- Has remained good friends with Dustin Hoffman, her co-star from The Graduate (1967).
- Both she and husband Sam Elliott appeared in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), although they had no scenes together and did not meet until 1978. Elliott had a bit part as a card player in the opening scene, while Ross portrayed Etta Place, the female lead role, alongside male leads Robert Redford and Paul Newman.
- Was only 8 years younger than Anne Bancroft, who played her mother in The Graduate (1967).
- Shaved 3 years off her date of birth when she debuted; the press didn't start reporting her age correctly until she was in her 70s. She also neglected to acknowledge her first and second marriages, and for decades managed to hide any reference to them.
- She has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Graduate (1967) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).
- Also an accomplished children's book author, who has written the books "Little Ballerina" and "My Favorite Things".
- Ross married cinematographer Conrad L. Hall the year Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969) were released. Both movies featured Ross and were filmed by Hall. Ross would later marry Sam Elliott who made his feature debut in 'Butch Cassidy'.
- Her paternal great-grandfather, Finlay Ross, was from Inverness-shire, Scotland, and her paternal great-grandmother, Marguerite Le Cocq Houguez, was from Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Katharine's ancestry also includes English, German, and other Scottish roots. Some of her recent ancestors were Canadian.
- Daughter, Cleo Elliott (with Sam Elliott), born 17 September 1984.
- For her work in Voyage of the Damned (1976), she's one of only 4 actresses to win the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a motion picture without receiving an Oscar nomination for the same performance. The other 3 are, in chronological order: Katy Jurado in High Noon (1952), Hermione Gingold in Gigi (1958) and Karen Black in The Great Gatsby (1974).
- Katharine Ross (born January 1940) is only 10 years and 5 months younger than Vera Miles (born August 1929), who portrayed her mother in Hellfighters (1968).
- Arguably the three best known roles of her career were consecutive roles in consecutive years, The Graduate (1967), Hellfighters (1968), and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).
- Always horse crazy as a youngster spending every possible minute with them.
- Auditioned for a role in West Side Story (1961).
- Born to journalist Dudley Tying Ross (1906-1991), originally from upstate New York, and the former Katherine Elizabeth Hall (1909-1993), originally from Indiana. Her mother's maiden name was also reported as Washburn.
- Met her first husband, Joel Fabiani, at Santa Rosa Junior College in 1957. They dated on and off for 2½ years before marrying in February 1960.
- Her parents married in San Francisco on December 11, 1937.
- Often mistaken for actress Ali MacGraw. Coincidentally, they both dated Fran Tarkenton.
- Her favorite fragrance is "Rive Gauche", by Yves Saint-Laurent.
- Was at one point going to star in The Public Eye (1972).
- Of Clan Ross.
- Is only 14 years younger than Maria Schell, who played her mother in Voyage of the Damned (1976).
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