- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 2, 1928
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
- Died
- April 19, 1999
Yoko Tani
Yoko Tani (谷洋子, Tani Yōko, 2 August 1928 – 19 April 1999) was a French-born Japanese actress and nightclub entertainer. Tani was born in Paris. Her birth name was Itani Yōko (猪谷洋子). She has occasionally been described as 'Eurasian', 'half French', 'half Japanese' and even, in one source, 'Italian Japanese', all of which are incorrect. French records (1958) show that her father and mother—both Japanese—were attached to the Japanese embassy in Paris, with Tani herself conceived en route during a shipboard passage from Japan to Europe in 1927 and subsequently born in Paris the following year, hence given the name Yōko (洋子), one reading of which can mean "ocean-child.". Tani would later play a diplomat's daughter in Piccadilly Third Stop. According to Japanese sources, the family returned to Japan in 1930, when Yoko would still have been a toddler, and she did not return to France until 1…
Filmography
movieThe Golden Lotus
1991
tvSoftly from Paris
1986 · Dame Lune
tvShirley's World
1972
movieKoroshi
1968 · Ako Nakamura / Miho
tvLes Dossiers de l'Agence O
1968 · Kikou, la stip-teaseuse
movieSeven Golden Chinese
1967
tvMan in a Suitcase
1967
The Sweet and the Bitter
movieThe Sweet and the Bitter
1967 · Mariko/Mary
movieTo Chase A Million
1967 · Taiko
movieThe Spy Who Loved Flowers
1966 · Mei Lang
movieSuicide Mission to Singapore
1966 · Annie Wong
movieDesperate Mission
1965 · Su Ling
movieInvasion
1965 · Leader of the Lystrians
movieOSS 77 - Operation Lotus Flower
1965 · Lady of Formosa
movieBianco, rosso, giallo, rosa
1964 · Yoko
movieThe Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse
1964 · Mercedes
movieF.B.I. Operation Baalbeck
1964 · Asia
movieWho's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1963 · Isami Hiroti
movieThe Partner
1963 · Lin Siyan
movieMarco Polo
1962 · Princess Amurroy
movieMy Geisha
1962 · Kazumi Ito
movieUrsus and the Tartar Princess
1961 · Princess Ila
movieSamson and the 7 Miracles of the World
1961 · Princess Lei-ling
tvBen Casey
1961
Drama 61-67
tvDrama 61-67
1961 · Miss Hanago
moviePiccadilly Third Stop
1960 · Fina (Seraphina) Yokami
movieThe Savage Innocents
1960 · Asiak
movieThe Silent Star
1960 · Sumiko Ogimura, japanische Ärztin
movieYoko Tani in London
1959 · Herself
movieThe Wind Cannot Read
1958 · Sabbi
movieThe Quiet American
1958 · Rendezvous Hostess
movieFire in the Flesh
1958 · Zélie
movieThe Ostrich Has Two Eggs
1957 · Yoko
movieLove on Rainbow Island
1956 · Mari Okano
movieMannequins of Paris
1956 · Lotus
movieWomen in Prison
1956 · Mary, prisoner
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Michiko
movieIn the Manner of Sherlock Holmes
1956
tvCinépanorama
1956 · Self
movieMaid in Paris
1956 · Une élève
moviePleasures and Vices
1955 · 'Fleur de Bambou'
movieHouse on the Waterfront
1955 · Barmaid
movieThe Babes Make the Law
1955 · La fleuriste du "Lotus"
movieVice Dolls
1954 · The Chinese
movieNights of Shame
1954 · Eurasian (uncredited)