Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1911-05-21
- Day of Death2010-04-27 (98 years)
- Place of BirthTokyo, Japan
- Also Known AsТаниэ Китабаяси北村谷栄北林 谷栄
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2003
Resurrection
As: Saki Naito
- 2002
Letter from the Mountain
As: Oume
- 1991
Rainbow Kids
As: Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
- 1989
Rikyu
As: Mother
- 1988
My Neighbor Totoro
As: Granny (voice)
- 1987
Twilight of the Cockroaches
As: Torah (voice)
- 1985
The Burmese Harp
As: Old Woman
- 1985
Dangerous Women
As: Mrs. Kinumura
1983White Snake Enchantment
As: Tane
1983Amagi Pass
As: Tea house's old woman
1982Suspicion
As: Harue Shirakawa
1981Station
As: Masayo Mikami
1981Call from Darkness
As: Sukeno
1980Writhing Tongue
As: Akira's mother
1978Never Give Up
As: Kiyo Matsushita
1978The Incident
As: Kane Shinozaki
1977The Wild Daisy
As: Tamiko's Grandmother
1972Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
As: Moko's mother
1971Price of Life
As: Tome
1971Mayuko hitori
As: 加野のぶ
1970Pure Land, Poisoned Sea
As: Goze / Narrator (voice)
1970おくさまは18歳
As: Asuka's grandmother
1970Oh, My Comrade!
As: Harumi
1970Terror in the Streets
As: Shino
1970Apart from Life
As: Matsuko Fukuji
1969Thousand Cranes
As: Toyo
1967Song of Love
As: Orin
1967Journey to the North
As: Hana Kanai
1966Wrath of Daimajin
As: Old Woman Kane
1965A Chain of Islands
As: Kikuko Sasaki
1965Tale of Japanese Burglars
As: Hayashida's mother
1965The Start of Life
As: Tomi Ishiguro
- 1964
Intentions of Murder
As: Kinu Takahashi
1964Only on Mondays
As: Yuka's mother
1964Welcome, My Baby
As: Yuki Nishizaka
1963Daybreak Chorus
As: Old Woman
- 1963
The Insect Woman
As: Madam
1963The Third Will
As: Kimie
1963All My Children
As: Fusakichi's mother
1963Beyond the Green Hills
As: Shiraki, Teacher
1962Foundry Town
As: Ume
1962Dolls floating down the river
As: Fuku
1962Nippon no obaachan
As: Kumi
1961Buddha
As: Sumi
1961Blind Devotion
As: Saoko
1960The Sun's Burial
As: Chika
1959Odd Obsession
As: Hana
1959Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
As: Grandma Shigeko
1958Conflagration
As: Aki, Goichi's mother
1958Chance Meeting
As: Tetsu Koyanagi
1957But the Flesh is Weak
As: Doctor
1957Hole in One
As: Suga Akabane
1956Summer Storm
As: Mitsu Asai
1956Our Town
As: Otaka
1956Shiawase wa doko ni
As: Kane
1956Darkness at Noon
As: Satoe Miyazaki
1956Love is Lost
As: Nobuyo
1955The Heart
As: Hioki's mother
1955Ghost Story of Youth
As: Nanny at Okumura's
1954The Valley Between Love and Death
As: Tetsu Ishida
1954The Street Without Sun
As: Aunt of Matsutaro
1953Before Dawn
As: Ofuki
1953A Japanese Tragedy
As: Ichizo's wife
1953A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
As: Ohana
1952Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
As: Fusako Kawai
1952Beauty and the Thief
As: Mrs. Inokuma
1952Children of Hiroshima
As: Otoyo
1952Farewell to Spring
As: Old woman
1952Become a Mother, Become a Woman
As: Hide
1951The Bitch
As: Tami
1951Koibito
As: Mrs. Saeki
- 1950
Scandal
As: Yasu Hiruta