
Tanie Kitabayashi
Acting
Tanie Kitabayashi (εζθ°·ζ , Kitabayashi Tanie, May 21, 1911 β 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
2003Resurrection
Saki Naito
2002Letter from the Mountain
Oume
1991Rainbow Kids
Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
1989Rikyu
Mother
1988My Neighbor Totoro
Granny (voice)
1988Yamada Village Waltz
1987Twilight of the Cockroaches
Torah (voice)
1985The Burmese Harp
Old Woman
1985Love: Starting on a Journey
1985Dangerous Women
Mrs. Kinumura
1983White Snake Enchantment
Tane
1983Amagi Pass
Tea house's old woman
1983Our Teacher
1983Tora-san's Song of Love
1982Suspicion
Harue Shirakawa
1981Station
Masayo Mikami
1981Call from Darkness
Sukeno
1980Writhing Tongue
Akira's mother
1980Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul
1979Gassan
1979Nomugi Pass
1979The Three Undelivered Letters
1978Never Give Up
Kiyo Matsushita
1978The Incident
Kane Shinozaki