Tanie Kitabayashi

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

148

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

  • Station

    Station

  • Mayuko hitori

    Mayuko hitori

  • White Snake Enchantment

    White Snake Enchantment

  • The Burmese Harp

    The Burmese Harp

  • Scandal

    Scandal

  • The Insect Woman

    The Insect Woman

  • Suspicion

    Suspicion

  • Odd Obsession

    Odd Obsession

  • Foundry Town

    Foundry Town

  • Amagi Pass

    Amagi Pass

  • Proof of the Man

    Proof of the Man

  • Asu no hanayome

    Asu no hanayome

  • Rainbow Kids

    Rainbow Kids

  • Stakeout

    Stakeout

  • Gazing at Love and Death

    Gazing at Love and Death

  • Rikyu

    Rikyu

  • The Three Undelivered Letters

    The Three Undelivered Letters

  • Enraptured

    Enraptured

  • A Japanese Tragedy

    A Japanese Tragedy

  • Writhing Tongue

    Writhing Tongue

  • Only on Mondays

    Only on Mondays

  • Children of Hiroshima

    Children of Hiroshima

  • The Start of Life

    The Start of Life

  • Buddha

    Buddha

  • Intentions of Murder

    Intentions of Murder

  • A Good Man, A Good Day

    A Good Man, A Good Day

  • Nomugi Pass

    Nomugi Pass

  • A Chain of Islands

    A Chain of Islands

  • A Story from Echigo

    A Story from Echigo

  • Conflagration

    Conflagration

  • Yamada Village Waltz

    Yamada Village Waltz

  • Bonchi

    Bonchi

  • A Windmill, Tulips and Love

    A Windmill, Tulips and Love

  • The Wild Daisy

    The Wild Daisy

  • How Sorrowful

    How Sorrowful

  • Children of Izu

    Children of Izu

  • Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

    Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

  • A Hole of My Own Making

    A Hole of My Own Making

  • Summer Storm

    Summer Storm

  • The Final Winner?

    The Final Winner?

  • Actress

    Actress

  • Never Give Up

    Never Give Up

  • Red Bud and White Flower

    Red Bud and White Flower

  • The Sun's Burial

    The Sun's Burial

  • The Sands of Kurobe

    The Sands of Kurobe

  • The Valley Between Love and Death

    The Valley Between Love and Death

  • Resurrection

    Resurrection

  • Letter from the Mountain

    Letter from the Mountain

  • Bad Girl

    Bad Girl

  • Marriageable Age

    Marriageable Age

  • Call from Darkness

    Call from Darkness

  • Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

    Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

  • Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

    Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

  • Twilight of the Cockroaches

    Twilight of the Cockroaches

  • The Incident

    The Incident

  • Hole in One

    Hole in One

  • Terror in the Streets

    Terror in the Streets

  • Welcome, My Baby

    Welcome, My Baby

  • Ningen Gari

    Ningen Gari

  • A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

    A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

  • Beauty and the Thief

    Beauty and the Thief

  • The Maid's Kid

    The Maid's Kid

  • Ghost Story of Youth

    Ghost Story of Youth

  • But the Flesh is Weak

    But the Flesh is Weak

  • Blind Devotion

    Blind Devotion

  • The Human Wall

    The Human Wall

  • River Without a Bridge Part 2

    River Without a Bridge Part 2

  • Wrath of Daimajin

    Wrath of Daimajin

  • Tale of Japanese Burglars

    Tale of Japanese Burglars

  • Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

    Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

  • A Billionaire

    A Billionaire

  • Jūdai no yūwaku

    Jūdai no yūwaku

  • Musume no boken

    Musume no boken

  • Journey to the North

    Journey to the North

  • The Street Without Sun

    The Street Without Sun

  • Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

    Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

  • The Sea of Eden

    The Sea of Eden

  • The Third Will

    The Third Will

  • Beyond the Green Hills

    Beyond the Green Hills

  • Policeman's Diary, Part 2

    Policeman's Diary, Part 2

  • Thousand Cranes

    Thousand Cranes

  • Dolls floating down the river

    Dolls floating down the river

  • Song of Love

    Song of Love

  • Oh, My Comrade!

    Oh, My Comrade!

  • Before Dawn

    Before Dawn

  • Miniature

    Miniature

  • The Little Hero

    The Little Hero

  • Dangerous Women

    Dangerous Women

  • The Human Bullet

    The Human Bullet

  • White Beast

    White Beast

  • Ashita au hito

    Ashita au hito

  • A Woman Called En

    A Woman Called En

  • 限りなき情熱

    限りなき情熱

  • Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

    Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

  • The Long Death

    The Long Death

  • Sisters

    Sisters

  • Dorei kōjō

    Dorei kōjō

  • The Greatest Challenge of All

    The Greatest Challenge of All

  • 男の哀愁

    男の哀愁

  • The Burmese Harp

    The Burmese Harp

  • Koibito

    Koibito

  • The Heart

    The Heart

  • Our Teacher

    Our Teacher

  • Love is Lost

    Love is Lost

  • Kobayashi Takiji

    Kobayashi Takiji

  • Saigo no sentō-ki

    Saigo no sentō-ki

  • The Wolves

    The Wolves

  • Apart from Life

    Apart from Life

  • The Shadow of Fear

    The Shadow of Fear

  • Tomoshibi

    Tomoshibi

  • Shiawase wa doko ni

    Shiawase wa doko ni

  • The Dawn of Judo

    The Dawn of Judo

  • The Young and Bad

    The Young and Bad

  • The Golden Bat Shows Up

    The Golden Bat Shows Up

  • Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

    Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

  • Price of Life

    Price of Life

  • Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to

    Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to

  • Patience Has An End

    Patience Has An End

  • Shokei zen'ya

    Shokei zen'ya

  • Yokubo

    Yokubo

  • Darkness at Noon

    Darkness at Noon

  • Become a Mother, Become a Woman

    Become a Mother, Become a Woman

  • Tora-san's Song of Love

    Tora-san's Song of Love

  • The Possessed

    The Possessed

  • My Voiceless Friends

    My Voiceless Friends

  • The Motherless

    The Motherless

  • Farewell to Spring

    Farewell to Spring

  • Gassan

    Gassan

  • Haze of Love

    Haze of Love

  • The Bitch

    The Bitch

  • Our Town

    Our Town

  • All My Children

    All My Children

  • Victory or Defeat

    Victory or Defeat

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

    Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion

  • Learn from Experience, Part Two

    Learn from Experience, Part Two

  • Jigoku no hatoba

    Jigoku no hatoba

  • River Without a Bridge

    River Without a Bridge

  • おくさまは18歳

    おくさまは18歳

  • Pure Land, Poisoned Sea

    Pure Land, Poisoned Sea

  • Love: Starting on a Journey

    Love: Starting on a Journey

  • Heat Wave Island

    Heat Wave Island

  • Chance Meeting

    Chance Meeting

  • でかんしょ風来坊

    でかんしょ風来坊

  • Nippon no obaachan

    Nippon no obaachan

  • Daybreak Chorus

    Daybreak Chorus

  • The Grave Tells All

    The Grave Tells All

  • Blood and Sea

    Blood and Sea