Tanie Kitabayashi
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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
Credits
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
as Granny (voice)
Dawn Chorus (1955)
Actor
Inhibited Love (1955)
Actor
Yomigaeri (2003)
as Saki Naito
Rikyu (1989)
as Mother
Station (1981)
as Masayo Mikami
Shinzōyaburi no oka (1954)
Actor
White Snake Enchantment (1983)
as Tane
Outlaw (1953)
Actor
The Burmese Harp (1956)
Actor
Bad Girl (1963)
Actor
Amagi Pass (1983)
as Tea house's old woman
Conflagration (1958)
as Aki, Goichi's mother
Proof of the Man (1977)
Actor
Odd Obsession (1959)
as Hana
The Human Bullet (1968)
as Bookstore Owner's Wife
Scandal (1950)
as Yasu Hiruta
Never Give Up (1978)
as Kiyo Matsushita
The Insect Woman (1963)
as Madam
The Sun's Burial (1960)
as Chika
Love: Starting on a Journey (1985)
Actor
Nomugi Pass (1979)
Actor
Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
as Old Woman Kane
Stakeout (1958)
Actor
The Scarlet Bat (1950)
Actor
Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987)
as Torah (voice)
Miniature (1953)
Actor
Foundry Town (1962)
as Ume
The Incident (1978)
as Kane Shinozaki
A Good Man, A Good Day (1961)
Actor
Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965)
as Hayashida's mother
Rainbow Kids (1991)
as Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
as Ichizo's wife
The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
Actor
A Story from Echigo (1964)
Actor
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan (1959)
as Grandma Shigeko
Only on Mondays (1964)
as Yuka's mother
The Maid's Kid (1955)
Actor
Thousand Cranes (1969)
as Toyo
Before the Dawn (1953)
as Ofuki
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness (1955)
Actor
My Second Brother (1959)
Actor
Children of Hiroshima (1952)
as Otoyo
Intentions of Murder (1964)
as Kinu Takahashi
Ane to imôto (1965)
as Itoko
Heat Wave Island (1969)
Actor
The Wolves (1955)
Actor
The Heart (1955)
as Hioki's mother
The Three Undelivered Letters (1979)
Actor
Letter from the Mountain (2002)
as Oume
Darkness at Noon (1956)
as Satoe Miyazaki
Buddha (1961)
as Sumi
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu (1952)
Actor
Tora-san's Song of Love (1983)
Actor
Bonchi (1960)
Actor
The Greatest Challenge of All (1967)
Actor
Beauty and the Thief (1952)
as Mrs. Inokuma
Suspicion (1982)
as Harue Shirakawa
The Young and Bad (1962)
Actor
River Without a Bridge Part 2 (1970)
Actor
The Shadow of Fear (1956)
Actor
Dangerous Women (1985)
as Mrs. Kinumura
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion (1971)
Actor
Hana no unga (1956)
Actor
Gazing at Love and Death (1964)
Actor
The Valley Between Love and Death (1954)
as Tetsu Ishida
Desire (1953)
Actor
Summer Storm (1956)
as Mitsu Asai
Writhing Tongue (1980)
as Akira's mother
Ningen Gari (1962)
Actor
Youth (1955)
Actor
Blind Devotion (1961)
as Saoko
A Woman Called En (1971)
Actor
Call from Darkness (1981)
as Sukeno
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte (1972)
as Moko's mother
The Burmese Harp (1985)
as Old Woman
Red Bud and White Flower (1962)
Actor
A Billionaire (1954)
Actor
Patience Has An End (1971)
Actor
The Third Will (1963)
as Kimie
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete (1952)
as Fusako Kawai
Journey to the North (1967)
as Hana Kanai
Nippon no obaachan (1962)
as Kumi
Umarekawatta Tamegorō (1972)
as Uma Ōnuma
White Beast (1950)
Actor
Beyond the Green Hills (1963)
as Shiraki, Teacher
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil (1950)
Actor
The Legend of Sayo (1982)
Actor
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land (1953)
as Ohana
But the Flesh is Weak (1957)
as Doctor
Omoni to shounen (1958)
Actor
Policeman's Diary, Part 2 (1955)
Actor
Learn from Experience, Part Two (1937)
Actor
The Human Wall (1959)
Actor
The Sea of Eden (1976)
Actor
Yakuza sensei (1960)
Actor
The Last Lady (1967)
as Tsuru
A Chain of Islands (1965)
as Kikuko Sasaki
A Hole of My Own Making (1955)
Actor
Apart from Life (1970)
as Matsuko Fukuji
Sisters (1955)
Actor
Become a Mother, Become a Woman (1952)
as Hide
How Sorrowful (1956)
Actor
Price of Life (1971)
as Tome
A Windmill, Tulips and Love (1966)
Actor
Enraptured (1961)
Actor
The Bitch (1951)
as Tami
River Without a Bridge (1969)
Actor
The Street Without Sun (1954)
as Aunt of Matsutaro
Ghost Story of Youth (1955)
as Nanny at Okumura's
Haze of Love (1985)
Actor
Song of Love (1967)
as Orin
The Grave Tells All (1960)
Actor
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1966)
Actor
My Voiceless Friends (1972)
Actor
Saigo no sentō-ki (1956)
Actor
Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul (1980)
Actor
Slave Factory (1968)
Actor
Marriageable Age (1961)
Actor
Hole in One (1957)
as Suga Akabane
The Possessed (1976)
Actor
Farewell to Spring (1952)
as Old woman
Love is Lost (1956)
as Nobuyo
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here (1972)
Actor
Actress (1956)
Actor
The Wild Daisy (1977)
as Tamiko's Grandmother
Koibito (1951)
as Mrs. Saeki
The Famous Wanderer (1961)
Actor
The Final Winner? (1968)
Actor
Oh, My Comrade! (1970)
as Harumi
限りなき情熱 (1951)
Actor
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu (1953)
Actor
Trigger Happy Romeo (1965)
Actor
Dolls floating down the river (1962)
as Fuku
Paper Pigeon (1959)
as Yuki Kashiwabara
Chance Meeting (1958)
as Tetsu Koyanagi
Our Teacher (1983)
Actor
The Motherless (1955)
Actor
Our Town (1956)
as Otaka
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to (1952)
as Aunt Otora
The Long Death (1964)
Actor
The Little Hero (1970)
Actor
Welcome, My Baby (1964)
as Yuki Nishizaka
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom (1950)
Actor
Jūdai no yūwaku (1953)
Actor
Terror in the Streets (1970)
as Shino
Children of Izu (1962)
Actor
Tomoshibi (1954)
Actor
Gassan (1979)
Actor
Daybreak Chorus (1963)
as Old Woman
All My Children (1963)
as Fusakichi's mother
Koga Manshion (1949)
Actor
Ashita au hito (1962)
Actor
The Start of Life (1965)
as Tomi Ishiguro
Jigoku no hatoba (1956)
Actor
小父さんありがとう (1961)
Actor
The Dawn of Judo (1955)
Actor
Blood and Sea (1965)
Actor
Musume no boken (1958)
Actor
Kobayashi Takiji (1974)
Actor
Asu no hanayome (1962)
Actor
Shiawase wa doko ni (1956)
as Kane
Yamada Village Waltz (1988)
Actor
Shokei zen'ya (1961)
Actor
男の哀愁 (1951)
Actor
Victory or Defeat (1954)
Actor
Pure Land, Poisoned Sea (1970)
as Goze / Narrator (voice)