Herbert Ross

25 films directed 4 Awards 2 Nominations

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.

Most directed genres

Recurring actors

Awards and nominations

1978 Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated
1978 Academy Award for Best Director Nominated
1977 Golden Globe Award for Best Director
— National Board of Review Award for Best Film
— David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director
— American Choreography Awards

The career in numbers

US$ 133 mi Total budget from 10 film(s) with data
US$ 562 mi Total box office from 13 film(s) with data
US$ 13 mi Average budget from 10 film(s) with data
US$ 43 mi Average box office from 13 film(s) with data
6.4 Average rating from 20 film(s) with data
3.3× Return on investment from 8 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
Boys on the Side	1995	US$ 21 mi	US$ 23 mi	6.4
Undercover Blues	1993	—	US$ 12 mi	6.0
True Colors	1991	US$ 20 mi	US$ 418,807	6.2
My Blue Heaven	1990	—	—	6.1
Steel Magnolias	1989	US$ 15 mi	US$ 96 mi	7.2
The Secret of My Success	1987	US$ 12 mi	US$ 111 mi	6.5
Dancers	1987	—	—	4.7
Footloose	1984	US$ 8 mi	US$ 80 mi	6.7
Protocol	1984	US$ 12 mi	US$ 26 mi	5.5
Max Dugan Returns	1983	—	US$ 18 mi	6.6
I Ought to Be in Pictures	1982	—	—	6.9
Pennies from Heaven	1981	US$ 22 mi	US$ 9 mi	6.1
Nijinsky	1980	—	—	4.9
California Suite	1978	—	US$ 42 mi	5.9
The Goodbye Girl	1977	—	US$ 102 mi	7.0
The Turning Point	1977	—	—	6.6
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution	1976	US$ 5 mi	—	6.2
The Sunshine Boys	1975	—	—	6.9
Funny Lady	1975	US$ 9 mi	US$ 40 mi	5.3
The Last of Sheila	1973	—	US$ 2 mi	6.9
Play It Again, Sam	1972	—	—	7.4
T.R. Baskin	1971	—	—	5.1
The Owl and the Pussycat	1970	—	—	6.2
Goodbye, Mr. Chips	1969	US$ 9 mi	—	6.8
Wonderful Town	1958	—	—	7.0

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