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.
Acted in 166
2000s
- 2003
Yomigaeri
Saki Naito
- 2002
Letter from the Mountain
Oume
1990s
- 1991
Rainbow Kids
Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
Yamada Village Waltz
Movie
- 1987
Twilight of the Cockroaches
Torah (voice)
- 1985
The Burmese Harp
Old Woman
- 1983
White Snake Enchantment
Tane
- 1982
- 1981
Station
Masayo Mikami
- 1980
Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul
Movie
1970s
- 1979
Gassan
Movie
Nomugi Pass
Movie
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
The Possessed
Movie
The Sea of Eden
Movie
- 1974
Kobayashi Takiji
Movie
- 1972
- 1971
Patience Has An End
Movie
- 1970
Pure Land, Poisoned Sea
Goze / Narrator (voice)
The Little Hero
Movie
Terror in the Streets
Shino
River Without a Bridge Part 2
Movie
1960s
- 1969
Heat Wave Island
Movie
Thousand Cranes
Toyo
River Without a Bridge
Movie
- 1968
The Human Bullet
Bookstore Owner's Wife
- 1967
- 1966
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Movie
- 1965
Trigger Happy Romeo
Movie
Blood and Sea
Movie
A Chain of Islands
Kikuko Sasaki
Tale of Japanese Burglars
Hayashida's mother
The Start of Life
Tomi Ishiguro
- 1964
Gazing at Love and Death
Movie
A Story from Echigo
Movie
- 1963
Daybreak Chorus
Old Woman
The Third Will
Kimie
Bad Girl
Movie
All My Children
Fusakichi's mother
- 1962
Ashita au hito
Movie
The Young and Bad
Movie
Red Bud and White Flower
Movie
Dolls floating down the river
Fuku
Nippon no obaachan
Kumi
- 1961
Buddha
Sumi
A Good Man, A Good Day
Movie
Yoru wa ijiwaru
Movie
Adorable Schemers
Movie
Shokei zen'ya
Movie
Marriageable Age
Movie
- 1960
Yakuza sensei
Movie
Genroku onna daimyō
Movie
The Grave Tells All
Movie
1950s
- 1959
My Second Brother
Movie
The Human Wall
Movie
Odd Obsession
Hana
Paper Pigeon
Yuki Kashiwabara
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Grandma Shigeko
- 1958
Musume no boken
Movie
Conflagration
Aki, Goichi's mother
Chance Meeting
Tetsu Koyanagi
- 1957
But the Flesh is Weak
Doctor
- 1956
Actress
Movie
Saigo no sentō-ki
Movie
Our Town
Otaka
Hana no unga
Movie
Shiawase wa doko ni
Kane
Darkness at Noon
Satoe Miyazaki
Love is Lost
Nobuyo
The Burmese Harp
Movie
- 1955
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Movie
Youth
Movie
A Hole of My Own Making
Movie
The Heart
Hioki's mother
The Wolves
Movie
Inhibited Love
Movie
Ghost Story of Youth
Nanny at Okumura's
Sisters
Movie
Dawn Chorus
Movie
- 1954
A Billionaire
Movie
The Valley Between Love and Death
Tetsu Ishida
The Street Without Sun
Aunt of Matsutaro
Tomoshibi
Movie
Shinzōyaburi no oka
Movie
- 1953
Jūdai no yūwaku
Movie
Before the Dawn
Ofuki
A Japanese Tragedy
Ichizo's wife
Desire
Movie
Miniature
Movie
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Ohana
- 1952
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Movie
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Fusako Kawai
Beauty and the Thief
Mrs. Inokuma
Children of Hiroshima
Otoyo
Farewell to Spring
Old woman
- 1951
The Bitch
Tami
- 1950
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
Movie
1940s
- 1949
Koga Manshion
Movie
