Tanie Kitabayashi

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.

Filmografi

My Neighbor Totoro1988 · Granny (voice)Love: Starting on a Journey1985 · The Burmese Harp1956 · Genroku onna daimyō1960 · Yakuza sensei1960 · Rikyu1989 · MotherStation1981 · Masayo MikamiA Story from Echigo1964 · Inhibited Love1955 · Paper Pigeon1959 · Yuki KashiwabaraKiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan1959 · Grandma ShigekoShinzōyaburi no oka1954 · Before the Dawn1953 · OfukiThe Last Lady1967 · TsuruThe Scarlet Bat1950 · Proof of the Man1977 · Ane to imôto1965 · ItokoOutlaw1953 · Enraptured1961 · Wrath of Daimajin1966 · Old Woman KaneOmoni to shounen1958 · Beauty and the Thief1952 · Mrs. InokumaWhite Snake Enchantment1983 · TaneMy Son's Revolt1958 ·