Toots Thielemans(1922-2016)

Music Department
Composer
Actor

Toots Thielemans in Christmas in Paris (2008)

Toots Thielemans was born on 29 April 1922 in Brussels, Belgium. He was a composer and actor, known for The Getaway (1972), French Kiss (1995) and Midnight Cowboy (1969). He was married to Huguette Tuytschaever and Netty de Greef. He died on 22 August 2016 in Brussels, Belgium.

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

Photos7

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Known for

The Getaway

7.3

Music Department

1972

French Kiss

6.6

Music Department

1995

Midnight Cowboy

7.8

Music Department(as Jean 'Toots' Thielemans)

1969

Arthur

6.9

Music Department

1981

Credits

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Music Department

Baantjer
7.2
TV Series
- musician: mouth organ
- soloist
- 1995–2006
Witse
6.7
TV Series
- musician: harmonica solo
- 2004–2012
Tom & Thomas
6.6
- musician: harmonica soloist (as Jean 'Toots' Thielemans)
- 2002
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
5.8
- musician: harmonica
- 1998
Hard Rain
5.9
- musician: harmonica solo
- 1998
French Kiss
6.6
- musician: harmonica solo
- 1995
Intersection
5.4
- musician: harmonica performances
- 1994
Sesame Street
8.1
TV Series
- musician: harmonica solo
- 1969–1992
Fried Green Tomatoes
7.7
- musician: harmonica solo (uncredited)
- 1991
Funny About Love
4.9
- musician: harmonica performances
- 1990
Manon of the Spring
8.0
- musician: harmonica solo
- 1986
Jean de Florette
8.1
- musician: harmonica solo
- 1986
As Summers Die
6.1
TV Movie
- harmonica
- 1986
L'homme aux yeux d'argent
5.3
- musician: harmonica
- 1985
One Woman or Two
4.9
- musician: solo harmonica
- 1985

Composer

Store danskere
6.9
TV Series
- Composer (as Toots Thielmans)
- 2005
Salutations distinguées
Short
- Composer
- 1994
Falstaff on the Moon
Short
- Composer
- 1993
The Little Blonde Dead
6.7
- Composer
- 1993
Der kleine Staatsanwalt
6.1
- Composer
- 1987
One Woman or Two
4.9
- Composer
- 1985
Yasha
6.8
- Composer
- 1985
Zware jongens
5.7
- Composer
- 1984
Johnny Larsen
6.7
- Composer
- 1979
Camping
7.2
- Composer
- 1978
De dwaze lotgevallen van Sherlock Jones
3.7
- Composer (as Jean 'Toots' Thielemans)
- 1975
Dunderklumpen!
6.9
- Composer
- 1974
Together
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1969
En gång i Stockholm
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1963

Actor

Personal details

Official site
- official website
Alternative names
- 'Toots' Thielemans
Born
- April 29, 1922
- Brussels, Belgium
Died
- August 22, 2016
- Brussels, Belgium(undisclosed)
Spouses
Other works
Played harmonica on Billy Joel's "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" (1984).