Biography
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
all 151
Movies 149
Voice 3
TV Shows 2
Saki Naito
Resurrection (2003)
Movie
Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
Rainbow Kids (1991)
Movie
Mother
Rikyu (1989)
Movie
Granny (voice)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Movie
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Torah (voice)
Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987)
Movie
Old Woman
The Burmese Harp (1985)
Movie
Mrs. Kinumura
Dangerous Women (1985)
Movie
Tea house's old woman
Amagi (1983)
Movie
Harue Shirakawa
Suspicion (1982)
Movie
Masayo Mikami
Station (1981)
Movie
Akira's mother
Writhing Tongue (1980)
Movie
Kiyo Matsushita
Never Give Up (1978)
Movie
Kane Shinozaki
The Incident (1978)
Movie
Tamiko's Grandmother
The Wild Daisy (1977)
Movie
Moko's mother
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte (1972)
Movie
Goze / Narrator (voice)
Pure Land, Poisoned Sea (1970)
Movie
Asuka's grandmother
おくさまは18歳 (1970)
TV
Harumi
Oh, My Comrade! (1970)
Movie
Matsuko Fukuji
Apart from Life (1970)
Movie
Hana Kanai
Journey to the North (1967)
Movie
Old Woman Kane
Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
Movie
3.6
Actress
Trigger Happy Romeo (1965)
Movie
Kikuko Sasaki
A Chain of Islands (1965)
Movie
Hayashida's mother
Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965)
Movie
Tomi Ishiguro
The Start of Life (1965)
Movie
Kinu Takahashi
Intentions of Murder (1964)
Movie
Yuka's mother
Only on Mondays (1964)
Movie
Yuki Nishizaka
Welcome, My Baby (1964)
Movie
Fusakichi's mother
All My Children (1963)
Movie
Shiraki, Teacher
Beyond the Green Hills (1963)
Movie
Sumi
Buddha (1961)
Movie
Chika, Batasuke's wife
The Sun's Burial (1960)
Movie
Actress
My Second Brother (1959)
Movie
Tamiko Kunugi
Downhill Youth (1959)
Movie
Grandma Shigeko
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan (1959)
Movie
Aki, Goichi's mother
Conflagration (1958)
Movie
Tetsu Koyanagi
Chance Meeting (1958)
Movie
Suga Akabane
Hole in One (1957)
Movie
Mitsu Asai
Summer Storm (1956)
Movie
Otaka
Our Town (1956)
Movie
Satoe Miyazaki
Darkness at Noon (1956)
Movie
Nobuyo
Love is Lost (1956)
Movie
Hioki's mother
The Heart (1955)
Movie
Nanny at Okumura's
Ghost Story of Youth (1955)
Movie
Shige
Sisters (1955)
Movie
Tetsu Ishida
The Valley Between Love and Death (1954)
Movie
Shigeki's mother
Turbid Youth (1954)
Movie
Aunt of Matsutaro
The Street Without Sun (1954)
Movie
Tora, Yuki's mother
Onna no issho (1953)
Movie
Ofuki
Before Dawn (1953)
Movie
Ichizo's wife
A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
Movie
Fusako Kawai
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete (1952)
Movie
Mrs. Inokuma
Beauty and the Thief (1952)
Movie
Old woman
Farewell to Spring (1952)
Movie
Mrs. Saeki
Koibito (1951)
Movie
Yasu Hiruta
Scandal (1950)
Movie
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Information
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1911-05-21
Deathday
2010-04-27 (98 years old)
Birth Name
Reiko Ando
Birth Place
Tokyo, Japan
Citizenships
Empire of Japan, Japan
Also Known As
Таниэ Китабаяси, 北村谷栄, 北林 谷栄
Awards
Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress, Medal with Purple Ribbon
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