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Tambi Larsen (1914-2001)

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Birthplace:
Bangalore, India

Born:
September 11, 1914

Died:
March 24, 2001

Biography from TheMovieDB

Tambi Larsen was a Dane born in Bangalore, India. He emigrated to the United States at the age of 20, where he attended Yale Drama School. He married Barbara Dole (daughter of James Dole) in 1941 and became an American citizen in 1943. Tambi (pronounced "Tom' bee") struggled to make a living as a set designer for Broadway shows. During World War II, Larsen worked for the Office of War Information, first broadcasting the news in Danish, and after V-E Day, designing exhibits in Denmark as Assistant Cultural Relations Officer.  After the war, the family—which now included son Peter and daughter Pamela—moved to Hollywood, where Larsen tried his hand in the movie industry. He was immediately hired by Paramount Pictures as an Assistant Art Director. His first official job was on 1953's The Secret of the Incas. Two years after that debut, he won an Oscar for The Rose Tattoo. He was also nominated for Hud, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The Molly Maguires, and Heaven's Gate, and he won the British BAFTA award for The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. He designed at least 41 movies during his career.  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Art Direction:
1954  3 Ring Circus
1954  Secret of the Incas
1955  Artists and Models
1955  The Rose Tattoo
1956  The Scarlet Hour
1957  Spanish Affair
1957  Wild Is the Wind
1958  Hot Spell
1958  Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958  The Geisha Boy
1958  The Party Crashers
1959  The Five Pennies
1960  The Rat Race
1961  The Pleasure of His Company
1961  Too Late Blues
1962  It's Only Money
1963  Hud
1964  The Disorderly Orderly
1964  The Outrage
1968  The Brotherhood
1970  The Molly Maguires
1972  Pocket Money
1972  The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1973  The Outfit
1974  Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1975  Breakheart Pass

Production Design:
1954  3 Ring Circus
1954  Secret of the Incas
1955  Artists and Models
1955  The Rose Tattoo
1956  The Scarlet Hour
1957  Spanish Affair
1957  Wild Is the Wind
1958  Hot Spell
1958  Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958  The Geisha Boy
1958  The Party Crashers
1959  The Five Pennies
1960  The Rat Race
1961  The Pleasure of His Company
1961  Too Late Blues
1962  It's Only Money
1963  Hud
1964  The Disorderly Orderly
1964  The Outrage
1965  The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1968  The Brotherhood
1970  The Grasshopper
1970  The Molly Maguires
1971  A Gunfight
1972  Pocket Money
1972  The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1973  The Outfit
1974  Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974  Where the Lilies Bloom
1975  Breakheart Pass
1976  The Message
1976  The Outlaw Josey Wales
1977  The White Buffalo
1978  Circle of Iron
1980  Heaven's Gate

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TV Production

Production Design:
1979  The Sacketts

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