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name: "Toby Carr Rafelson"
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roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "15 December 1932"
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updated: "2026-09-16T10:18:20.327984+00:00"
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# Toby Carr Rafelson

Production designer. Born 15 December 1932 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 15 December 1932, Detroit, Michigan, USA

## Biography

Toby Carr Rafelson is an American production designer and art director. She worked on several films in the 1970s and early 1980s, including *Five Easy Pieces* (1970), on which she served as interior designer.

Her production design credits include *The King of Marvin Gardens* (1972), *Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore* (1974), *Stay Hungry* (1976), *I Never Promised You a Rose Garden* (1977), *Goin' South* (1978), *Melvin and Howard* (1980) and *The Border* (1982). She was art director on *Under Fire* (1983). She also appeared as an actress in *Caged Heat* (1974).

Rafelson was married to director Bob Rafelson from 1955 until their divorce in 1977.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Five Easy Pieces* (1970), Fi1m 88, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/five-easy-pieces.md)

## Also known for

- *Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore* (1974), Production Design
- *Under Fire* (1983), Art Direction
- *Goin' South* (1978), Production Design
- *The Border* (1982), Production Design
- *The King of Marvin Gardens* (1972), Production Design, Art Direction
- *Stay Hungry* (1976), Production Design
- *Melvin and Howard* (1980), Production Design
- *I Never Promised You a Rose Garden* (1977), Production Design

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