is a Japanese actress who specializes in

voice acting Voice acting is the art of performing a character or providing information to an audience with one's voice. Performers are often called voice actors/actresses in addition to other names. Examples of voice work include animated, off-stage, off-sc ...

and previously worked for

Aoni Production is a Japanese talent agency representing a fair number of Voice acting in Japan, voice actors and other Japanese entertainers. It was founded in 1969 by Susumu Kubo. Voice actors currently affiliated with Aoni All names are in Western order (g ...

. She is best known as the voices of the various Panther Claw villains in ''

Cutie Honey is a Japanese Shōnen manga, shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. First appearing in ''Weekly Shōnen Champion''s 41st issue of 1973, the series ran until April 1974. It follows an android girl named Honey Kisara ...

'', and the Hell Tree in the first arc of the ''

Sailor Moon R The second season of the ''Sailor Moon (TV series), Sailor Moon'' anime series ''Sailor Moon R'' (originally released in Japan as , and later as ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon R''), was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Junichi Sato and ...

'' series. She also voiced Chris MacNeil in the original Japanese dub of ''

The Exorcist ''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay by William Peter Blatty, based on The Exorcist (novel), his 1971 novel. The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller (play ...

''.

Filmography

Television animation

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GeGeGe no Kitarō , originally known as , is a Japanese manga series created in 1960 by Shigeru Mizuki. It is best known for its popularization of the folklore creatures known as , a class of spirit-monster which all of the main characters belong t ...

'' (1971) as

Hone-onna is a yōkai depicted in the ''Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki'' (1779) by Toriyama Sekien. As its name implies, it depicts this yōkai as a woman in the form of bones. In Sekien's explanatory text in the ''Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki'' states that there i ...

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'' (1973) as Tomohawk Panther, Ironsado *'' Alps no Shōjo Heidi'' (1974) as Mrs. Dete *'' Vicke Viking'' (1974) as Irba *'' Dog of Flanders'' (1975) as Ellina Cogez *''

Candy Candy is a Japanese series created by Japanese writer Keiko Nagita under the pen name Kyoko Mizuki. The main character, Candice "Candy" White Ardley, is a blonde girl with freckles, large emerald green eyes and long hair, worn in pigtails wi ...

'' (1976) as Sister Pony, Grandaunt Elory, Narrator *''

Galaxy Express 999 is a Japanese manga series. It is written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, later adapted into a number of anime films and television series. It is set in a spacefaring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer ...

'' (1978) as Narrator *''

Akai Tori was a Japanese children's literary magazine published between 1918 and 1936 in Tokyo, Japan. The magazine has a significant role in establishing dowa and '' doyo'', which refer to new versions of children's fiction, poetry, and songs. In additi ...

'' (1979) as Narrator *''

King Arthur According to legends, King Arthur (; ; ; ) was a king of Great Britain, Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain. In Wales, Welsh sources, Arthur is portrayed as a le ...

'' (1979) as Yulliens, Ashura *''

Little Women ''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes, in 1868 and 1869. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters— Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details th ...

'' (1981) as Narrator *'' Galactic Gale Baxingar'' (1982) as Erika Tena *''

Glass Mask is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Suzue Miuchi, serialized in ''Hana to Yume'' from January 1976, and collected in 49 tankōbon volumes as of October 2012. The story has also been adapted into anime and a liv ...

'' (1984) as Chigusa Tsukikage *''

Princess Sarah , also spelled as ''Princess Sarah'' for disambiguation purposes, is a Japanese anime television series that was based on the 1905 children's novel '' A Little Princess'' by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It aired from January to December 1985, as p ...

'' (1985) as Miss Minchin *''

'' (1987) as Mary "Marmee" March *''

Kiteretsu Daihyakka is a Japanese manga series by , which ran in the children's magazine ''Chagurin, Kodomo no Hikari'' from April 1974 to July 1977. The manga was later made into an animated anthology television special which aired in 1987 on Fuji Television ...

'' (1991) as Aiko *''

'' (1993) as Hell Tree *'' Emma - A Victorian Romance'' (2005) as Kelly Stowner *'' Emma - A Victorian Romance: Second Act'' (2007) as Kelly Stowner

OVA

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2001 Nights is a science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Yukinobu Hoshino and originally serialized in Futabasha's '' Monthly Super Action'' starting from June 1984. It was then collected into three bound volumes by Futabasha, release ...

'' (1987) as the narrator *'' Sohryuden: Legend of the Dragon Kings'' (1993) as

Xi Wangmu The Queen Mother of the West, known by various local names, is a mother goddess in Chinese religion and mythology, also worshipped later in neighbouring countries. She is attested from ancient times. The first historical information on her ...

