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| name = Tambi Larsen
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1914|9|11}}
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2001|3|24|1914|9|11}}
| death_place = [[Hollywood, California]], [[United States]]
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| occupation = [[Art director#In film|Art director]]
| yearsactive = 1954–1980
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'''Tambi Larsen''' (11 September 1914 – 24 March 2001) was a [[Denmark|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 [[Art director#In film|Assistant Art Director]]. His first official job was on 1953's ''The Secret of the Incas''. Two years after that debut, he won an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for ''[[The Rose Tattoo (film)|The Rose Tattoo]]''. He was also nominated for ''[[Hud (1963 film)|Hud]]'', ''[[The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (film)|The Spy Who Came in from the Cold]]'', ''[[The Molly Maguires]]'', and ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]'',<ref name="IMDb.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0488910/awards |title=IMDb.com: Tambi Larsen - Awards |access-date=2008-12-21|work=IMDb.com}}</ref> 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.

During a time-out from Hollywood while he designed a movie about [[Father Damien]], Larsen began visiting [[Hawaii]]. He and his wife bought a home in [[Kauai]], in 1961. Over the years, he explored the island, taking snapshots which he then drew with colored pencils. He called his exhibits "100 Entertainments." The Kauai Historical Society is preparing to publish a book of his 100 drawings.

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==External links==
*{{IMDB name|0488910}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110222045036/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/98788/Tambi-Larsen Tambi Larsen at New York Times]

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