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Tanie Kitabayashi

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1911-05-21

Day of Death

2010-04-27

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Tanie Kitabayashi

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 (153)

⭐ 6.0 Role: Saki Naito

Yomigaeri

2003
⭐ 8.2 Role: Oume

Letter from the Mountain

2002
⭐ 6.6 Role: Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa

Rainbow Kids

1991
⭐ 7.5 Role: Mother

Rikyu

1989
⭐ 8.1 Role: Granny (voice)

My Neighbor Totoro

1988
⭐ 10.0 Role: Unknown

Yamada Village Waltz

1988
⭐ 6.2 Role: Torah (voice)

Twilight of the Cockroaches

1987
⭐ 5.9 Role: Old Woman

The Burmese Harp

1985
⭐ 4.7 Role: Unknown

Love: Starting on a Journey

1985
No Image
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Haze of Love

1985
⭐ 0 Role: Mrs. Kinumura

Dangerous Women

1985
⭐ 5.5 Role: Tane

White Snake Enchantment

1983
⭐ 8.0 Role: Unknown

Our Teacher

1983
⭐ 8.3 Role: Unknown

Tora-san's Song of Love

1983
⭐ 6.4 Role: Tea house's old woman

Amagi Pass

1983