{"id":104920,"date":"2024-12-25T09:41:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T02:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/?p=104920"},"modified":"2025-02-09T21:03:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T14:03:30","slug":"sam-elliott-was-too-shy-to-speak-to-katharine-ross-now-theyve-been-married-40-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/sam-elliott-was-too-shy-to-speak-to-katharine-ross-now-theyve-been-married-40-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Elliott was too shy to speak to Katharine Ross \u2013 now, they\u2019ve been married 40 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sam Elliott was too shy to speak to Katharine Ross \u2013 now, they\u2019ve been married 40 years\n</h2><p>There are some celebrity couples who just seem perfect.\n</p><p>Many of them are so in love that it\u2019s hard to imagine one of them without the other!\n</p><p>Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross are just one of those partnerships. Keep reading to find out more about their decades-long marriage!\n</p><p>Sam and Katharine \u2013 early days\n</p><p><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-104930 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/41m.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"1030\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/41m.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Katharine Ross had experienced four marriages and divorces before finding lasting love with Sam Elliott. Their journey began on the set of the 1969 Western drama Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where Elliott, despite his admiration for Ross, hesitated to approach her.\n</p><p>\u201cI didn\u2019t dare try to talk to her then. She was the leading lady. I was a shadow on the wall, a glorified extra in a bar scene,\u201d he told AARP in 2015.\n</p><p>Despite the initial distance, Elliott found himself captivated by Ross, spending his time on set observing her performances from a dark corner. It took a decade for them to finally cross paths again during the filming of the horror film The Legacy, where they played a couple terrorized at an English estate. This time, interaction came naturally.\n</p><p>Ross, in an interview, explained that what drew her to Elliott was his baritone voice, mustache, and rugged good looks, stating (via Country Living): \u201cProbably all that and more. We were working together, and one thing led to another. And here we are.\u201d\n</p><p>A long-lasting love story\n</p><p><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-111987 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/katharinerosssamelliott2-1209x1536-1.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1209\"' height='\"1536\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/katharinerosssamelliott2-1209x1536-1.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Their love story eventually turned into marriage in 1984, marking Ross\u2019s fifth and Elliott\u2019s first. The couple welcomed their daughter, Cleo Rose, the same year they exchanged vows.\n</p><p>When questioned about the secret to their long-lasting marriage, Elliott told AARP: \u201cWe have a common sensibility, but we also work at being together. You work past the [expletive]; you don\u2019t walk away from it. That\u2019s how relationships last.\u201d\n</p><p>Elliott, who had expressed a desire for marriage, family, and a successful movie career, acknowledged his gratitude for having achieved all three. Reflecting on their enduring relationship, he shared to NPR: \u201cWe \u2013 I think really what it boils down to is we love each other, and we work at it. And I think more importantly than anything, it takes wanting to be married.\u201d\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Sam Elliott was too shy to speak to Katharine Ross \u2013 now, they\u2019ve been married 40 years There are some celebrity couples who just seem perfect. Many of them are so in love that it\u2019s hard to imagine one of them without the other! 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