Sam Elliott Only Has 1 Daughter – And These 9+ Pics Will Introduce Her
on May 14, 2019 • Updated Jun 01, 2023
Silver screen legend Sam Elliott first met his future wife on the set of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1969. Katharine Ross had a starring role as Sundance’s love interest Etta Place, while Elliott had a very small role. The two didn’t have any scenes together.
They did not meet again until almost ten years later, in 1978, when they both starred in the movie The Legacy.
After a red-hot romance, Ross and Elliott tied the knot in 1984 and have been the picture of true love ever since.
Even though they have worked together on several films over the years, including 2017’s The Hero, their best collaboration has to be their daughter, Cleo Rose Elliott.
Born September 17, 1984 in Malibu, California, Cleo was raised to work hard at her craft, which turned out to being music and not acting. She learned to play the flute and guitar at an early age, but always enjoyed singing. She studied classical opera under Charity Chapman, which she considers a great warm up for singing rock music.
Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross, and daughters Cleo Elliott and Rose Elliott attending "The Moscow Circus" on March 14, 1990 at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California pic.twitter.com/mi1eanyU0E
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In January of 2009, Cleo released a solo album titled No More Lies, which you can preview here. She told The Malibu Times that “the sound is very pop rock, but I’m really into heavy hard rock.” She also said that her parents were thrilled she wanted to make music and not act.
Not only is Cleo a talented singer-songwriter, she is stunning and models on occasion.
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She has on occasion accompanied her parents on the red carpet, most recently for the Academy Awards, where her dad was up for Best Supporting Actor, as well as the premiere of A Star Is Born.
She joined her mom for a red carpet even in 2017. See it below.
She has starred in the 2021 short film Murder For Dummies, which won the award for Best Short at the Kalakari Film Festival.
So excited to have won “Best Short” at the Kalakari Film Festival 🙏 This means so much to me!! Of course I need to thank my dream team 😘 @ericred Martha Thatcher Cleo Elliott @BarbaraSCasey Marie Ferro Shawn Knippelberg @arrowinthehead Sonny Newman Doug Lane #film #filmmaking pic.twitter.com/tfzlVPA8XI
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Check out some footage, and even a shoutout from her father, on the Academy Awards red carpet in the video below.