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Master Keaton is a Japanese manga series created by Hokusei Katsushika, Naoki Urasawa, and Takashi Nagasaki. It was serialized in ''Big Comic Original'' from 1988 to 1994, with its 144 chapters collected into 18 volumes by Shogakukan. In North America, ...

'' (1998) as Sachiko Shiratori

Movies

*'' Ringing Bell'' (1978) as Chirin's Mother *''

Swan Lake ''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoje ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, links=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failu ...

'' (1981) as Queen *'' The Fantastic Adventures of Unico'' (1981) as Grandmother *''

The Wizard of Oz ''The Wizard of Oz'' is a 1939 American Musical film, musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Based on the 1900 novel ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum, it was primarily directed by Victor Fleming, who left pro ...

'' (1982) as Aunt Em and Servant *'' Papa Mama Bye bye'' (1984) as Aunt *''Penguin's Memory: Shiawase Monogatari'' (1985) as Helen *''

The Five Star Stories is a science fiction manga series created by Mamoru Nagano, building on his work on the anime series '' Heavy Metal L-Gaim''. The story takes place in a cluster of four major planetary systems, and centers around Amaterasu, the immortal emp ...

'' (1989) as Narrator

Video games

*'' Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within'' (1998) as Yayoi Takano, Atsumi Kishi

Dubbing

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The Andromeda Strain ''The Andromeda Strain'' is a 1969 novel by American writer Michael Crichton, his first novel under his own name and his sixth novel overall. It documents the outbreak of a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism in Arizona and the team of scie ...

'' (1974 TV Asahi edition) as Dr. Ruth Leavitt (

Kate Reid Daphne Katherine Reid (4 November 1930 – 27 March 1993) was a Canadian actress, whose career spanned over fifty years and hundreds of roles across both stage and screen. She was described by the book ''Inspiring Women: A Celebration of Herst ...

) *''

Ben-Hur Ben-Hur or Ben Hur may refer to: Fiction *'' Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ'', an 1880 novel by American general and author Lew Wallace ** ''Ben-Hur'' (play), a play that debuted on Broadway in 1899 ** ''Ben Hur'' (1907 film), a one-reel silent ...

'' (1981 TV Asahi edition) as Miriam (

Martha Scott Martha Ellen Scott (September 22, 1912 – May 28, 2003) was an American actress. She was featured in major films such as Cecil B. DeMille’s '' The Ten Commandments'' (1956), and William Wyler's ''Ben-Hur'' (1959). Martha played the mother of ...

) *'' Cocoon'' (1988 TV Asahi edition) as Bess McCarthy (

Gwen Verdon Gwyneth Evelyn "Gwen" Verdon (January 13, 1925October 18, 2000) was an American actress and dancer. She won four Tony Awards for her musical comedy performances, and she served as an uncredited choreographer's assistant and specialty dance coach ...

) *'' Death Wish'' (1980 TV Asahi edition) as Joanna Kersey (

Hope Lange Hope Elise Ross Lange (November 28, 1933 – December 19, 2003) was an American film, stage, and television actress. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress f ...

) *'' The Diary of Anne Frank'' as Petronella Van Daan (

Shelley Winters Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American film actress whose career spanned seven decades. She won Academy Awards for ''The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film), The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1959) and ' ...

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'' (1980 TBS edition) as Chris MacNeil (

Ellen Burstyn Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy A ...

) *''

Flesh for Frankenstein ''Flesh for Frankenstein'' is a 1973 horror film written and directed by Paul Morrissey. It stars Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro, Monique van Vooren and Arno Juerging. In West Germany and the United States, the film was released as ''Andy Warhol's ...

'' as Baroness Katrin Frankenstein ( Monique van Vooren) *'' The Good Son'' as Alice Davenport ( Jacqueline Brookes) *''

The Miracle Worker ''The Miracle Worker'' refers to a broadcast, a play and various other adaptations of Helen Keller's 1903 autobiography '' The Story of My Life''. The first of these works was a 1957 ''Playhouse 90'' broadcast written by William Gibson and sta ...

'' (1975 TV Asahi edition) as Anne Sullivan (

Anne Bancroft Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano; September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, tw ...

) *''

The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. ...

'' as Mother Abbess (

Peggy Wood Mary Margaret Wood (February 9, 1892 – March 18, 1978) was an American actress of stage, film, and television. She is best remembered for her performance as the title character in the CBS Television show, television series ''Mama (American TV ...

) *'' Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' (1985 NTV edition) as Beru Lars (

Shelagh Fraser Sheila Mary Fraser (25 November 1920 – 29 August 2000) was an English actress. She is best known for her roles in the television serial ''A Family at War'' (1970–1971) and as Luke Skywalker's Aunt Beru in ''Star Wars'' (1977). Early life She ...

)

References

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* * * 1931 births Living people Aoni Production voice actors Hibakusha Japanese video game actresses Voice actresses from Hiroshima Prefecture 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses {{Japanese-voice-actor-stub