Kitabayashi Tanie

Kitabayashi Tanie (北林谷栄) was born on May 21, 1911. Kitabayashi Tanie movies and tv shows: Letter from the Mountain 2002 (Japan), Station 1981 (Japan), The Wild Daisy 1977 (Japan), The Human Bullet 1968 (Japan), Only on Mondays 1964 (Japan)...

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First Name: Reiko

Family Name: Ando

Native Name: 北林谷栄

Also Known As: 安藤蓮以子;

Nationality: Japanese

Gender: Female

Born: May 21, 1911

Kitabayashi Tanie was a Japanese 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, a film that also earned her honors from the Mainichi Film Awards and from Kinema Junpo.
One of her memorable roles was that of the voice of Kanta's grandmother in the 1988 Studio Ghibli movie My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro).
She died on April 27, 2010, of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. She was 98.

Movies

Letter from the Mountain 2002 (Japan)

Station 1981 (Japan)

The Wild Daisy 1977 (Japan)

The Human Bullet 1968 (Japan)

Only on Mondays 1964 (Japan)

Odd Obsession 1959 (Japan)

Kiku to Isamu 1959 (Japan)