About
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
My Neighbor TotoroMovie • 1988
Mayuko hitoriSeries • 1971
RikyuMovie • 1989
The Burmese HarpMovie • 1956
The Insect WomanMovie • 1963
Odd ObsessionMovie • 1959
Proof of the ManMovie • 1977
ScandalMovie • 1950
StakeoutMovie • 1958
ConflagrationMovie • 1958
Intentions of MurderMovie • 1964
Wrath of DaimajinMovie • 1966
Children of HiroshimaMovie • 1952
The Sun's BurialMovie • 1960