Tanie Kitabayashi
Acting
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
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movieYomigaeri
2003
Saki Naito
movieRainbow Kids
1991
Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
movieRikyu
1989
Mother
movieMy Neighbor Totoro
1988
Granny (voice)
movieTwilight of the Cockroaches
1987
Torah (voice)
movieThe Burmese Harp
1985
Old Woman
movieDangerous Women
1985
Mrs. Kinumura
movieAmagi Pass
1983
Tea house's old woman
movieSuspicion
1982
Harue Shirakawa
movieStation
1981
Masayo Mikami
movieWrithing Tongue
1980
Akira's mother
movieNever Give Up
1978
Kiyo Matsushita
movieThe Incident
1978
Kane Shinozaki
movieThe Wild Daisy
1977
Tamiko's Grandmother
movieMusume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
1972
Moko's mother
movieUmarekawatta Tamegorō
1972
Uma Ōnuma
moviePure Land, Poisoned Sea
1970
Goze / Narrator (voice)
tvおくさまは18歳
1970
Asuka's grandmother
movieOh, My Comrade!
1970
Harumi
movieApart from Life
1970
Matsuko Fukuji
movieThe Human Bullet
1968
Bookstore Owner's Wife
movieJourney to the North
1967
Hana Kanai
movieWrath of Daimajin
1966
Old Woman Kane
movieA Chain of Islands
1965
Kikuko Sasaki
movieTale of Japanese Burglars
1965
Hayashida's mother
movieThe Start of Life
1965
Tomi Ishiguro
movieIntentions of Murder
1964
Kinu Takahashi
movieOnly on Mondays
1964
Yuka's mother
movieWelcome, My Baby
1964
Yuki Nishizaka
movieDaybreak Chorus
1963
Old Woman
movieAll My Children
1963
Fusakichi's mother
movieBeyond the Green Hills
1963
Shiraki, Teacher
movieBuddha
1961
Sumi
moviePaper Pigeon
1959
Yuki Kashiwabara
movieKiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
Grandma Shigeko
movieConflagration
1958
Aki, Goichi's mother
movieChance Meeting
1958
Tetsu Koyanagi
movieHole in One
1957
Suga Akabane
movieSummer Storm
1956
Mitsu Asai
movieOur Town
1956
Otaka
movieDarkness at Noon
1956
Satoe Miyazaki
movieLove is Lost
1956
Nobuyo
movieThe Heart
1955
Hioki's mother
movieGhost Story of Youth
1955
Nanny at Okumura's
movieThe Valley Between Love and Death
1954
Tetsu Ishida
movieThe Street Without Sun
1954
Aunt of Matsutaro
movieBefore Dawn
1953
Ofuki
movieA Japanese Tragedy
1953
Ichizo's wife
movieMuntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952
Fusako Kawai
movieBeauty and the Thief
1952
Mrs. Inokuma
movieFarewell to Spring
1952
Old woman
movieKoibito
1951
Mrs. Saeki
movieScandal
1950
Yasu Hiruta
