Tanie Kitabayashi
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday21 May 1911
Died27 April 2010 (age 98)
Place of birthTokyo, Japan
Known credits169
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 Kinem…
Yomigaeri
2003 · Saki Naito
Letter from the Mountain
2002 · Oume
Rainbow Kids
1991 · Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
Rikyu
1989 · Mother
My Neighbor Totoro
1988 · Granny (voice)
Yamada Village Waltz
1988
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987 · Torah (voice)
The Burmese Harp
1985 · Old Woman
Love: Starting on a Journey
1985
Haze of Love
1985
Dangerous Women
1985 · Mrs. Kinumura
White Snake Enchantment
1983 · Tane
Our Teacher
1983
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
Amagi Pass
1983 · Tea house's old woman
The Legend of Sayo
1982
Suspicion
1982 · Harue Shirakawa
Station
1981 · Masayo Mikami
Call from Darkness
1981 · Sukeno
Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul
1980
Writhing Tongue
1980 · Akira's mother
Gassan
1979
The Three Undelivered Letters
1979
Nomugi Pass
1979
Never Give Up
1978 · Kiyo Matsushita
The Incident
1978 · Kane Shinozaki
Proof of the Man
1977
The Wild Daisy
1977 · Tamiko's Grandmother
The Possessed
1976
The Sea of Eden
1976
Kobayashi Takiji
1974
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
1972 · Moko's mother
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
1972
My Voiceless Friends
1972
Umarekawatta Tamegorō
1972 · Uma Ōnuma
Price of Life
1971 · Tome
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion
1971
Patience Has An End
1971
A Woman Called En
1971
Mayuko hitori
1971 · 加野のぶ
Pure Land, Poisoned Sea
1970 · Goze / Narrator (voice)
おくさまは18歳
1970 · Asuka's grandmother
The Little Hero
1970
Oh, My Comrade!
1970 · Harumi
Terror in the Streets
1970 · Shino
River Without a Bridge Part 2
1970
Apart from Life
1970 · Matsuko Fukuji
Heat Wave Island
1969
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