Tanie Kitabayashi
Acting
Born May 21, 1911 · 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 Kinem…
Known For · 40 titles
My Neighbor Totoro
Mayuko hitori
おくさまは18歳
Blind Devotion
Summer Storm
Before Dawn
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
Beauty and the Thief
River Without a Bridge Part 2
The Shadow of Fear
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
White Snake Enchantment
Proof of the Man
Station
Amagi Pass
Love: Starting on a Journey
The Insect Woman
The Burmese Harp
Odd Obsession
Rikyu
Never Give Up
Yakuza sensei
Letter from the Mountain
Scandal
A Story from Echigo
The Human Bullet
Thousand Cranes
Paper Pigeon
Enraptured
A Japanese Tragedy
Wrath of Daimajin
Foundry Town
Intentions of Murder
Buddha
Bad Girl
Call from Darkness
The Incident
Bonchi
My Second Brother