Tanie Kitabayashi
Acting
Born 1911-05-21 · Tokyo, Japan
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
Resurrection
Jan 18, 2003
Letter from the Mountain
Oct 5, 2002
Rainbow Kids
Jan 15, 1991
Rikyu
Sep 15, 1989
My Neighbor Totoro
Apr 16, 1988
Yamada Village Waltz
Feb 11, 1988
Twilight of the Cockroaches
Nov 21, 1987
The Burmese Harp
Jul 20, 1985
Love: Starting on a Journey
Jan 26, 1985
Dangerous Women
Jan 1, 1985
White Snake Enchantment
Nov 12, 1983
Our Teacher
Aug 24, 1983
Tora-san's Song of Love
Aug 6, 1983
Amagi Pass
Feb 19, 1983
Suspicion
Sep 11, 1982
Station
Nov 7, 1981
Call from Darkness
Sep 26, 1981
Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul
Dec 3, 1980
Writhing Tongue
Nov 22, 1980
Gassan
Oct 20, 1979
The Three Undelivered Letters
Oct 6, 1979
Nomugi Pass
Jun 30, 1979
Never Give Up
Oct 7, 1978
The Incident
Jun 3, 1978
Proof of the Man
Oct 8, 1977
The Wild Daisy
Jul 9, 1977
The Possessed
Oct 16, 1976
The Sea of Eden
Apr 24, 1976
Kobayashi Takiji
Feb 20, 1974
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
Jun 12, 1972