Herbert David Ross was an American actor, choreographer, director and producer who worked predominantly in theater and film.
27 Facts About Herbert Ross
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Herbert Ross was nominated for two Academy Awards and a Tony Award.
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Herbert Ross is known for directing musical and comedies such as Goodbye, Mr Chips, The Owl and the Pussycat, Play It Again, Sam, The Sunshine Boys, Funny Lady, The Goodbye Girl, California Suite, and Pennies From Heaven.
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Herbert Ross is known for his work on Broadway as a choreographer for productions for Barbra Streisand, Stephen Sondheim, Richard Rodgers, and Arthur Laurents.
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Herbert Ross was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Choreography for Anyone Can Whistle in 1964.
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When Herbert Ross was nine, his mother died and his father moved the family to Miami and opened a luncheonette.
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Herbert Ross choreographed some TV specials: The Jerry Lewis Show, Wonderful Town, Meet Me in St Louis and A Christmas Festival.
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On Broadway Herbert Ross directed and choreographed a revival of Finian's Rainbow.
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In 1965, Herbert Ross choreographed the original production of On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever and, without credit, took over the helm from the director of record, Robert Lewis, when the musical ran into trouble in Boston during its pre-Broadway tryout tour.
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Herbert Ross went to England where he choreographed the feature film The Young Ones, starring Cliff Richard.
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Herbert Ross returned to Broadway to be musical director on The Gay Life and I Can Get It for You Wholesale, the latter directed by Arthur Laurents and starring Barbra Streisand.
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Herbert Ross then choreographed a second Cliff Richard musical in England, Summer Holiday.
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Herbert Ross did some additional staging on The Apple Tree directed by Mike Nichols.
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Herbert Ross was choreographer and director of musical numbers for Funny Girl, produced by Ray Stark.
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However, Herbert Ross' second feature as director, The Owl and the Pussycat, was a big hit.
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Herbert Ross made The Last of Sheila co-written by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins, and Funny Lady with Stark and Streisand.
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Herbert Ross directed The Sunshine Boys based on a play and script by Neil Simon, starting a long collaboration between the two men; Stark produced.
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Herbert Ross directed The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, and The Turning Point ; Herbert Ross produced the latter.
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Herbert Ross had two big hits with Simon scripts produced by Stark, The Goodbye Girl and California Suite.
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Herbert Ross returned to Broadway to direct Neil Simon's Chapter Two.
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Herbert Ross followed this with Pennies from Heaven and the film version of I Ought to Be in Pictures.
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Herbert Ross followed this with two comedies, Protocol with Goldie Hawn and The Secret of My Success with Michael J Fox.
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Herbert Ross had one last big hit with another play adaptation, Steel Magnolias.
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Herbert Ross was certainly different from anybody else I'd been involved with, and the film world sounded exciting.
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Herbert Ross had been married to the ballerina Nora Kaye until she died, and unbeknownst to me was still obsessed by her.
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On October 9,2001, Herbert Ross died from heart failure in New York City.
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Herbert Ross was interred with Kaye in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.