Michael Ross | |
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Born | Isadore Rovinsky August 4, 1919 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | May 26, 2009 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 89)
Other names | "Mickey" |
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, Television producer |
Years active | 1971-1985 |
Spouse |
Irene Saslaw
(m. 1950; died 2000) |
Michael Ross (born Isadore Rovinsky) (August 4, 1919 – May 26, 2009) was an American screenwriter and television producer. Ross, together with writing partners Don Nicholl and Bernard West, were writers/producers for All in the Family (for which Ross won the 1973 Emmy Award for Writing for a Comedy Series), The Jeffersons, The Dumplings, and Three's Company. Ross and West continued as executive producers of Three's Company after the death of partner Nicholl in 1980, also producing the spin-off shows The Ropers and Three's a Crowd.