Tanie Kitabayashi

Acting

Tanie Kitabayashi

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
May 21, 1911 (114 years old)
Death date
Apr 27, 2010

Tanie Kitabayashi

Known For

Letter from the Mountain
2h 8m
Movie 2002

Letter from the Mountain

Husband and wife Michiko and Takao move from their urban...

Rainbow Kids
2h 0m
Movie 1991

Rainbow Kids

A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three....

Rikyu
2h 15m
Movie 1989

Rikyu

Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the...

My Neighbor Totoro
1h 26m
Movie 1988

My Neighbor Totoro

Two sisters move to the country with their father in...

Twilight of the Cockroaches
1h 45m
Movie 1987

Twilight of the Cockroaches

The cockroaches of Saito's apartment live in peace with their...

The Burmese Harp
2h 13m
Movie 1985

The Burmese Harp

In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier...

Love: Starting on a Journey
2h 6m
Movie 1985

Love: Starting on a Journey

A girl suffering from an incurable disease get in a...

Haze of Love
1h 47m
Movie 1985

Haze of Love

Rumiko Arai, a 20-year-old girl working in a sawmill, meets...

Dangerous Women
2h 2m
Movie 1985

Dangerous Women

Shuhei, a mystery writer, is invited to a dinner party...

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.