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