was a
Japanese actress and
voice actress. Born Reiko Ando in
Tokyo
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, she began as a stage actress. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the famed
Mingei Theatre Company, founded in 1950. Early in her career, she became well known for portraying older women. 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.
Filmography
Films
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Children of Hiroshima'' (1952)
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Epitome
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'' (1953)
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Life of a Woman'' (1953)
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Wolf
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'' (1955)
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Mahiru no ankoku'' (1956)
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Shirogane Shinjū'' (1956)
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An Actress'' (1956)
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The Hole'' (1957)
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Yūrakuchō de Aimashō'' (1957)
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Enjō'' (1958)
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Kiku to Isamu'' (1959)
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My Second Brother'' (1959)
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Odd Obsession'' (1959)
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Sleeping Beauty
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'' (1960)
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Foundry Town'' (1962)
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The Insect Woman'' (1963)
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Bad Girl'' (1963)
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The Human Bullet'' (1968)
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Apart from Life'' (1970)
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Proof of the Man'' (1977)
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Nomugi Pass'' (1979)
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Station'' (1981)
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Suspicion'' (1982)
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The Burmese Harp'' (1985)
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My Neighbor Totoro'' (1988) – Kanta's grandmother (voice)
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Rikyu'' (1989) –
Ōmandokoro
Ōmandokoro (大政所, 1516 – 29 August 1592) or Ōmandokoro Naka was the mother of the Japanese ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi. She was also the mother of Asahi no kata, Tomo and Toyotomi Hidenaga.
Biography
Ōmandokoro is said to have been ...
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Rainbow Kids'' (1991) – Mrs. Toshiko Yanagawa
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Yomigaeri'' (2002)
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Letters from the Mountains'' (2002)
Television
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Shiroi Kyotō'' (1978) – Ume Yamada
Japanese dub
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' (1937, dub in 1958) - The Evil Queen
Honours
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Medal with Purple Ribbon (1978)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kitabayashi, Tanie
1911 births
2010 deaths
Japanese voice actresses
Actresses from Tokyo
Deaths from pneumonia in Japan
Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon