Tambi Larsen

Tambi Larsen

  • Birthday: 1914-09-11
  • Deathday: 2001-03-24
  • Place of birth: Bangalore, India

Biography

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.

Filmography

Production

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

1965

As Production Design

Where the Lilies Bloom

1974

As Production Design

A Gunfight

1971

As Production Design

Breakheart Pass

1975

As Art Direction

The Outfit

1973

As Art Direction

The White Buffalo

1977

As Production Design

Spanish Affair

1957

As Art Direction

The Molly Maguires

1970

As Art Direction

The Rose Tattoo

1955

As Art Direction

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

1974

As Art Direction

The Outlaw Josey Wales

1976

As Production Design

Wild Is the Wind

1957

As Art Direction

The Rat Race

1960

As Art Direction

Heaven's Gate

1980

As Production Design

3 Ring Circus

1954

As Art Direction

Hot Spell

1958

As Art Direction

Too Late Blues

1961

As Art Direction

The Outrage

1964

As Art Direction

Hud

1963

As Art Direction

The Five Pennies

1959

As Art Direction

Rock-a-Bye Baby

1958

As Art Direction

The Disorderly Orderly

1964

As Art Direction

It's Only Money

1962

As Art Direction

The Geisha Boy

1958

As Art Direction

Artists and Models

1955

As Art Direction

Secret of the Incas

1954

As Art Direction

Pocket Money

1972

As Art Direction

The Pleasure of His Company

1961

As Art Direction

The Brotherhood

1968

As Art Direction

Circle of Iron

1978

As Production Design

The Message

1976

As Production Design

The Grasshopper

1970

As Production Design

The Party Crashers

1958

As Art Direction

The Scarlet Hour

1956

As Art Direction

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