Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
8/2/1928
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also Known As
Yôko Tani谷洋子Itani Yōko
Yoko Tani
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, h...
Known For
Maid in Paris
as Une élève
The Savage Innocents
as Asiak
The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse
as Mercedes
Invasion
as Leader of the Lystrians
My Geisha
as Kazumi Ito
Desperate Mission
as Su Ling
Marco Polo
as Princess Amurroy
Vice Dolls
as The Chinese
The Partner
as Lin Siyan
Koroshi
as Ako Nakamura / Miho
The Quiet American
as Rendezvous Hostess
First Spaceship on Venus
as Sumiko Ogimura, japanische Ärztin
In the Manner of Sherlock Holmes
Unknown Role
Nights of Shame
as Eurasian (uncredited)
The Ostrich Has Two Eggs
as Yoko
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
as Isami Hiroti
Fire in the Flesh
as Zélie
OSS 77 - Operation Lotus Flower
as Lady of Formosa
Piccadilly Third Stop
as Fina (Seraphina) Yokami
Ursus and the Tartar Princess
as Princess Ila