For the British-Canadian systematic entomologist, see Herbert Holdsworth Ross.
Herbert Ross
Born
Herbert David Ross
(1927-05-13)May 13, 1927
New York City, U.S.
Died
October 9, 2001(2001-10-09) (aged 74)
New York City, U.S.
Resting place
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Years active
1942–1995
Spouses
Nora Kaye
(m. 1959; died 1987)
Lee Radziwill
(m. 1988; div. 2001)
Herbert David Ross (May 13, 1927 – October 9, 2001) was an American actor, choreographer, director and producer who worked predominantly in theater and film. He was nominated for two Academy Awards and a Tony Award.
He is known for directing musical and comedies such as Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Owl and the Pussycat (1970), Play It Again, Sam (1972), The Sunshine Boys, Funny Lady (both 1975), The Goodbye Girl (1977), California Suite (1978), and Pennies From Heaven (1981). His later films include Footloose (1984), and Steel Magnolias (1989). For the drama The Turning Point (1977) he received two Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Director and received the Golden Globe Award for Best Director.
He is also known for his work on Broadway as a choreographer for productions for Barbra Streisand, Stephen Sondheim, Richard Rodgers, and Arthur Laurents. His credits include A Tree Grows in Brooklyn in 1951, Finian's Rainbow in 1960, I Can Get It for You Wholesale in 1962, and Do I Hear a Waltz? in 1965. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Choreography for Anyone Can Whistle in 1964.
Herbert David Ross (May 13, 1927 – October 9, 2001) was an American actor, choreographer, director and producer who worked predominantly in theater and...
becoming the second wife of American movie director and choreographer HerbertRoss. Their divorce was finalized during 2001; he died later that year, and...
Footloose is a 1984 American musical drama film directed by HerbertRoss. It tells the story of Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon), a teenager from Chicago who...
Play it Again, Sam from the 1969 play of the same title directed by HerbertRoss. Allen's directorial debut, the 1966 film What's Up, Tiger Lily?, was...
Brown, a respected dance teacher in Mississippi. The late Nora Kaye and HerbertRoss were her godparents. She has two brothers and one sister; her brother...
Steel Magnolias is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by HerbertRoss and starring Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia...
and actor HerbertRoss in Majorca in August 1959. The couple founded Ballet of Two Worlds, which toured Europe in 1960 performing such Ross choreography...
Albrecht Radziwiłł. They divorced in 1974. In 1988 she married the director HerbertRoss. They also divorced in 2001. Mr. Bouvier's womanizing and drinking led...
Herbert Holdsworth Ross (3 March 1908 – 2 November 1978) was a British-Canadian systematic entomologist. He was the author of an influential textbook...
Last of Sheila is a 1973 American whodunnit mystery film directed by HerbertRoss and written by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim. It starred Richard...
Goodbye Girl is a 1977 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by HerbertRoss, written by Neil Simon and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn...
about a family of secret agents written by Ian Abrams and directed by HerbertRoss and starring Kathleen Turner and Dennis Quaid. Jane and Jefferson Blue...
Ashby's Being There (1979), James L. Brooks' Terms of Endearment (1983), HerbertRoss' Steel Magnolias (1989), Mike Nichols' Postcards from the Edge (1990)...
Boys on the Side is a 1995 American comedy-drama film directed by HerbertRoss (in his final film as a director). It stars Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Barrymore...
produced by Aaron Spelling and Alan Greisman, and executive produced by HerbertRoss. The film tells a backstage story of the cast and crew of a popular fictional...
Best Adapted Screenplay. He also appeared in Nichols' Catch-22 (1970), HerbertRoss' The Owl and the Pussycat (1970), and Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up,...
1983 American comedy-drama film written by Neil Simon and directed by HerbertRoss. Starring Jason Robards in the title role along with Marsha Mason and...
and Ross cast Leslie believing she would be able to portray a fictionalized version of herself in the film. The film was directed by HerbertRoss and...
including Warren Beatty's action crime comedy Dick Tracy (1990) and HerbertRoss's political comedy True Colors (1991). He also portrayed Alfred de Musset...
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