
Tanie Kitabayashi
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.
141
Films
2
TV Shows
Known For
143 Credits
My Neighbor Totoro
as Granny (voice)
1988

Mayuko hitori
as 加野のぶ
1971

Station
as Masayo Mikami
1981

おくさまは18歳
as Asuka's grandmother
1970

The Burmese Harp
1956

White Snake Enchantment
as Tane
1983

Twilight of the Cockroaches
as Torah (voice)
1987

Proof of the Man
1977

Buddha
as Sumi
1961

Never Give Up
as Kiyo Matsushita
1978

The Insect Woman
as Madam
1963

The Human Bullet
1968