Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

b. 1911 — d. 2010 (aged 99) Tokyo, Japan

Actress

Tanie Kitabayashi (北林谷栄, Kitabayashi Tanie, May 21, 1911 – April 27, 2010) was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Born Reiko Ando in Tokyo, she began as a stage actress. Early in her career, she became well known for portraying older women. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the famed Mingei Theatre, founded in 1950. In 1960, she won best actress awards at the 10th Blue Ribbon Awards and at the Mainichi Film Awards for Kiku to Isamu. She also won the Japan Academy Prize for best actress in Rainbow Kids (1991), a film that also earned her honors from the Mainichi Film Awards and from Kinema Junpo. She died on April 27, 2010, of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. She was 98.

Known For

My Neighbor Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro

Dai yûkai

Kiku to Isamu

Letter from the Mountain

Letter from the Mountain

Filmography

Letter from the Mountain

Letter from the Mountain

Rikyu

My Neighbor Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro

The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp

Dangerous Women

Tora-san's Song of Love

Tora-san's Song of Love

White Snake Enchantment

White Snake Enchantment

Sensei the Teacher

Sensei the Teacher

Call from Darkness

Furueru shita

The Incident

Oyomeni yukimasu

Branch School Diary

Nogiku no haka

The Possessed

Life of a Communist Writer

Ôgon Batto ga yattekuru

Umarekawatta Tamegorô

Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

Gorotsuki mushuku

Gorotsuki mushuku

En toiu onna

Kigeki: Inochi no nedan

Apart from Life

Apart from Life

Terror in the Streets

Terror in the Streets

River Without a Bridge: Part 2

The Little Hero

Kigeki aa gunka

Kigeki aa gunka

Okusama wa 18 sai

Thousand Cranes

Thousand Cranes

Heat Wave Island

Heat Wave Island

River Without a Bridge

River Without a Bridge

The Human Bullet

The Human Bullet

Song of Love

The Greatest Challenge of All

The Greatest Challenge of All

Kitaguni no ryojô

Wrath of Daimajin

Wrath of Daimajin

Pretend Authority

Gun Dog

Shichinin no keiji: Shûchakueki no onna

Miseinen - Zoku cupola no aru machi

Miseinen - Zoku cupola no aru machi

Echigo tsutsuishi oyashirazu

Echigo tsutsuishi oyashirazu

Gazing at Love and Death

Gazing at Love and Death

The Insect Woman

The Insect Woman

Family of Women

Family of Women

All My Children

Akatsuki no gasshô

Foundry Town

Nippon no obaachan

Nippon no obaachan

Red Bud and White Flower

Asu no hanayome

Shirobanba

Man Hunt

A Good Man, a Good Day

A Good Man, a Good Day

The Age of Marriage

The Age of Marriage

Matsukawa-Jiken

Matsukawa-Jiken

Yoru wa ijiwaru

Onna no tsurihashi

Ojisan arigatô

Midaregami

The Sun's Burial

The Sun's Burial

Genroku onna daimyô

The Key

My Second Brother

My Second Brother

Kiku to Isamu

Sono kabe o kudake

Sono kabe o kudake

Ningen no kabe

Conflagration

Yûrakuchô de aimashô

Yûrakuchô de aimashô

Musume no boken

Bitoku no yoromeki

Bitoku no yoromeki

Kunin no shikeishû

Seishun no bôken

Our Town

Summer Storm

Gin shinju

Nerawareta otoko

Nerawareta otoko

Joyu

Jigoku no hatoba

Yoru ake asa ake

Shiawase wa doko ni

Shiawase wa doko ni

The Heart

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