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Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Birthday: 1911-05-21 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1993
My Neighbor Totoro

as    Granny (voice)

1987
Twilight of the Cockroaches

as    Torah (voice)

1983
White Snake Enchantment

as    Tane

1980
Writhing Tongue

as    Akira's mother

1964
The Insect Woman

as    Madam

1957
Hole in One

as    Suga Akabane