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'''TonySamuel Anthony Tenser''' (10 August 1920 &ndash; 5 December 2007)<ref name="Gaughan">Gavin Gaughan [http://www.timesonlinetheguardian.co.ukcom/tolculture/comment2008/obituariesmar/article3059507.ece13/2 "Obituary,: Tony Tenser"], ''The TimesGuardian'', 1713 DecemberMarch 20072008</ref> was an [[England|English]]-born film producer of [[Lithuanian Jews|Lithuanian-Jewish]] descent. He began as the producer of [[Exploitation film]]s, but did eventually enter the mainstream.

==Life and career==

Raised in a tenement in [[Shoreditch]], with the family doing peacework for local tailors, Tenser was one of seven children.<ref name="Sweet">Matthew Sweet [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-lost-worlds-of-british-cinema-the-horror-525200.html "The lost worlds of British cinema: The horror"], ''The Independent'', 29 January 2006</ref> He became a trainee manager for the [[ABC Cinemas]] circuit after the second world war. Tenser claimed he coined the term "sex kitten" for the French movie star [[Brigitte Bardot]] when he brought her to London for publicity purposes.<ref name="Sweet"/><ref name="Gaughan">Gavin Gaughan [http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2008/mar/13/2 "Obituary: Tony Tenser"], ''The Guardian'', 13 March 2008</ref>

In 1960, with business partner [[Michael Klinger]], he opened the Compton Cinema Club, a private members club. Initially the distributors of foreign films, they diversified into production in partnership with the owners of the Cameo chain of cinema, and founded Compton Cameo Films. The first film of the new company was ''[[Naked as Nature Intended]]'' (1961), a nudist film