Tanie Kitabayashi
Acting·May 21, 1911·† April 27, 2010 — 98 years old·Tokyo, Japan
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
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2003YomigaeriSaki Naito2002Letter from the MountainOume1991Rainbow KidsMrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa1989RikyuMother1988My Neighbor TotoroGranny (voice)1988Yamada Village Waltz1987Twilight of the CockroachesTorah (voice)1985The Burmese HarpOld Woman1985Love: Starting on a Journey1985Haze of Love1985Dangerous WomenMrs. Kinumura1983White Snake EnchantmentTane1983Our Teacher1983Tora-san's Song of Love1983Amagi PassTea house's old woman1982SuspicionHarue Shirakawa1981StationMasayo Mikami1981Call from DarknessSukeno1980Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul1980Writhing TongueAkira's mother1979Gassan1979The Three Undelivered Letters1979Nomugi Pass1978Never Give UpKiyo Matsushita1978The IncidentKane Shinozaki1977Proof of the Man1977The Wild DaisyTamiko's Grandmother1976The Possessed1976The Sea of Eden1974Kobayashi Takiji1972Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatteMoko's mother1972Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here1972My Voiceless Friends1972Umarekawatta TamegorōUma Ōnuma1971Price of LifeTome1971Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion1971Patience Has An End1971A Woman Called En1971Mayuko hitoriTV加野のぶ1970Pure Land, Poisoned SeaGoze / Narrator (voice)1970おくさまは18歳TVAsuka's grandmother1970The Little Hero1970Oh, My Comrade!Harumi1970Terror in the StreetsShino1970River Without a Bridge Part 21970Apart from LifeMatsuko Fukuji1969Heat Wave Island1969Thousand CranesToyo1969River Without a Bridge1968The Human BulletBookstore Owner's Wife1968The Final Winner?1968The Sands of Kurobe1968Slave Factory1967The Last LadyTsuru1967The Greatest Challenge of All1967Song of LoveOrin1967Journey to the NorthHana Kanai1966Wrath of DaimajinOld Woman Kane1966A Windmill, Tulips and Love1966She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum1965Blood and Sea1965A Chain of IslandsKikuko Sasaki1965Tale of Japanese BurglarsHayashida's mother1965The Start of LifeTomi Ishiguro1964Gazing at Love and Death1964Intentions of MurderKinu Takahashi1964A Story from Echigo1964The Long Death1964Only on MondaysYuka's mother1964Welcome, My BabyYuki Nishizaka1963Daybreak ChorusOld Woman1963The Insect WomanMadam1963The Third WillKimie1963Bad Girl1963All My ChildrenFusakichi's mother1963Beyond the Green HillsShiraki, Teacher1962Children of Izu1962Ashita au hito1962Asu no hanayome1962The Young and Bad1962Red Bud and White Flower1962Foundry TownUme1962Dolls floating down the riverFuku1962Ningen Gari1962Nippon no obaachanKumi1961BuddhaSumi1961A Good Man, A Good Day1961Enraptured1961The Famous Wanderer1961小父さんありがとう1961Blind DevotionSaoko1961Shokei zen'ya1961Marriageable Age1960Yakuza sensei1960The Sun's BurialChika1960Bonchi1960The Grave Tells All1959My Second Brother1959The Human Wall1959Odd ObsessionHana1959Paper PigeonYuki Kashiwabara1959Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in JapanGrandma Shigeko1958Musume no boken1958ConflagrationAki, Goichi's mother1958Stakeout1958Chance MeetingTetsu Koyanagi1958Omoni to shounen1957But the Flesh is WeakDoctor1957Hole in OneSuga Akabane1956Actress1956Saigo no sentō-ki1956Summer StormMitsu Asai1956The Shadow of Fear1956How Sorrowful1956Our TownOtaka1956Hana no unga1956Shiawase wa doko niKane1956Darkness at NoonSatoe Miyazaki1956Jigoku no hatoba1956Love is LostNobuyo1956The Burmese Harp1955The Motherless1955Policeman's Diary, Part 21955Youth1955The Dawn of Judo1955A Hole of My Own Making1955The HeartHioki's mother1955The Wolves1955The Maid's Kid1955Ghost Story of YouthNanny at Okumura's1955Sisters1954Victory or Defeat1954A Billionaire1954The Valley Between Love and DeathTetsu Ishida1954The Street Without SunAunt of Matsutaro1954Tomoshibi1953Jūdai no yūwaku1953Before DawnOfuki1953A Japanese TragedyIchizo's wife1953Yokubo1953Miniature1953A Lonely Woman in a Lonely LandOhana1953Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu1952Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu1952Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha toAunt Otora1952Muntinlupa no yo wa fuketeFusako Kawai1952Beauty and the ThiefMrs. Inokuma1952Children of HiroshimaOtoyo1952Farewell to SpringOld woman1952Become a Mother, Become a WomanHide1951The BitchTami1951限りなき情熱1951男の哀愁1951KoibitoMrs. Saeki1950Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom1950Les Miserables I: God and the Devil1950White Beast1950ScandalYasu Hiruta1949Koga Manshion1937Learn from Experience, Part Two