Tanie Kitabayashi
北林谷栄
Born Reiko Ando in Tokyo, she started her career as a stage actress. Early on, she gained recognition for her portrayals of older women. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the renowned Mingei Theatre, which was established in 1950.
She won the Japan Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Daiyukai (1991). This role also earned her Best Actress honors at the Mainichi Film Concours and the Kinema Junpo Awards.
In 1960, she secured Best Actress awards at both the Mainichi Film Concours and the Blue Ribbon Awards for her work in Kiku to Isamu.
Her most widely recognized role was providing the voice for Grandmother (Kanta no Obaa-san) in the 1988 Studio Ghibli film Tonari no Totoro.
She passed away on April 27, 2010, from pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo. She was 98 years old.
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Tanie - Last name:
Kitabayashi - Date of birth:
21.05.1911 - Date of death:
27.04.2010 - Languages:
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