Herbert Ross
Directing

Herbert Ross

Born 13 May 1927 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · Died 9 October 2001

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.

Known for

Footloose
Steel Magnolias
The Secret of My Success
Play It Again, Sam
My Blue Heaven
Boys on the Side
The Goodbye Girl
The Last of Sheila
Undercover Blues
California Suite
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
The Sunshine Boys
Poster Boy
Boys on the Side
Undercover Blues
True Colors
My Blue Heaven
Steel Magnolias
The Secret of My Success
Dancers
Footloose
Protocol
Max Dugan Returns
I Ought to Be in Pictures
Pennies from Heaven
Nijinsky
California Suite
The Goodbye Girl
The Turning Point
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Funny Lady
The Sunshine Boys
The Last of Sheila
Play It Again, Sam
T.R. Baskin
The Owl and the Pussycat
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Wonderful Town
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