson) and their children to the "ideal" suburban community of Stepford, CT. Slowly, Joanna deduces that something is amiss; most of the other housewives are vapid creatures who speak in trivialities and live only to please their husbands. Together with new friend Bobby (Paula Prentiss), she investigates this curious status quo. When Bobby ... succumbs to cloying sweetness, Joanna discovers that Stepford's husbands have conspired with male chauvinist scientists to replace all the wives with computerized android duplicates. The Stepford Wives became a massive, runaway hit, earning four million dollars domestically. Mega-producer Scott Rudin and director Frank Oz teamed up for a remake in 2004.
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Joanna Ebhart (Katharine Ross) and her family have just moved to Stepford, Connecticut, which seems to be a terrific place, if you ask the folks who live there. Joanna is unsure of her new town ... but she continues to do her usual work, housework and her side project, photography. She loves to take photos of all kinds and wants to take some memorable ones, so that her art will live on forever. It seems like things are smooth for a while, but when her husband Walter (Peter Masterson) starts to make all the decisions, some speedbumps begin to rise. Joanna likes to be involved in that process, but Walter insists on leaving her out, much like his friends do with their wives. But the other woman don't seem to mind much, they just do their usual routines of cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the homes.
Katharine Ross Actress "Katharine Ross" was trained at the San Francisco Workshop, barely completing her apprenticeship before landing leading roles on television. She made her TV debut as a spoiled teenager implicated in a fatal auto accident in Are There Any More Out There Like You?, a 1963 installment of the NBC anthology Kraft Suspense Theatre. Ross was Oscar nominated for her second film role as "Dustin Hoffman"'s amour in "The Graduate" (1967). After successfully teaming with "Paul Newman" and "Robert Redford" in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", she became mired in a series of steadily worsening films. She staged a comeback as Francesca in the 1985 nighttime TV serial The Colbys. At that time, Ross was married to actor "Sam Elliott". Together, Ross and Elliot scripted and starred in an above-average Western TV movie "Conagher" (1991).
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Born 1942, January - Actress Katharine Ross was trained at the San Francisco Workshop, barely completing her apprenticeship before landing leading roles on television. She made her TV debut as a spoiled teenager implicated in a fatal auto accident in Are There Any More Out There Like You?, a 1963 installment of the NBC anthology Kraft Suspense Theatre.
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