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Tanie Kitabayashi
Actor
Born May 21, 1911Died April 27, 2010 (98 years)
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
Filmography
| 2002 | Yomigaeri · as Saki Naito |
| 2002 | Letter from the Mountain · as Oume |
| 1991 | Dai yûkai · as Mrs. Toshiko 'toji' Yanagawa |
| 1989 | Rikyu · as Mother |
| 1988 | My Neighbor Totoro · as Granny (voice) |
| 1988 | |
| 1987 | Twilight of the Cockroaches · as Torah (voice) |
| 1985 | The Burmese Harp · as Old Woman |
| 1983 | White Snake Enchantment · as Tane |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | Amagi Pass · as Tea House's Old Woman |
| 1982 | Suspicion · as Harue Shirakawa |
| 1981 | Station · as Masayo Mikami |
| 1981 | Call from Darkness · as Sukeno |
| 1980 | Furueru shita · as Akira's Mother |
| 1979 | |
| 1979 | |
| 1978 | Never Give Up · as Kiyo Matsushita |
| 1978 | The Incident · as Kane Shinozaki |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | Nogiku no haka · as Tamiko's Grandmother |
| 1976 | |
| 1974 | Zatoichi (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1974 | The Family · as Shuko Sahashi - First Lady |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Yomigaeru daichi · as Toyo |
| 1970 | おくさまは18歳 (TV Series) · as Asuka's Grandmother |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | Terror in the Streets · as Shino |
| 1970 | Apart from Life · as Matsuko Fukuji |
| 1969 | Thousand Cranes · as Toyo |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | Musume no kisetsu · as Old Hag |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | Song of Love · as Orin |
| 1967 | Kitaguni no ryojô · as Hana Kanai |
| 1966 | Wrath of Daimajin · as Old Woman Kane |
| 1965 | Gun Dog · as Cast |
| 1965 | A Chain of Islands · as Kikuko Sasaki |
| 1965 | Tale of Japanese Burglars · as Hayashida's Mother |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | Intentions of Murder · as Kinu Takahashi |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | Only on Mondays · as Yuka's Mother |
| 1964 | Kon'nichiwa akachan · as Yuki Nishizaka |
| 1963 | The Insect Woman · as Madam |
| 1963 | Family of Women · as Kimie |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | All My Children · as Fusakichi's Mother |
| 1963 | Aoi sanmyaku · as Shiraki, Teacher |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Foundry Town · as Ume |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | Buddha · as Sumi |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | The Sun's Burial · as Chika |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Ajisai no uta · as Motoko |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Key · as Hana |
| 1959 | Sono kabe o kudake · as Cast |
| 1959 | Kiku to Isamu · as Grandma Shigeko |
| 1958 | Conflagration · as Aki, Goichi's Mother |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Yûrakuchô de aimashô · as Tetsu Koyanagi |
| 1957 | The Hole · as Suga Akabane |
| 1956 | Summer Storm · as Mitsu Asai |
| 1956 | |
| 1956 | Our Town · as Otaka |
| 1956 | Hana no unga · as Cast |
| 1956 | Darkness at Noon · as Satoe Miyazaki |
| 1956 | Jigoku no hatoba · as Cast |
| 1956 | |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | The Heart · as Hioki's Mother |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | Ghost Story of Youth · as Nanny At Okumura's |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | Tôkyô no sora no shita ni wa · as Cast |
| 1954 | Dorodarake no seishun · as Shigeki's Mother |
| 1954 | Kakute yume ari · as Ritsu |
| 1953 | Jûdai no yûwaku · as Cast |
| 1953 | A Japanese Tragedy · as Ichizo's Wife |
| 1953 | |
| 1952 | Children of Hiroshima · as Otoyo |
| 1951 | Mesu inu · as Tami |
| 1951 | Koibito · as Mrs. Saeki |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | Scandal · as Yasu Hiruta |
| 1937 |