Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
5/21/1911
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
Таниэ Китабаяси北村谷栄北林 谷栄
Tanie Kitabayashi
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 Kinem...
Known For
My Neighbor Totoro
as Granny (voice)
Rainbow Kids
as Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
Heat Wave Island
Unknown Role
Station
as Masayo Mikami
Proof of the Man
Unknown Role
Twilight of the Cockroaches
as Torah (voice)
Amagi Pass
as Tea house's old woman
Odd Obsession
as Hana
The Incident
as Kane Shinozaki
The Sun's Burial
as Chika
Wrath of Daimajin
as Old Woman Kane
White Snake Enchantment
as Tane
The Sands of Kurobe
Unknown Role
Intentions of Murder
as Kinu Takahashi
Nomugi Pass
Unknown Role
Resurrection
as Saki Naito
Scandal
as Yasu Hiruta
Suspicion
as Harue Shirakawa
Tora-san's Song of Love
Unknown Role
Love: Starting on a Journey
Unknown Role
Career Timeline
1985
1983
1979
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
1959
1958
1956
Actress
Role unknown
Saigo no sentō-ki
Role unknown
Summer Storm
as Mitsu Asai
The Shadow of Fear
Role unknown
How Sorrowful
Role unknown
Our Town
as Otaka
Shiawase wa doko ni
as Kane
Darkness at Noon
as Satoe Miyazaki
Jigoku no hatoba
Role unknown
Love is Lost
as Nobuyo
The Burmese Harp
Role unknown
1955
The Motherless
Role unknown
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Role unknown
The Dawn of Judo
Role unknown
A Hole of My Own Making
Role unknown
The Heart
as Hioki's mother
The Wolves
Role unknown
The Maid's Kid
Role unknown
Ghost Story of Youth
as Nanny at Okumura's
Sisters
Role unknown