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.
Known For
Acting
1958
as
1988
asGranny (voice)
1962
as
1978
asKiyo Matsushita
1952
as
1989
asMother
1953
as
1962
asFuku
1963
asMadam
1951
asMrs. Saeki
1952
asMrs. Inokuma
1952
asOld woman
1962
asUme
1953
asIchizo's wife
2003
asSaki Naito
1950
as
1952
asOtoyo
1958
asAki, Goichi's mother
1968
as
1970
asMatsuko Fukuji
1963
asFusakichi's mother
1964
asYuka's mother
2002
asOume
1981
asMasayo Mikami
1955
asHioki's mother
1957
asSuga Akabane
1965
as
1954
as
1970
as
1980
asAkira's mother
1979
as
1971
as
1967
as
1977
asTamiko's Grandmother
1960
as
1956
as
1962
as
1953
asOhana
1962
as
1951
as
1955
as
1968
as
1974
as
1950
as1950
as
1966
asOld Woman Kane
1967
asHana Kanai
1951
as
1969
as
1950
asYasu Hiruta
1970
asGoze / Narrator (voice)
1971
as
1960
asChika, Batasuke's wife
1969
as
1983
asTane
1961
asSumi
1968
as
1972
as
1985
asOld Woman
1991
asMrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
1976
as
1956
as1952
asAunt Otora
1956
asOtaka
1955
as1970
as1955
as
1964
as
1953
asOfuki
1965
asHayashida's mother
1963
asShiraki, Teacher
1958
as
1959
asHana
1981
asSukeno
1959
as1966
as
1985
as1961
as
1955
as
1959
asGrandma Shigeko
1964
as
1955
as
1971
as
1963
as
1983
asTea house's old woman
1954
asAunt of Matsutaro
1983
as
1952
asFusako Kawai
1964
asYuki Nishizaka
1968
as
1982
asHarue Shirakawa
1961
asSaoko
1970
asShino
1976
as1985
as
1956
asSatoe Miyazaki
1956
as
1987
asTorah (voice)
1956
asNobuyo
1958
asTetsu Koyanagi
1965
asTomi Ishiguro
1957
asDoctor
1970
asHarumi
1961
as
1956
as
1962
asKumi
1964
asKinu Takahashi
1951
asTami
1965
asKikuko Sasaki
1956
asMitsu Asai
1937
as
1962
as
1962
as
1979
as
1964
as
1977
as
1953
as
1956
asKane
1963
asKimie
1969
asToyo
1962
as
1972
asMoko's mother
1972
as
1983
as
1979
as
1952
asHide
1967
asOrin
1953
as
1954
as
1955
as
1961
as
1971
asTome
1956
as
1956
as
1985
asMrs. Kinumura
1954
asTetsu Ishida
1955
asNanny at Okumura's
1953
as
1961
as
1960
as
1954
as
asAsuka's grandmother
as加野のぶ
Production
Crew
Directing
