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Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Acting

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 Movies

Acting

Poster for Musume no boken
MOVIE
Musume no boken
Poster for My Neighbor Totoro
MOVIE

My Neighbor Totoro

8.1(8.8K)
My Neighbor Totoro
Granny (voice)
Poster for Red Bud and White Flower
MOVIE

Red Bud and White Flower

7.0(0.0K)
Red Bud and White Flower
Poster for Never Give Up
MOVIE

Never Give Up

6.2(0.0K)
Never Give Up
Kiyo Matsushita
Poster for Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
MOVIE

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Poster for Rikyu
MOVIE

Rikyu

7.5(0.0K)
Rikyu
Mother
Poster for Jūdai no yūwaku
MOVIE

Jūdai no yūwaku

Jūdai no yūwaku
Poster for Dolls floating down the river
MOVIE

Dolls floating down the river

Dolls floating down the river
Fuku
Poster for The Insect Woman
MOVIE

The Insect Woman

7.2(0.1K)
The Insect Woman
Madam
Poster for Koibito
MOVIE

Koibito

6.0(0.0K)
Koibito
Mrs. Saeki

Gallery

Tanie Kitabayashi portrait
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