Yoko Tani

Yoko Tani

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1928-08-02
Deathday: 1999-04-19 (70 years old)

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Biography

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 1950 when her schooling was completed. Given that there were severe restrictions on Japanese travelling outside Japan directly after World War II, this would have been an unusual event; however, it is known that Itani had attended an elite girls' school in Tokyo (Tokyo Women's Higher Normal School, currently Ochanomizu University Senior High School), and then graduated from Tsuda University. She subsequently secured a Catholic scholarship to study aesthetics at the University of Paris (Sorbonne) under Étienne Souriau.


Once back in Paris, Tani found little interest in attending university (although by her own account she persevered for two years despite understanding hardly anything that was being said). Instead, she developed a more compelling attraction to the cabaret, the nightclub, and the variety music-hall, where, setting herself up as an exotic oriental beauty, she quickly established a reputation for her provocative "geisha" dances, which generally ended with her slipping out of her kimono. It was here she was spotted by Marcel Carné, who took her into his circle of director and actor-friends, including Roland Lesaffre, whom she was later to marry. As a result, she began to get bit parts in films—starting as (perhaps predictably) a Japanese dancer, in Gréville's Le port du désir (1953–1954, released 1955)—and on the stage, with a role as Lotus Bleu in la Petite Maison de Thé (French adaptation of The Teahouse of the August Moon) at the Théâtre Montparnasse, 1954–1955 season. ...


Source: Article "Yoko Tani" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Filmography

all 41

Movies 35

TV Shows 6

self 2

The Golden Lotus

The Golden Lotus (1991)

Movie
Dame Lune
Série rose

Série rose (1986)

TV
Shirley's World

Shirley's World (1972)

TV
Ako Nakamura / Miho
Koroshi

Koroshi (1968)

Movie
Kikou, la stip-teaseuse
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O

Les Dossiers de l'Agence O (1968)

TV
La giapponese
Seven Golden Chinese

Seven Golden Chinese (1967)

Movie
Taiko
Man in a Suitcase

Man in a Suitcase (1967)

TV
Taiko
To Chase A Million

To Chase A Million (1967)

Movie
Mei Lang
The Spy Who Loved Flowers

The Spy Who Loved Flowers (1966)

Movie
Annie Wong
Suicide Mission to Singapore

Suicide Mission to Singapore (1966)

Movie
Su Ling
Desperate Mission

Desperate Mission (1965)

Movie
Leader of the Lystrians
Invasion

Invasion (1965)

Movie
6
Signora di Formosa
OSS 77 - Operazione fior di loto

OSS 77 - Operazione fior di loto (1965)

Movie
Yoko
Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa

Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa (1964)

Movie
Mercedes
The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse

The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (1964)

Movie
Asia
F.B.I. Operation Baalbeck

F.B.I. Operation Baalbeck (1964)

Movie
Isami Hiroti
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)

Movie
Lin Siyan
The Partner

The Partner (1963)

Movie
Princess Amurroy
Marco Polo

Marco Polo (1962)

Movie
Kazumi Ito
My Geisha

My Geisha (1962)

Movie
Princess Ila
Ursus and the Tartar Princess

Ursus and the Tartar Princess (1961)

Movie
Princess Lei-ling
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World

Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World (1961)

Movie
Ben Casey

Ben Casey (1961)

TV
4.75
Fina (Seraphina) Yokami
Piccadilly Third Stop

Piccadilly Third Stop (1960)

Movie
Asiak
The Savage Innocents

The Savage Innocents (1960)

Movie
Die japanische Ärztin / Sumiko Ogimura MD
First Spaceship on Venus

First Spaceship on Venus (1960)

Movie
6
Herself
Yoko Tani in London

Yoko Tani in London (1959)

Movie
'Sabby' [Suzuki San]
The Wind Cannot Read

The Wind Cannot Read (1958)

Movie
Rendezvous Hostess
The Quiet American

The Quiet American (1958)

Movie
6.71
Zélie
La Fille de feu

La Fille de feu (1958)

Movie
Yoko
The Ostrich Has Two Eggs

The Ostrich Has Two Eggs (1957)

Movie
Lotus
Mannequins of Paris

Mannequins of Paris (1956)

Movie
Mary, prisoner
Women in Prison

Women in Prison (1956)

Movie
In the Manner of Sherlock Holmes

In the Manner of Sherlock Holmes (1956)

Movie
Self
Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama (1956)

TV
Une élève
Maid in Paris

Maid in Paris (1956)

Movie
Pleasures and Vices

Pleasures and Vices (1955)

Movie
Une entraîneuse
House on the Waterfront

House on the Waterfront (1955)

Movie
La fleuriste du 'Lotus'
The Babes Make the Law

The Babes Make the Law (1955)

Movie
The Chinese
Vice Dolls

Vice Dolls (1954)

Movie
Nights of Shame

Nights of Shame (1954)

Movie

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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1928-08-02

Deathday
1999-04-19 (70 years old)

Birth Name
猪谷 洋子

Birth Place
16th arrondissement of Paris, France

Citizenships
France, Japan

Also Known As
Yôko Tani, 谷洋子, Itani Yōko, 猪谷洋子


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