Tanie Kitabayashi
Acting
Born: 1911-05-21 in Tokyo, Japan
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.
Known For
My Neighbor Totoro
Granny (voice)
Outlaw
Mayuko hitori
加野のぶ
Journey to the North
Hana Kanai
The Shadow of Fear
Umarekawatta Tamegorō
Uma Ōnuma
The Wild Daisy
Tamiko's Grandmother
おくさまは18歳
Asuka's grandmother
Rikyu
Mother
Dangerous Women
Mrs. Kinumura
The Sun's Burial
Chika
The Dawn of Judo
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
Moko's mother
Victory or Defeat
Intentions of Murder
Kinu Takahashi
The Famous Wanderer
The Final Winner?
Blind Devotion
Saoko
Shiawase wa doko ni
Kane
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
The Scarlet Bat
Our Teacher
Welcome, My Baby
Yuki Nishizaka
The Maid's Kid
Jigoku no hatoba
Koibito
Mrs. Saeki
Writhing Tongue
Akira's mother
A Woman Called En
White Snake Enchantment
Tane
The Burmese Harp
Bonchi
The Long Death
Blood and Sea
小父さんありがとう
Wrath of Daimajin
Old Woman Kane
The Last Lady
Tsuru
Call from Darkness
Sukeno
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Grandma Shigeko
Love: Starting on a Journey
