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Roland Anderson

1903 – 1989

American movie art director

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Lived 1903 – 1989 (aged 85). Roland Anderson was an American scenographer and art director.

Roland Anderson (November 18, 1903 – October 29, 1989) was an American movie art director. He received 15 Academy Award nominations but never won an Oscar. Anderson's first Oscar nomination was for his first film in 1933, A Farewell to Arms. A frequent collaborator with Cecil B. DeMille, he worked on Cleopatra, The Buccaneer (1938) and North West Mounted Police (1940), as well as such other classics as Holiday Inn (1942), Road to Utopia (1946), Son of Paleface (1952) and Will Penny (1967).

Those 15 nominations were for: A Farewell to Arms (1933) The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) Souls at Sea (1937) North West Mounted Police (1940) Take a Letter Darling (1942) Reap the Wild Wind (1942) Love Letters (1945) Carrie (1952) The Country Girl (1954) Red Garters (1954) It Started in Naples (1960) Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962) Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) Come Blow Your Horn (1963)

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Who was Roland Anderson?

American movie art director (1903-1989)

When was Roland Anderson born?

Roland Anderson was born on 18 November 1903 in Boston.

When did Roland Anderson die?

Roland Anderson died on 29 October 1989 in Los Angeles.

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Roland Anderson was a scenographer and art director.

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Roland Anderson was American.

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