Tanie Kitabayashi

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Tanie Kitabayashi

Acting May 21, 1911

Tokyo, Japan

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…

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My Neighbor Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro

8.1 1988 Movie
Mayuko hitori

Mayuko hitori

1971 TV Show
The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp

7.8 1956 Movie
Scandal

Scandal

6.9 1950 Movie
The Insect Woman

The Insect Woman

7.2 1963 Movie
Intentions of Murder

Intentions of Murder

7.0 1964 Movie
Children of Hiroshima

Children of Hiroshima

7.1 1952 Movie
Rikyu

Rikyu

7.5 1989 Movie
Wrath of Daimajin

Wrath of Daimajin

6.3 1966 Movie
Odd Obsession

Odd Obsession

6.3 1959 Movie
The Sun's Burial

The Sun's Burial

6.5 1960 Movie
おくさまは18歳

おくさまは18歳

1970 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2003
    Yomigaeri

    Movie Saki Naito

  2. 2002
    Letter from the Mountain

    Movie Oume

  3. 1991
    Rainbow Kids

    Movie Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa

  4. 1989
    Rikyu

    Movie Mother

  5. 1988
    My Neighbor Totoro

    Movie Granny (voice)

  6. 1988
    Yamada Village Waltz

    Movie

  7. 1987
    Twilight of the Cockroaches

    Movie Torah (voice)

  8. 1985
    The Burmese Harp

    Movie Old Woman

  9. 1985
    Love: Starting on a Journey

    Movie

  10. 1985
    Haze of Love

    Movie

  11. 1985
    Dangerous Women

    Movie Mrs. Kinumura

  12. 1983
    White Snake Enchantment

    Movie Tane

  13. 1983
    Our Teacher

    Movie

  14. 1983
    Tora-san's Song of Love

    Movie

  15. 1983
    Amagi Pass

    Movie Tea house's old woman

  16. 1982
    The Legend of Sayo

    Movie

More credits
  1. 1982
    Suspicion

    Movie Harue Shirakawa

  2. 1981
    Station

    Movie Masayo Mikami

  3. 1981
    Call from Darkness

    Movie Sukeno

  4. 1980
    Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul

    Movie

  5. 1980
    Writhing Tongue

    Movie Akira's mother

  6. 1979
    Gassan

    Movie

  7. 1979
    The Three Undelivered Letters

    Movie

  8. 1979
    Nomugi Pass

    Movie

  9. 1978
    Never Give Up

    Movie Kiyo Matsushita

  10. 1978
    The Incident

    Movie Kane Shinozaki

  11. 1977
    Proof of the Man

    Movie

  12. 1977
    The Wild Daisy

    Movie Tamiko's Grandmother

  13. 1976
    The Possessed

    Movie

  14. 1976
    The Sea of Eden

    Movie

  15. 1974
    Kobayashi Takiji

    Movie

  16. 1972
    Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

    Movie Moko's mother

  17. 1972
    Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here

    Movie

  18. 1972
    My Voiceless Friends

    Movie

  19. 1972
    Umarekawatta Tamegorō

    Movie Uma Ōnuma

  20. 1971
    Price of Life

    Movie Tome

  21. 1971
    Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion

    Movie

  22. 1971
    Patience Has An End

    Movie

  23. 1971
    A Woman Called En

    Movie

  24. 1971
    Mayuko hitori

    TV show 加野のぶ