- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 21, 1911
- Place of Birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- April 27, 2010
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 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.
Filmography
movieYomigaeri
2003 · Saki Naito
movieLetter from the Mountain
2002 · Oume
movieRainbow Kids
1991 · Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
movieRikyu
1989 · Mother
movieMy Neighbor Totoro
1988 · Granny (voice)
movieYamada Village Waltz
1988
movieTwilight of the Cockroaches
1987 · Torah (voice)
movieThe Burmese Harp
1985 · Old Woman
movieLove: Starting on a Journey
1985
Haze of Love
1985
movieDangerous Women
1985 · Mrs. Kinumura
movieWhite Snake Enchantment
1983 · Tane
movieOur Teacher
1983
movieTora-san's Song of Love
1983
movieAmagi Pass
1983 · Tea house's old woman
movieSuspicion
1982 · Harue Shirakawa
movieStation
1981 · Masayo Mikami
movieCall from Darkness
1981 · Sukeno
movieKanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul
1980
movieWrithing Tongue
1980 · Akira's mother
movieGassan
1979
movieThe Three Undelivered Letters
1979
movieNomugi Pass
1979
movieNever Give Up
1978 · Kiyo Matsushita
movieThe Incident
1978 · Kane Shinozaki
movieProof of the Man
1977
movieThe Wild Daisy
1977 · Tamiko's Grandmother
movieThe Possessed
1976
movieThe Sea of Eden
1976
movieKobayashi Takiji
1974
movieMusume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
1972 · Moko's mother
movieKamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
1972
movieMy Voiceless Friends
1972
movieUmarekawatta Tamegorō
1972 · Uma Ōnuma
moviePrice of Life
1971 · Tome
movieMysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion
1971
moviePatience Has An End
1971
movieA Woman Called En
1971
tvMayuko hitori
1971 · 加野のぶ
moviePure Land, Poisoned Sea
1970 · Goze / Narrator (voice)
tvおくさまは18歳
1970 · Asuka's grandmother
movieThe Little Hero
1970
movieOh, My Comrade!
1970 · Harumi
movieTerror in the Streets
1970 · Shino
movieRiver Without a Bridge Part 2
1970
movieApart from Life
1970 · Matsuko Fukuji
movieHeat Wave Island
1969
movieThousand Cranes
1969 · Toyo
movieRiver Without a Bridge
1969
movieThe Human Bullet
1968 · Bookstore Owner's Wife
movieThe Final Winner?
1968
movieThe Sands of Kurobe
1968
movieSlave Factory
1968
movieThe Last Lady
1967 · Tsuru
movieThe Greatest Challenge of All
1967
movieSong of Love
1967 · Orin
movieJourney to the North
1967 · Hana Kanai
movieWrath of Daimajin
1966 · Old Woman Kane
A Windmill, Tulips and Love
1966
movieShe Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1966
movieBlood and Sea
1965
movieA Chain of Islands
1965 · Kikuko Sasaki
movieTale of Japanese Burglars
1965 · Hayashida's mother
movieThe Start of Life
1965 · Tomi Ishiguro
movieGazing at Love and Death
1964
movieIntentions of Murder
1964 · Kinu Takahashi
movieA Story from Echigo
1964
movieThe Long Death
1964
movieOnly on Mondays
1964 · Yuka's mother
movieWelcome, My Baby
1964 · Yuki Nishizaka
movieDaybreak Chorus
1963 · Old Woman
movieThe Insect Woman
1963 · Madam
movieThe Third Will
1963 · Kimie
movieBad Girl
1963
movieAll My Children
1963 · Fusakichi's mother
movieBeyond the Green Hills
1963 · Shiraki, Teacher
movieChildren of Izu
1962
movieAshita au hito
1962
movieAsu no hanayome
1962
movieThe Young and Bad
1962
movieRed Bud and White Flower
1962
movieFoundry Town
1962 · Ume
movieDolls floating down the river
1962 · Fuku
movieNingen Gari
1962
movieNippon no obaachan
1962 · Kumi
movieBuddha
1961 · Sumi
movieA Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Enraptured
1961
movieThe Famous Wanderer
1961
小父さんありがとう
1961
movieBlind Devotion
1961 · Saoko
movieShokei zen'ya
1961
movieMarriageable Age
1961
movieYakuza sensei
1960
movieThe Sun's Burial
1960 · Chika
movieBonchi
1960
movieThe Grave Tells All
1960
movieMy Second Brother
1959
movieThe Human Wall
1959
movieOdd Obsession
1959 · Hana
moviePaper Pigeon
1959 · Yuki Kashiwabara
movieKiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959 · Grandma Shigeko
movieMusume no boken
1958
movieConflagration
1958 · Aki, Goichi's mother
movieStakeout
1958
movieChance Meeting
1958 · Tetsu Koyanagi
Omoni to shounen
1958
movieBut the Flesh is Weak
1957 · Doctor
movieHole in One
1957 · Suga Akabane
movieActress
1956
movieSaigo no sentō-ki
1956
movieSummer Storm
1956 · Mitsu Asai
movieThe Shadow of Fear
1956
How Sorrowful
1956
movieOur Town
1956 · Otaka
movieHana no unga
1956
movieShiawase wa doko ni
1956 · Kane
movieDarkness at Noon
1956 · Satoe Miyazaki
movieJigoku no hatoba
1956
movieLove is Lost
1956 · Nobuyo
movieThe Burmese Harp
1956
The Motherless
1955
moviePoliceman's Diary, Part 2
1955
movieYouth
1955
movieThe Dawn of Judo
1955
movieA Hole of My Own Making
1955
movieThe Heart
1955 · Hioki's mother
movieThe Wolves
1955
movieThe Maid's Kid
1955
movieGhost Story of Youth
1955 · Nanny at Okumura's
movieSisters
1955
movieVictory or Defeat
1954
movieA Billionaire
1954
movieThe Valley Between Love and Death
1954 · Tetsu Ishida
movieThe Street Without Sun
1954 · Aunt of Matsutaro
movieTomoshibi
1954
movieJūdai no yūwaku
1953
movieBefore Dawn
1953 · Ofuki
movieA Japanese Tragedy
1953 · Ichizo's wife
movieYokubo
1953
movieMiniature
1953
movieA Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953 · Ohana
movieJinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
movieJinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
1952 · Aunt Otora
movieMuntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952 · Fusako Kawai
movieBeauty and the Thief
1952 · Mrs. Inokuma
movieChildren of Hiroshima
1952 · Otoyo
movieFarewell to Spring
1952 · Old woman
movieBecome a Mother, Become a Woman
1952 · Hide
movieThe Bitch
1951 · Tami
movie限りなき情熱
1951
movie男の哀愁
1951
movieKoibito
1951 · Mrs. Saeki
movieLes Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
movieLes Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
movieWhite Beast
1950
movieScandal
1950 · Yasu Hiruta
movieKoga Manshion
1949
movieLearn from Experience, Part Two
1937