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MARTIN ROSS Biography 1970 M3W YORK MARTIN ROSS was born in New York City and, after attending high school in Teaneck, New Jersey, began to study for a career as a Doctor. After three years he realized that he preferred the lights on stage to those in an operating room and took his first theatrical job .a.? a member of the chorus in a summer stock production of "Showboat". The switch in careers is not so surprising when you know that his Father has been a "hoofer" in Vaudeville and his Mother, Helen Ross, had been an actress and comedienne in Vaudeville and had worked with the Federal Theatre Project In fact, she left a show at the Blltmore Theatre in New York just 2 months before Martin was born and retired to raise her sons. That chorus job in "Showboat" was Martin's first and last. He went into a season of stock playing feature roles and .leading roles soon fol1 owed. On hi produ 1 ead. in "M for t so di compa The A Sterl time Compa s retur c t i o n o He we ilk and he comi d Marti r\y to a ski ng" ing. T piaying ny of " n to N f "We1 n t d 1 r Honey c 1 ead n whe.r ppear piayin hree w the c Boys F ew York, he appeared in th re Civilized" playing the ectly from Off-Broadway to " p1 ay i n g a fea tu re r o 1 e a , "Adi#". The show went on e he fflayed Adi many times on Broadway in the short-! g the role of Bradford opp eeks later he was on the r omic Oramio of Ephesus in rom Syracuse". e Off-Broadway Juvenile dance On, appearing nd standing by the road and . He left the ived "Once For osi te Jan oad again, this the National LOS ANGELES 250 WEST 57th STREET SUITE 1308 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019 AUSTRALIA (212) 765-6373