Known For
Directing
Born
May 13, 1927
Died
Oct 09, 2001
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
43 titles
Herbert Ross
Biography
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 (1963), both starring Cliff Richard. Later, he worked with Barbra Streisand as choreographer and director of musical numbers for Funny Girl (1968). His film directorial debut came with the musical version of Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), made by MGM-British, with Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark. He went on to direct films involving ballet, such as The Turning Point (1977), Nijinsky (1980) and Dancers (1987). Other movies of critical acclaim followed in the 1970s and 1980s such as Neil Simon's adaptations of his own plays and film adaptations of Broadway productions through his last project, Boys on the Side (1995).
Known For
Filmography
Poster Boy
Producer
Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires
Self
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Self
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Self
Boys on the Side
Director
Placido Domingo's Tales from the Opera
Self - Director
Undercover Blues
Director
Soapdish
Executive Producer
True Colors
Director
My Blue Heaven
Director
Steel Magnolias
Director
Dancers
Director
The Secret of My Success
Producer
Follies: In Concert
Self- Concert Director
Sondheim on Broadway: Follies - Four Days in New York
Self
Protocol
Director
Footloose
Director
Max Dugan Returns
Director
I Ought to Be in Pictures
Director
Pennies from Heaven
Director
Nijinsky
Director
California Suite
Director
The Goodbye Girl
Director
The Turning Point
Director
The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play
The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'
Self
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Director
The Sunshine Boys
Director
Funny Lady
Director
The Last of Sheila
Director
Play It Again, Sam
Director
T.R. Baskin
Director
Great Performances
Self
The Owl and the Pussycat
Director
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Director
Funny Girl
Choreographer
This is Streisand
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Choreographer
Inside Daisy Clover
Choreographer
The Fantasticks
Choreographer
The Bacchantes
Choreographer
Meet Me in St. Louis
Choreographer
Wonderful Town
Director