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.
Filmography
all 148
Movies 146
Voice 3
TV Shows 2
Saki Naito

Resurrection (2003)
Movie
Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa

Rainbow Kids (1991)
Movie
His mother

Rikyu (1989)
Movie
Granny (voice)

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Movie
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Torah (voice)

Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987)
Movie
Old Woman

The Burmese Harp (1985)
Movie
Mrs. Kinumura

Dangerous Women (1985)
Movie
Actress

Our Teacher (1983)
Movie
Gosaku no Rôba

Tora-san's Song of Love (1983)
Movie
Tea house's old woman

Amagi Pass (1983)
Movie
Harue Shirakawa

Suspicion (1982)
Movie
Masayo Mikami

Station (1981)
Movie
Akira's mother

Writhing Tongue (1980)
Movie
Kiyo Matsushita

Never Give Up (1978)
Movie
Kane Shinozaki

The Incident (1978)
Movie
Tamiko's grandmother

The Wild Daisy (1977)
Movie
Midwife

The Possessed (1976)
Movie
Actress

Kobayashi Takiji (1974)
Movie
Moko's mother

Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte (1972)
Movie
Actress

Price of Life (1971)
Movie
Actress

Mayuko hitori (1971)
TV
Goze / Narrator (voice)

Pure Land, Poisoned Sea (1970)
Movie
Asuka's grandmother

おくさまは18歳 (1970)
TV
Actress

The Little Hero (1970)
Movie
Actress

Oh, My Comrade! (1970)
Movie
Fude Hatanaka

River Without a Bridge Part 2 (1970)
Movie
Matsuko Fukuji

Apart from Life (1970)
Movie
Actress

Heat Wave Island (1969)
Movie
Nui Hatanaka

River Without a Bridge (1969)
Movie
Actress

The Human Bullet (1968)
Movie
Akako Miyagawa

The Final Winner? (1968)
Movie
Hana Kanai

Journey to the North (1967)
Movie
Old Woman Kane

Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
Movie
3.6
Kikuko Sasaki

A Chain of Islands (1965)
Movie
Gisuke's mother

Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965)
Movie
Tomi Ishiguro

The Start of Life (1965)
Movie
Hana Yoshikawa

Gazing at Love and Death (1964)
Movie
Kinu Takahashi

Intentions of Murder (1964)
Movie
Tomekichi's mother

A Story from Echigo (1964)
Movie
Yuka's mother

Only on Mondays (1964)
Movie
Yuki Nishizaka

Welcome, My Baby (1964)
Movie
Actress

All My Children (1963)
Movie
Shiraki, Teacher

Beyond the Green Hills (1963)
Movie
Actress

Ashita au hito (1962)
Movie
Kane Iwabuchi

Red Bud and White Flower (1962)
Movie
Actress

Enraptured (1961)
Movie
Actress

Marriageable Age (1961)
Movie
Chika, Batasuke's wife

The Sun's Burial (1960)
Movie
Sumie Wada

The Human Wall (1959)
Movie
Tamiko Kunugi

Downhill Youth (1959)
Movie
Shigeko Kawada - their grandmother

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan (1959)
Movie
Actress

Musume no boken (1958)
Movie
Aki, (Goichi's mother)

Conflagration (1958)
Movie
Tetsu Koyanagi

Chance Meeting (1958)
Movie
Suga Akabane

Hole in One (1957)
Movie
Actress

Actress (1956)
Movie
Mitsu Asai

Summer Storm (1956)
Movie
Otaka

Our Town (1956)
Movie
Satoe Miyazaki

Darkness at Noon (1956)
Movie
Nobuyo

Love is Lost (1956)
Movie
Yaeko Ueda

Policeman's Diary, Part 2 (1955)
Movie
Hioki's mother

The Heart (1955)
Movie
Nanny at Okumura's

Ghost Story of Youth (1955)
Movie
Shige

Sisters (1955)
Movie
Tetsu Ishida

The Valley Between Love and Death (1954)
Movie
Shigeki's mother

Turbid youth (1954)
Movie
Shima, Senta's grandmother

Tomoshibi (1954)
Movie
Tora, Yuki's mother

Onna no issho (1953)
Movie
Ichizo's Wife

A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
Movie
Mrs. Inokuma

Beauty and the Thief (1952)
Movie
Old moman

Farewell to Spring (1952)
Movie
Mrs. Saeki

Koibito (1951)
Movie
Yasu Hiruta

Scandal (1950)
Movie
3.5
Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1911-05-21
Deathday2010-04-27 (98 years old)
Birth NameReiko Ando
Birth PlaceTokyo, Japan
CitizenshipsEmpire of Japan, Japan
Also Known AsТаниэ Китабаяси, 北村谷栄, 北林 谷栄
AwardsBlue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress, Medal with Purple Ribbon
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