Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Actor

Tokyo, Japan
May 21, 1911

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.

Photo

Tanie Kitabayashi 1

Representative Works

My Neighbor Totoro
My Neighbor Totoro
8.1
/ Japanese
Yomigaeri
Yomigaeri
6.1
/ Japanese
Rikyu
Rikyu
7.5
/ Japanese
The Burmese Harp
The Burmese Harp
7.8
/ Japanese
White Snake Enchantment
White Snake Enchantment
5.6
/ Japanese
Station
Station
6.4
/ Japanese
Proof of the Man
Proof of the Man
7.8
/ Japanese
The Incident
The Incident
7.2
/ Japanese
Odd Obsession
Odd Obsession
6.3
/ Japanese
The Insect Woman
The Insect Woman
7.2
/ Japanese
The Sun's Burial
The Sun's Burial
6.4
/ Japanese
Amagi Pass
Amagi Pass
6.5
/ Japanese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

My Neighbor Totoro
1988Winner

Best Performance

My Neighbor Totoro

Yomigaeri
2003Nominee

Best Performance

Yomigaeri

Rikyu
1989Winner

Best Performance

Rikyu

Career Highlights

The Burmese Harp
1956Highlight

Best Performance

The Burmese Harp

White Snake Enchantment
1983Highlight

Best Performance

White Snake Enchantment

Video