- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 13, 1927
- Place of Birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- October 9, 2001
Herbert Ross
Herbert David Ross (May 13, 1927 - October 9, 2001) was an American actor, choreographer, director and producer who worked predominantly in the stage and film. Ross was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Martha Grundfast and Louis Chester Ross, a postal clerk. At the age of 9, his mother died and his father moved the family to Miami and opened a luncheonette. In 1942, Ross' stage debut came as "Third Witch" in a touring company of Macbeth. The next year brought his first Broadway performance credits with Something for the Boys. By 1950, he was a choreographer with the American Ballet Theatre and choreographed his first Broadway production, the Arthur Schwartz-Dorothy Fields musical adaptation of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Ross's first film assignment came as an uncredited choreographer on Carmen Jones (1954). In the UK, he choreographed The Young Ones (1961) and Summer Holiday (196…
Filmography
moviePoster Boy
2004 · Producer
movieJean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
1999 · Self
movieWalter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997 · Self
movieShirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996 · Self
movieBoys on the Side
1995 · Producer, Director
Placido Domingo's Tales from the Opera
tvPlacido Domingo's Tales from the Opera
1994 · Self - Director
movieUndercover Blues
1993 · Executive Producer, Director
movieSoapdish
1991 · Executive Producer
movieTrue Colors
1991 · Director, Producer
movieMy Blue Heaven
1990 · Director, Producer
movieSteel Magnolias
1989 · Director
movieDancers
1987 · Director
movieThe Secret of My Success
1987 · Director, Producer
movieFollies: In Concert
1986 · Self- Concert Director
movieSondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York
1986 · Self
movieProtocol
1984 · Director
movieFootloose
1984 · Director
movieMax Dugan Returns
1983 · Producer, Director
movieI Ought to Be in Pictures
1982 · Director, Producer
moviePennies from Heaven
1981 · Director, Producer
movieNijinsky
1980 · Director
movieCalifornia Suite
1978 · Director
movieThe Goodbye Girl
1977 · Director
movieThe Turning Point
1977 · Director, Producer
The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'
movieThe Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'
1977 · Self
The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play
movieThe Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play
1977
movieThe Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976 · Director, Producer
movieThe Sunshine Boys
1975 · Director
movieFunny Lady
1975 · Director
movieThe Last of Sheila
1973 · Director, Producer
moviePlay It Again, Sam
1972 · Director
movieT.R. Baskin
1971 · Director
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Self
movieThe Owl and the Pussycat
1970 · Director
movieGoodbye, Mr. Chips
1969 · Director
movieFunny Girl
1968 · Choreographer
movieThis is Streisand
1968
movieWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966 · Choreographer
movieInside Daisy Clover
1966 · Choreographer
movieThe Fantasticks
1964 · Choreographer
movieThe Bacchantes
1961 · Choreographer
movieMeet Me in St. Louis
1959 · Choreographer
movieWonderful Town
1958 · Director