
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.
32Credits2 TV · 30 films
1950–2002Years activefirst to latest
10.0 Highest ratedBuddha
8.8 Average ratingacross 30 titles
Top TV shows 2best Tanie Kitabayashi shows
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Mayuko hitori加野のぶ · 310 eps · 1971 - 2
おくさまは18歳Asuka's grandmother · 53 eps · 1970
Top movies 30best Tanie Kitabayashi movies
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BuddhaSumi · 1961 - 2
Chance MeetingTetsu Koyanagi · 1958 - 3
Oh, My Comrade!Harumi · 1970 - 4
Ghost Story of YouthNanny at Okumura's · 1955 - 5
Yamada Village Waltz1988 - 6
Before DawnOfuki · 1953 - 7
My Voiceless Friends1972 - 8The Motherless1955
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The Long Death1964 - 10
The Wild DaisyTamiko's Grandmother · 1977 - 11
Slave Factory1968 - 12
Beauty and the ThiefMrs. Inokuma · 1952 - 13
Yokubo1953 - 14
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil1950 - 15
Blind DevotionSaoko · 1961 - 16
Shiawase wa doko niKane · 1956 - 17The Little Hero1970
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Tora-san's Song of Love1983 - 19
The Maid's Kid1955 - 20
Thousand CranesToyo · 1969 - 21
Letter from the MountainOume · 2002 - 22
My Neighbor TotoroGranny (voice) · 1988 · Fantasy - 23
Our Teacher1983 - 24
Hole in OneSuga Akabane · 1957 - 25
A Hole of My Own Making1955 - 26
The Sea of Eden1976 - 27
The Final Winner?1968 - 28
Love is LostNobuyo · 1956 - 29
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here1972 - 30
Kobayashi Takiji1974