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Katharine Ross in a wedding dress and Dustin Hoffman run from a church, with guests watching through glass doors, in a scene from The Graduate (1967). Katharine Ross as Etta Place stands behind Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy, who is seated holding a hat, and Robert Redford as the Sundance Kid, standing at right, in period Western attire.
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Katharine Ross

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  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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    …love interest, Etta Place (Katharine Ross)—to flee to Bolivia. Life there initially proves to be lucrative, even though neither outlaw knows Spanish. However, they soon face the same obstacles and persistent pressure from law enforcement that they had to endure in the United States. Their brief stint as payroll…

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    …love interest, Etta Place (Katharine Ross)—to flee to Bolivia. Life there initially proves to be lucrative, even though neither outlaw knows Spanish. However, they soon face the same obstacles and persistent pressure from law enforcement that they had to endure in the United States. Their brief stint as payroll…

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  • The Graduate
    The Graduate

    …young rich girl (played by Katharine Ross) on the heels of his affair with her mother, the sexy siren Mrs. Robinson (played by Anne Bancroft), who seduces him.

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    …young rich girl (played by Katharine Ross) on the heels of his affair with her mother, the sexy siren Mrs. Robinson (played by Anne Bancroft), who seduces him.

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