Tanie Kitabayashi
Known for Acting · 161 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 (159)
My Neighbor Totoro
1988
as Granny (voice)
Summer Storm
1956
as Mitsu Asai
Blind Devotion
1961
as Saoko
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
as Grandma Shigeko
Beauty and the Thief
1952
as Mrs. Inokuma
The Shadow of Fear
1956
River Without a Bridge Part 2
1970
Before Dawn
1953
as Ofuki
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
1972
as Moko's mother
Love: Starting on a Journey
1985
The Burmese Harp
1956
Station
1981
as Masayo Mikami
White Snake Enchantment
1983
as Tane
Rikyu
1989
as Mother
Youth
1955
Yakuza sensei
1960
Enraptured
1961
A Story from Echigo
1964
Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul
1980
The Insect Woman
1963
as Madam
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987
as Torah (voice)
小父さんありがとう
1961
Koga Manshion
1949
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
The Last Lady
1967
as Tsuru
Amagi Pass
1983
as Tea house's old woman
Hana no unga
1956
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1966
Conflagration
1958
as Aki, Goichi's mother
Proof of the Man
1977
Paper Pigeon
1959
as Yuki Kashiwabara
Scandal
1950
as Yasu Hiruta
My Second Brother
1959
Odd Obsession
1959
as Hana
Intentions of Murder
1964
as Kinu Takahashi
Omoni to shounen
1958
Children of Hiroshima
1952
as Otoyo
The Human Bullet
1968
as Bookstore Owner's Wife
Heat Wave Island
1969
Only on Mondays
1964
as Yuka's mother
The Sun's Burial
1960
as Chika
Umarekawatta Tamegorō
1972
as Uma Ōnuma
Stakeout
1958
Foundry Town
1962
as Ume
The Heart
1955
as Hioki's mother
Yomigaeri
2003
as Saki Naito
A Japanese Tragedy
1953
as Ichizo's wife
The Sands of Kurobe
1968
Suspicion
1982
as Harue Shirakawa
Wrath of Daimajin
1966
as Old Woman Kane
The Street Without Sun
1954
as Aunt of Matsutaro
Letter from the Mountain
2002
as Oume
Never Give Up
1978
as Kiyo Matsushita
A Billionaire
1954
The Incident
1978
as Kane Shinozaki
A Hole of My Own Making
1955
Actress
1956
Apart from Life
1970
as Matsuko Fukuji
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954
as Tetsu Ishida
The Three Undelivered Letters
1979
A Chain of Islands
1965
as Kikuko Sasaki
Darkness at Noon
1956
as Satoe Miyazaki
All My Children
1963
as Fusakichi's mother
Bonchi
1960
Writhing Tongue
1980
as Akira's mother
Nomugi Pass
1979
Call from Darkness
1981
as Sukeno
White Beast
1950
The Wild Daisy
1977
as Tamiko's Grandmother
A Woman Called En
1971
Rainbow Kids
1991
as Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
Dangerous Women
1985
as Mrs. Kinumura
Bad Girl
1963
Song of Love
1967
as Orin
Nippon no obaachan
1962
as Kumi
The Long Death
1964
The Burmese Harp
1985
as Old Woman
Kobayashi Takiji
1974
The Motherless
1955
Miniature
1953
Buddha
1961
as Sumi
Love is Lost
1956
as Nobuyo
Terror in the Streets
1970
as Shino
The Human Wall
1959
Ghost Story of Youth
1955
as Nanny at Okumura's
How Sorrowful
1956
Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965
as Hayashida's mother
Daybreak Chorus
1963
as Old Woman
A Windmill, Tulips and Love
1966
Slave Factory
1968
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
1955
Our Teacher
1983
The Sea of Eden
1976
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Patience Has An End
1971
The Famous Wanderer
1961
The Maid's Kid
1955
Thousand Cranes
1969
as Toyo
My Voiceless Friends
1972
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
Chance Meeting
1958
as Tetsu Koyanagi
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
Our Town
1956
as Otaka
Yamada Village Waltz
1988
The Third Will
1963
as Kimie
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
as Doctor
Asu no hanayome
1962
Shiawase wa doko ni
1956
as Kane
The Possessed
1976
The Young and Bad
1962
限りなき情熱
1951
Haze of Love
1985
The Start of Life
1965
as Tomi Ishiguro
Marriageable Age
1961
Tomoshibi
1954
The Wolves
1955
Gassan
1979
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
1952
as Aunt Otora
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 161 credits spanning from 1937 to 2003, Tanie Kitabayashi has appeared in 159 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Tanie Kitabayashi Movies
- My Neighbor Totoro (1988) — as Granny (voice)
- Summer Storm (1956) — as Mitsu Asai
- Blind Devotion (1961) — as Saoko
- Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan (1959) — as Grandma Shigeko
- Beauty and the Thief (1952) — as Mrs. Inokuma
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