Herbert Ross

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-05-13 (74 years old)

Deathday

2001-10-09

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Herbert Ross

Biography

Herbert David Ross was an American actor, choreographer, director and producer who worked predominantly in the stage and film. Ross was born on May 13, 1927 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 Sc...

Production

1984

Footloose

as Director

1983

1983

1989

Steel Magnolias

as Director

1972

1995

Boys on the Side

as Director

1995

Boys on the Side

as Producer

1973

1991

True Colors

as Director

1993

Undercover Blues

as Director

1993

Undercover Blues

as Executive Producer

1978

California Suite

as Director

1966

Inside Daisy Clover

as Choreographer

1969

1977

The Goodbye Girl

as Director

1984

Protocol

as Director

1977

1975

Funny Lady

as Director

1990

My Blue Heaven

as Director

1975

1981

1971

T.R. Baskin

as Director

1980

Nijinsky

as Director

1987

Dancers

as Director

2004

Poster Boy

as Producer

1981

1973

1958

Wonderful Town

as Director

1991

True Colors

as Producer

1977

1961

The Bacchantes

as Choreographer

1991

Soapdish

as Executive Producer

1968

Funny Girl

as Choreographer

1990

My Blue Heaven

as Producer

1964

The Fantasticks

as Choreographer

1959

Meet Me in St. Louis

as Choreographer

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