Katharine Ross: Fame, Five Marriages, and Her Lasting Love With Sam Elliott

Later in 1969, she reunited with Robert Redford for Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here. She portrayed Lola, the woman caught between Redford’s pursuing sheriff and Robert Blake’s Native American fugitive, Willie Boy.

The film explored racism, injustice, and the consequences of turning a real manhunt into a public spectacle. Her performance showed a more serious side, but her remarkable run of late-1960s successes was approaching an unexpected pause.