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. 北林谷栄(1911년생, Tokyo, Japan) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 이웃집 토토로, 北国の旅情, 柔道開眼가 있으며, 그 외에도 無法者, 生まれかわった為五郎, 野菊の墓, 狙われた男, 危険な女たち, しあわせはどこに, 리큐, だれの椅子？, 勝敗, こんにちは赤ちゃん, 태양의 묘지, 地獄の波止場 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2003년 환생에서 Saki Naito 역을 맡았다. 2002년 아미다도 소식에서 Oume 역을 맡았다. 1991년 대유괴에서 Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa 역을 맡았다.