Tanie Kitabayashi
Known for Acting · 158 credits
- Born
- 1911-05-21
- Died
- 2010-04-27
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- Таниэ Китабаяси · 北村谷栄 · 北林 谷栄
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
TV Shows (2)
Movies (156)
My Neighbor Totoro
1988
as Granny (voice)
Scandal
1950
as Yasu Hiruta
Proof of the Man
1977
The Insect Woman
1963
as Madam
The Burmese Harp
1956
White Snake Enchantment
1983
as Tane
Never Give Up
1978
as Kiyo Matsushita
Amagi Pass
1983
as Tea house's old woman
Love: Starting on a Journey
1985
The Sands of Kurobe
1968
Station
1981
as Masayo Mikami
Buddha
1961
as Sumi
Letter from the Mountain
2002
as Oume
Rikyu
1989
as Mother
Nomugi Pass
1979
Wrath of Daimajin
1966
as Old Woman Kane
Intentions of Murder
1964
as Kinu Takahashi
Odd Obsession
1959
as Hana
Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965
as Hayashida's mother
The Wolves
1955
Only on Mondays
1964
as Yuka's mother
My Second Brother
1959
The Incident
1978
as Kane Shinozaki
Yomigaeri
2003
as Saki Naito
Children of Hiroshima
1952
as Otoyo
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987
as Torah (voice)
A Japanese Tragedy
1953
as Ichizo's wife
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
as Doctor
My Voiceless Friends
1972
Hole in One
1957
as Suga Akabane
A Billionaire
1954
Patience Has An End
1971
Gazing at Love and Death
1964
Darkness at Noon
1956
as Satoe Miyazaki
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
Call from Darkness
1981
as Sukeno
The Start of Life
1965
as Tomi Ishiguro
A Chain of Islands
1965
as Kikuko Sasaki
The Sun's Burial
1960
as Chika
The Burmese Harp
1985
as Old Woman
The Three Undelivered Letters
1979
Suspicion
1982
as Harue Shirakawa
Bad Girl
1963
Beyond the Green Hills
1963
as Shiraki, Teacher
The Third Will
1963
as Kimie
Stakeout
1958
Conflagration
1958
as Aki, Goichi's mother
The Possessed
1976
Foundry Town
1962
as Ume
Asu no hanayome
1962
How Sorrowful
1956
Terror in the Streets
1970
as Shino
Bonchi
1960
White Beast
1950
The Heart
1955
as Hioki's mother
Rainbow Kids
1991
as Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
Actress
1956
Musume no boken
1958
The Human Wall
1959
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
The Human Bullet
1968
The Motherless
1955
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Thousand Cranes
1969
as Toyo
A Story from Echigo
1964
The Final Winner?
1968
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
Slave Factory
1968
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
Price of Life
1971
as Tome
A Woman Called En
1971
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
Writhing Tongue
1980
as Akira's mother
Tomoshibi
1954
Nippon no obaachan
1962
as Kumi
Heat Wave Island
1969
Song of Love
1967
as Orin
Ghost Story of Youth
1955
as Nanny at Okumura's
The Young and Bad
1962
Kobayashi Takiji
1974
The Shadow of Fear
1956
The Sea of Eden
1976
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
as Grandma Shigeko
Red Bud and White Flower
1962
Love is Lost
1956
as Nobuyo
A Hole of My Own Making
1955
Koibito
1951
as Mrs. Saeki
The Maid's Kid
1955
限りなき情熱
1951
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954
as Tetsu Ishida
Marriageable Age
1961
Apart from Life
1970
as Matsuko Fukuji
Shiawase wa doko ni
1956
as Kane
Our Town
1956
as Otaka
Chance Meeting
1958
as Tetsu Koyanagi
Yokubo
1953
The Bitch
1951
as Tami
Journey to the North
1967
as Hana Kanai
The Grave Tells All
1960
Children of Izu
1962
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
Farewell to Spring
1952
as Old woman
Before Dawn
1953
as Ofuki
Oh, My Comrade!
1970
as Harumi
Our Teacher
1983
Miniature
1953
Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937
The Dawn of Judo
1955
Haze of Love
1985
Welcome, My Baby
1964
as Yuki Nishizaka
Gassan
1979
Ningen Gari
1962
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953
as Ohana
男の哀愁
1951
Dolls floating down the river
1962
as Fuku
All My Children
1963
as Fusakichi's mother
Become a Mother, Become a Woman
1952
as Hide
Victory or Defeat
1954
A Windmill, Tulips and Love
1966
About Tanie Kitabayashi
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… With 158 credits spanning from 1937 to 2003, Tanie Kitabayashi has appeared in 156 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Tanie Kitabayashi Movies
- My Neighbor Totoro (1988) — as Granny (voice)
- Scandal (1950) — as Yasu Hiruta
- Proof of the Man (1977)
- The Insect Woman (1963) — as Madam
- The Burmese Harp (1956)
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