Tanie Kitabayashi
Actress (1911-2010) · Japan · On the map · Actors · Died at 98
Tanie Kitabayashi was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Born Reiko Ando in Tokyo, she began as a stage actress. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the famed Mingei Theatre Company, founded in 1950. Early in her career, she became well known for portraying older women.
Tanie Kitabayashi is read about 147 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
YomigaeriFilm, Saki Naito1991
Rainbow KidsFilm, Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa1988
My Neighbor TotoroFilm, Granny (voice)1983
Amagi PassFilm, Tea house's old woman1981
Call from DarknessFilm, Sukeno1979
The Three Undelivered LettersFilm1978Medal with Purple RibbonAward1977
Proof of the ManFilm1971
Mayuko hitoriSeries, 加野のぶ1970
おくさまは18歳Series, Asuka's grandmother1965
Tale of Japanese BurglarsFilm, Hayashida's mother1963
Bad GirlFilm1960Blue Ribbon Awards for Best ActressAward
The Sun's BurialFilm, 1960Chika1958
ConflagrationFilm, Aki, Goichi's mother1955
The HeartFilm, Hioki's mother1952
Children of HiroshimaFilm, Otoyo1937
Learn from Experience, Part TwoFilm1911Born21 May 1911People around Tanie
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Shohei Imamura Directed The Insect Woman and Unholy Desire
Kon Ichikawa Directed Odd Obsession, Enjō and The Heart
Kaneto Shindō Directed Children of Hiroshima, Epitome and Wolf
Taiji Tonoyama Also in The Insect Woman (1963)
Toshiro Mayuzumi Wrote The Insect Woman, Unholy Desire and Enjō
Nobuko Otowa Also in Children of Hiroshima, Epitome and Wolf
Kōzaburō Yoshimura Produced Children of Hiroshima and Epitome
Eijirō Tōno Also in Children of Hiroshima and Wolf
Ichirō Sugai Also in Odd Obsession, Epitome and Wolf
Tadashi Imai Directed Kiku to Isamu and A Woman Called En
Akira Ifukube Wrote Children of Hiroshima, Epitome and Wolf
Eitarō Ozawa Also in Wolf, An Actress and Scandal
Yoshitarō Nomura Directed Suspicion (1982)
Machiko Kyō Also in Odd Obsession and Beauty and the Thieves
Kei Kumai Directed Apart from Life and A Chain of Islands
Rentarō Mikuni Also in Rikyu and Beauty and the Thieves
Kunie Tanaka Also in The Sun's Burial and The Human Bullet
Michiyo Aratama Also in Enjō, The Heart and The Last Lady
Yasushi Akutagawa Wrote Odd Obsession, Suspicion and The Hole
Hideji Ōtaki Also in Children of Hiroshima (1952)
Hiroyuki Nagato Also in The Insect Woman and Shirogane Shinjū
Kin Sugai Also in Wolf, Foundry Town and The Human Bullet
Jun Hamamura Also in Conflagration and Odd Obsession
Masumi Harukawa Also in The Insect Woman (1963)
Known for
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My Neighbor Totoro 1988
The Insect Woman 1963
Intentions of Murder 1964
Scandal 1950
Also in Français
Filmography 40
171 credits on file
Television 2
Media & music
Photos 1
Awards
About this person
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.
