Tanie Kitabayashi
Known for Acting · 158 credits
- Born
- 1911-05-21
- Died
- 2010-04-27
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- Таниэ Китабаяси · 北村谷栄 · 北林 谷栄
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
TV Shows (2)
Movies (156)
My Neighbor Totoro
1988
as Granny (voice)
White Snake Enchantment
1983
as Tane
Scandal
1950
as Yasu Hiruta
Proof of the Man
1977
The Insect Woman
1963
as Madam
Odd Obsession
1959
as Hana
The Burmese Harp
1956
Amagi Pass
1983
as Tea house's old woman
Love: Starting on a Journey
1985
Never Give Up
1978
as Kiyo Matsushita
The Sands of Kurobe
1968
Rikyu
1989
as Mother
Buddha
1961
as Sumi
Only on Mondays
1964
as Yuka's mother
Yomigaeri
2003
as Saki Naito
Children of Hiroshima
1952
as Otoyo
Station
1981
as Masayo Mikami
Wrath of Daimajin
1966
as Old Woman Kane
Intentions of Murder
1964
as Kinu Takahashi
The Human Wall
1959
Actress
1956
The Shadow of Fear
1956
Suspicion
1982
as Harue Shirakawa
My Second Brother
1959
Bad Girl
1963
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987
as Torah (voice)
The Motherless
1955
Letter from the Mountain
2002
as Oume
A Billionaire
1954
Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965
as Hayashida's mother
The Burmese Harp
1985
as Old Woman
Shiawase wa doko ni
1956
as Kane
Call from Darkness
1981
as Sukeno
Asu no hanayome
1962
Patience Has An End
1971
Nomugi Pass
1979
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954
as Tetsu Ishida
The Possessed
1976
My Voiceless Friends
1972
Darkness at Noon
1956
as Satoe Miyazaki
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
as Grandma Shigeko
A Chain of Islands
1965
as Kikuko Sasaki
A Japanese Tragedy
1953
as Ichizo's wife
The Wolves
1955
Foundry Town
1962
as Ume
The Heart
1955
as Hioki's mother
Red Bud and White Flower
1962
Bonchi
1960
Hole in One
1957
as Suga Akabane
Farewell to Spring
1952
as Old woman
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
The Sun's Burial
1960
as Chika
The Human Bullet
1968
A Story from Echigo
1964
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
The Start of Life
1965
as Tomi Ishiguro
Beauty and the Thief
1952
as Mrs. Inokuma
Ghost Story of Youth
1955
as Nanny at Okumura's
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
Miniature
1953
Beyond the Green Hills
1963
as Shiraki, Teacher
The Three Undelivered Letters
1979
Welcome, My Baby
1964
as Yuki Nishizaka
The Incident
1978
as Kane Shinozaki
Rainbow Kids
1991
as Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
Blind Devotion
1961
as Saoko
Stakeout
1958
Before Dawn
1953
as Ofuki
River Without a Bridge Part 2
1970
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
The Grave Tells All
1960
Conflagration
1958
as Aki, Goichi's mother
Gassan
1979
Enraptured
1961
The Final Winner?
1968
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Writhing Tongue
1980
as Akira's mother
Love is Lost
1956
as Nobuyo
Apart from Life
1970
as Matsuko Fukuji
Nippon no obaachan
1962
as Kumi
The Street Without Sun
1954
as Aunt of Matsutaro
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Slave Factory
1968
Marriageable Age
1961
White Beast
1950
Terror in the Streets
1970
as Shino
Heat Wave Island
1969
Gazing at Love and Death
1964
The Third Will
1963
as Kimie
Summer Storm
1956
as Mitsu Asai
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
The Bitch
1951
as Tami
A Woman Called En
1971
The Long Death
1964
Kobayashi Takiji
1974
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953
as Ohana
Our Teacher
1983
The Wild Daisy
1977
as Tamiko's Grandmother
The Young and Bad
1962
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952
as Fusako Kawai
Thousand Cranes
1969
as Toyo
Musume no boken
1958
Chance Meeting
1958
as Tetsu Koyanagi
Dangerous Women
1985
as Mrs. Kinumura
The Sea of Eden
1976
How Sorrowful
1956
Journey to the North
1967
as Hana Kanai
Price of Life
1971
as Tome
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
as Doctor
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
1972
as Moko's mother
Our Town
1956
as Otaka
The Maid's Kid
1955
Yokubo
1953
A Windmill, Tulips and Love
1966
A Hole of My Own Making
1955
Ningen Gari
1962
Dolls floating down the river
1962
as Fuku
Tomoshibi
1954
The Dawn of Judo
1955
Koibito
1951
as Mrs. Saeki
About 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… With 158 credits spanning from 1937 to 2003, Tanie Kitabayashi has appeared in 156 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Tanie Kitabayashi Movies
- My Neighbor Totoro (1988) — as Granny (voice)
- White Snake Enchantment (1983) — as Tane
- Scandal (1950) — as Yasu Hiruta
- Proof of the Man (1977)
- The Insect Woman (1963) — as Madam
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