Gertrude Ross Marks

Gertrude Ross Marks , born as Gertrude S. Rosenberg (born April 15, 1916 in Chicago , Illinois , USA ; † June 7, 1994 in Westwood , California , USA) was an American theater and film producer .

Live and act

Gertrude Ross Marks was born in 1916 as the daughter of Hyman Leon Rosenberg and Bertha Rosenberg, b. Shorr was born in Chicago, where she and her two siblings first grew up. She later moved to Los Angeles and studied drama at UCLA . At the age of 23, she became executive director of the Hollywood Theater Alliance, which produced a political review called Meet the People . The play was a success, first ran for a year in Los Angeles and from December 1940 to May 1941 on Broadway. Then Marks produced another revue for the Hollywood Playhouse.

In 1941 she married the Chicago attorney Gerson Marks (1911-1993). He ran a practice in Beverly Hills and represented entertainment personalities such as Lenny Bruce and Norman Panama . The marriage resulted in two sons.

In the late 1950s, Gertrude Ross Marks founded a film production company. She produced Herbert Kline's documentary Walls of Fire (1971), the script of which her younger brother Arthur A. Ross was involved. The film portrayed important representatives of muralism such as David Alfaro Siqueiros , José Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera . Gertrude Ross Marks received an Oscar nomination for this production . The film also won a 1973 Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary .

Marks died of a heart attack in Westwood at age 78. She was buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery .

Awards

1974 : Oscar nomination in the category “Best Documentary” for Walls of Fire

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Gertrude Ross Marks; Award-winning filmmaker. In: Los Angeles Times , June 18, 1994, accessed January 15, 2014.
↑ Gerson Marks In: Variety February 17, 1993, accessed January 15, 2014.
^ Walls of Fire, Credits nytimes.com, accessed January 15, 2014.
↑ Walls Of Fire hfpa.org, accessed on January 15, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Marks, Gertrude Ross
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rosenberg, Gertrude S. (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American theater and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 15, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago , Illinois , USA
DATE OF DEATH	June 7, 1994
Place of death	Westwood , California , USA

[lat-1] Gertrude Ross Marks; Award-winning filmmaker. In: Los Angeles Times , June 18, 1994, accessed January 15, 2014.

[2] Gerson Marks In: Variety February 17, 1993, accessed January 15, 2014.

[3] Walls of Fire, Credits nytimes.com, accessed January 15, 2014.

[4] Walls Of Fire hfpa.org, accessed on January 15, 2014.