Tanie Kitabayashi

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

146

Gender

Female

Birthday

1911-05-21

Day of death

2010-04-27 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

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 Kinema Junpo. She died on April 27, 2010, of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. She was 98.

Known For

  • My Neighbor Totoro

    My Neighbor Totoro

  • Mayuko hitori

    Mayuko hitori

  • The Maid's Kid

    The Maid's Kid

  • The Burmese Harp

    The Burmese Harp

  • White Snake Enchantment

    White Snake Enchantment

  • Proof of the Man

    Proof of the Man

  • The Sun's Burial

    The Sun's Burial

  • おくさまは18歳

    おくさまは18歳

  • The Incident

    The Incident

  • Dorei kōjō

    Dorei kōjō

  • Dolls floating down the river

    Dolls floating down the river

  • The Insect Woman

    The Insect Woman

  • River Without a Bridge Part 2

    River Without a Bridge Part 2

  • Apart from Life

    Apart from Life

  • A Windmill, Tulips and Love

    A Windmill, Tulips and Love

  • Amagi Pass

    Amagi Pass

  • The Sands of Kurobe

    The Sands of Kurobe

  • The Golden Bat Shows Up

    The Golden Bat Shows Up

  • Nomugi Pass

    Nomugi Pass

  • The Heart

    The Heart

  • Beyond the Green Hills

    Beyond the Green Hills

  • The Dawn of Judo

    The Dawn of Judo

  • Ashita au hito

    Ashita au hito

  • Bad Girl

    Bad Girl

  • Journey to the North

    Journey to the North

  • Only on Mondays

    Only on Mondays

  • Beauty and the Thief

    Beauty and the Thief

  • River Without a Bridge

    River Without a Bridge

  • Wrath of Daimajin

    Wrath of Daimajin

  • A Chain of Islands

    A Chain of Islands

  • The Wild Daisy

    The Wild Daisy

  • The Valley Between Love and Death

    The Valley Between Love and Death

  • Gazing at Love and Death

    Gazing at Love and Death

  • Summer Storm

    Summer Storm

  • All My Children

    All My Children

  • Intentions of Murder

    Intentions of Murder

  • Blind Devotion

    Blind Devotion

  • Saigo no sentō-ki

    Saigo no sentō-ki

  • Writhing Tongue

    Writhing Tongue

  • Bonchi

    Bonchi

  • Asu no hanayome

    Asu no hanayome

  • Resurrection

    Resurrection

  • Letter from the Mountain

    Letter from the Mountain

  • Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to

    Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to

  • Love is Lost

    Love is Lost

  • 男の哀愁

    男の哀愁

  • Price of Life

    Price of Life

  • Enraptured

    Enraptured

  • Haze of Love

    Haze of Love

  • Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

    Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

  • Red Bud and White Flower

    Red Bud and White Flower

  • Odd Obsession

    Odd Obsession

  • A Story from Echigo

    A Story from Echigo

  • Tomoshibi

    Tomoshibi

  • Miniature

    Miniature

  • Jigoku no hatoba

    Jigoku no hatoba

  • Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion

    Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion

  • Heat Wave Island

    Heat Wave Island

  • Gassan

    Gassan

  • Children of Izu

    Children of Izu

  • The Motherless

    The Motherless

  • The Human Bullet

    The Human Bullet

  • Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

    Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

  • Shokei zen'ya

    Shokei zen'ya

  • Tora-san's Song of Love

    Tora-san's Song of Love

  • Welcome, My Baby

    Welcome, My Baby

  • Call from Darkness

    Call from Darkness

  • Marriageable Age

    Marriageable Age

  • Conflagration

    Conflagration

  • The Possessed

    The Possessed

  • Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

    Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

  • A Hole of My Own Making

    A Hole of My Own Making

  • Farewell to Spring

    Farewell to Spring

  • The Final Winner?

    The Final Winner?

  • Shiawase wa doko ni

    Shiawase wa doko ni

  • Become a Mother, Become a Woman

    Become a Mother, Become a Woman

  • Oh, My Comrade!

    Oh, My Comrade!

  • Musume no boken

    Musume no boken

  • Stakeout

    Stakeout

  • Sisters

    Sisters

  • The Greatest Challenge of All

    The Greatest Challenge of All

  • Foundry Town

    Foundry Town

  • The Wolves

    The Wolves

  • 限りなき情熱

    限りなき情熱

  • But the Flesh is Weak

    But the Flesh is Weak

  • Kobayashi Takiji

    Kobayashi Takiji

  • The Burmese Harp

    The Burmese Harp

  • The Young and Bad

    The Young and Bad

  • The Grave Tells All

    The Grave Tells All

  • Suspicion

    Suspicion

  • A Good Man, A Good Day

    A Good Man, A Good Day

  • A Woman Called En

    A Woman Called En

  • Dangerous Women

    Dangerous Women

  • A Japanese Tragedy

    A Japanese Tragedy

  • A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

    A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

  • The Start of Life

    The Start of Life

  • Pure Land, Poisoned Sea

    Pure Land, Poisoned Sea

  • The Little Hero

    The Little Hero

  • Terror in the Streets

    Terror in the Streets

  • The Long Death

    The Long Death

  • Before Dawn

    Before Dawn

  • Song of Love

    Song of Love

  • Scandal

    Scandal

  • Tale of Japanese Burglars

    Tale of Japanese Burglars

  • Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

    Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

  • The Third Will

    The Third Will

  • Ghost Story of Youth

    Ghost Story of Youth

  • Jūdai no yūwaku

    Jūdai no yūwaku

  • Never Give Up

    Never Give Up

  • Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

    Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

  • Our Teacher

    Our Teacher

  • The Shadow of Fear

    The Shadow of Fear

  • A Billionaire

    A Billionaire

  • My Voiceless Friends

    My Voiceless Friends

  • Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

    Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

  • The Three Undelivered Letters

    The Three Undelivered Letters

  • Hole in One

    Hole in One

  • Darkness at Noon

    Darkness at Noon

  • The Human Wall

    The Human Wall

  • The Street Without Sun

    The Street Without Sun

  • Yokubo

    Yokubo

  • Twilight of the Cockroaches

    Twilight of the Cockroaches

  • Children of Hiroshima

    Children of Hiroshima

  • Our Town

    Our Town

  • Learn from Experience, Part Two

    Learn from Experience, Part Two

  • Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

    Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

  • Actress

    Actress

  • Love: Starting on a Journey

    Love: Starting on a Journey

  • Patience Has An End

    Patience Has An End

  • The Sea of Eden

    The Sea of Eden

  • White Beast

    White Beast

  • Victory or Defeat

    Victory or Defeat

  • How Sorrowful

    How Sorrowful

  • The Bitch

    The Bitch

  • Policeman's Diary, Part 2

    Policeman's Diary, Part 2

  • Koibito

    Koibito

  • Thousand Cranes

    Thousand Cranes

  • Ningen Gari

    Ningen Gari

  • Buddha

    Buddha

  • Nippon no obaachan

    Nippon no obaachan

  • Station

    Station

  • Chance Meeting

    Chance Meeting

  • Rainbow Kids

    Rainbow Kids

  • Rikyu

    Rikyu

  • Daybreak Chorus

    Daybreak Chorus

  • Blood and Sea

    Blood and Sea