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<\/p>\nSome Hollywood stars get our attention for living glamorous, larger-than-life lives.<\/p>\n
Others, like Hollywood heartthrob Sam Elliott, have attracted attention for a completely different reason: proving to the world that true love does exist.<\/p>\n
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Elliott, 79, has been married to his beloved wife Katharine Ross for no less than three long decades.<\/p>\n
Hollywood heartthrob Sam Elliott certainly has countless female fans around the world. But he has eyes for only one woman: his wife of three decades, Katharine Ross.<\/p>\n
The two originally met on the set of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where Ross had a leading part. Meanwhile, as Elliott told AARP, \u201cI was just a shadow on the wall, a glorified extra in a bar scene.\u201d<\/p>\n
While it was love at first sight for Elliot after seeing Ross, he dared not act on his feelings. He saw himself as a \u201cglorified extra\u201d and Ross as a Hollywood star.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll I could do was just watch Katharine come and go,\u201d he recalls, adding, \u201cI never spoke to her. I never would even think to speak to her.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Needless to say, Elliott was immediately taken by Ross. But he wouldn\u2019t give up and waited patiently for the right time.<\/p>\n
But it wasn\u2019t until they met again on the set of The Legacy in 1978 that he finally dared interact with her.<\/p>\n
The hit it off immediately \u2014 and six years later, they were married. Ross had previously been in four marriages, whereas this was Elliott\u2019s very first.<\/p>\n
After such a history of failed marriages, chances are that Ross couldn\u2019t have felt so certain about how well her fifth (!) would go \u2014 but 3 decades later she can be sure she made the right decision.<\/p>\n
The couple are very good at supporting each other\u2019s careers. Elliott nearly passed on his breakout role as Cher\u2019s biker boyfriend in the 1985 film Mask because he and Ross were on their honeymoon in Hawaii, according to the New York Times.<\/p>\n
After Elliott told his agent he wouldn\u2019t return early to test for the role, Ross called the agent back that night to say she\u2019d get her husband back in time.<\/p>\n
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The two have an adult daughter, Cleo Rose. She became fairly famous as a musician after she studied how to sing professionally at Joanne Barron\/D.W. Brown Acting Studio.<\/p>\n
So simple but so true.<\/p>\n
The couple divide their time between their homes in California and Oregon, and Elliott says he would like to move them out to \u201cLa La Land\u201d in the future.<\/p>\n
Elliott and Ross even got to fulfill a dream they\u2019d had during their relationship: to actually share the screen as husband and wife. The managed to do that twice: in The Hero as well as Love Letters, the latter which Elliott calls a highlight of his career.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThrough mutual love and a mutual respect,\u201d he says, adding that Ross is \u201ca pretty stable girl who has been around the block.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the end of the day, determination is key: \u201cThere are peaks and valleys like everything else, but you have to push on.\u201d<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll continue to see more of both of these iconic actors but hopefully more projects where they work together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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