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name: "Michael Ross"
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roles: ["Producer","Writer"]
born: "4 August 1919"
died: "26 May 2009"
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updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:59.147819+00:00"
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# Michael Ross

Producer and writer. Born 4 August 1919 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 26 May 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Writer
- **Born:** 4 August 1919, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 26 May 2009

## Biography

Michael Ross was an American screenwriter and television producer. Born Isadore Rovinsky in New York City, he graduated from City College of New York in 1939 and served as a bomber pilot in the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War. He began working with producer Norman Lear in the 1950s on The Martha Raye Show.

With writing partners Don Nicholl and Bernard West, Ross contributed to All in the Family from 1971, serving as writer and producer and winning a 1973 Emmy Award for Writing for a Comedy Series. He later wrote for and served as executive producer on the spin-off The Jeffersons, and was a writer and producer on Three's Company from 1977, also contributing to its spin-offs The Ropers and Three's a Crowd. He was married to Irene Saslaw from 1950 until her death in 2000.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *All in the Family* (1971), Fi1m 82, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/all-in-the-family.md)

## Also known for

- *Rules of Engagement* (2007), Writer
- *Three's Company* (1977), Writer
- *The Jeffersons* (1975), Writer

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