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

  • Enraptured

    Enraptured

  • Before Dawn

    Before Dawn

  • Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

    Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

  • Station

    Station

  • Nippon no obaachan

    Nippon no obaachan

  • Blind Devotion

    Blind Devotion

  • Mayuko hitori

    Mayuko hitori

  • A Story from Echigo

    A Story from Echigo

  • The Wild Daisy

    The Wild Daisy

  • Rikyu

    Rikyu

  • The Shadow of Fear

    The Shadow of Fear

  • The Burmese Harp

    The Burmese Harp

  • Love: Starting on a Journey

    Love: Starting on a Journey

  • White Snake Enchantment

    White Snake Enchantment

  • The Sun's Burial

    The Sun's Burial

  • Never Give Up

    Never Give Up

  • The Insect Woman

    The Insect Woman

  • Twilight of the Cockroaches

    Twilight of the Cockroaches

  • Resurrection

    Resurrection

  • Conflagration

    Conflagration

  • Stakeout

    Stakeout

  • Proof of the Man

    Proof of the Man

  • Foundry Town

    Foundry Town

  • Odd Obsession

    Odd Obsession

  • Scandal

    Scandal

  • おくさまは18歳

    おくさまは18歳

  • Intentions of Murder

    Intentions of Murder

  • The Three Undelivered Letters

    The Three Undelivered Letters

  • The Sands of Kurobe

    The Sands of Kurobe

  • Wrath of Daimajin

    Wrath of Daimajin

  • The Maid's Kid

    The Maid's Kid

  • Nomugi Pass

    Nomugi Pass

  • The Incident

    The Incident

  • Children of Hiroshima

    Children of Hiroshima

  • Amagi Pass

    Amagi Pass

  • Buddha

    Buddha

  • Tora-san's Song of Love

    Tora-san's Song of Love

  • Ningen Gari

    Ningen Gari

  • Welcome, My Baby

    Welcome, My Baby

  • Letter from the Mountain

    Letter from the Mountain

  • The Heart

    The Heart

  • A Japanese Tragedy

    A Japanese Tragedy

  • Learn from Experience, Part Two

    Learn from Experience, Part Two

  • The Human Bullet

    The Human Bullet

  • But the Flesh is Weak

    But the Flesh is Weak

  • Only on Mondays

    Only on Mondays

  • Suspicion

    Suspicion

  • Gazing at Love and Death

    Gazing at Love and Death

  • Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

    Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

  • The Possessed

    The Possessed

  • Ghost Story of Youth

    Ghost Story of Youth

  • Call from Darkness

    Call from Darkness

  • My Voiceless Friends

    My Voiceless Friends

  • The Motherless

    The Motherless

  • Kobayashi Takiji

    Kobayashi Takiji

  • Patience Has An End

    Patience Has An End

  • Writhing Tongue

    Writhing Tongue

  • The Greatest Challenge of All

    The Greatest Challenge of All

  • Rainbow Kids

    Rainbow Kids

  • How Sorrowful

    How Sorrowful

  • The Street Without Sun

    The Street Without Sun

  • A Billionaire

    A Billionaire

  • Oh, My Comrade!

    Oh, My Comrade!

  • Price of Life

    Price of Life

  • The Long Death

    The Long Death

  • Heat Wave Island

    Heat Wave Island

  • The Third Will

    The Third Will

  • Tomoshibi

    Tomoshibi

  • Miniature

    Miniature

  • A Woman Called En

    A Woman Called En

  • The Sea of Eden

    The Sea of Eden

  • Dorei kōjō

    Dorei kōjō

  • The Burmese Harp

    The Burmese Harp

  • Red Bud and White Flower

    Red Bud and White Flower

  • A Good Man, A Good Day

    A Good Man, A Good Day

  • White Beast

    White Beast

  • The Bitch

    The Bitch

  • Darkness at Noon

    Darkness at Noon

  • 限りなき情熱

    限りなき情熱

  • Chance Meeting

    Chance Meeting

  • A Chain of Islands

    A Chain of Islands

  • Yokubo

    Yokubo

  • Saigo no sentō-ki

    Saigo no sentō-ki

  • The Little Hero

    The Little Hero

  • The Start of Life

    The Start of Life

  • Jūdai no yūwaku

    Jūdai no yūwaku

  • The Wolves

    The Wolves

  • Hole in One

    Hole in One

  • Dangerous Women

    Dangerous Women

  • Actress

    Actress

  • Policeman's Diary, Part 2

    Policeman's Diary, Part 2

  • Journey to the North

    Journey to the North

  • Asu no hanayome

    Asu no hanayome

  • Marriageable Age

    Marriageable Age

  • Children of Izu

    Children of Izu

  • Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

    Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

  • Song of Love

    Song of Love

  • Apart from Life

    Apart from Life

  • Beyond the Green Hills

    Beyond the Green Hills

  • The Final Winner?

    The Final Winner?

  • Ashita au hito

    Ashita au hito

  • A Windmill, Tulips and Love

    A Windmill, Tulips and Love

  • Tale of Japanese Burglars

    Tale of Japanese Burglars

  • Shiawase wa doko ni

    Shiawase wa doko ni

  • Our Town

    Our Town

  • A Hole of My Own Making

    A Hole of My Own Making

  • The Human Wall

    The Human Wall

  • Haze of Love

    Haze of Love

  • Blood and Sea

    Blood and Sea

  • Musume no boken

    Musume no boken

  • Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

    Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

  • Farewell to Spring

    Farewell to Spring

  • The Grave Tells All

    The Grave Tells All

  • Gassan

    Gassan

  • Bonchi

    Bonchi

  • Thousand Cranes

    Thousand Cranes

  • Love is Lost

    Love is Lost

  • Terror in the Streets

    Terror in the Streets

  • The Young and Bad

    The Young and Bad

  • Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

    Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

  • The Dawn of Judo

    The Dawn of Judo

  • Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to

    Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to

  • Sisters

    Sisters

  • Jigoku no hatoba

    Jigoku no hatoba

  • Bad Girl

    Bad Girl

  • Yamada Village Waltz

    Yamada Village Waltz

  • The Valley Between Love and Death

    The Valley Between Love and Death

  • Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

    Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

  • Our Teacher

    Our Teacher

  • Become a Mother, Become a Woman

    Become a Mother, Become a Woman

  • Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here

    Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here

  • River Without a Bridge

    River Without a Bridge

  • A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

    A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

  • Koibito

    Koibito

  • All My Children

    All My Children

  • Shokei zen'ya

    Shokei zen'ya

  • Victory or Defeat

    Victory or Defeat

  • 男の哀愁

    男の哀愁

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

    Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion

  • Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

    Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

  • Daybreak Chorus

    Daybreak Chorus

  • Summer Storm

    Summer Storm

  • でかんしょ風来坊

    でかんしょ風来坊

  • Dolls floating down the river

    Dolls floating down the river

  • Beauty and the Thief

    Beauty and the Thief

  • River Without a Bridge Part 2

    River Without a Bridge Part 2

  • Pure Land, Poisoned Sea

    Pure Land, Poisoned Sea