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Chieko Higashiyama
Japanese actress (1890–1980)
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Chieko Higashiyama (東山 千栄子, Higashiyama Chieko; 30 September 1890 – 8 May 1980) was a Japanese stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films from 1936 to 1967.
Career
Graduating from the girls' school at Gakushuin, she married a businessman in 1909 and spent eight years in Moscow.[1] In 1925, at the age of 35, she became an actress and then trained at the Tsukiji Shōgekijō.[1] She appeared in many stage productions, most famously as Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard.[1] She also appeared in films, including Tokyo Story, which was voted the best film of all time in a poll of film directors by Sight and Sound magazine.[2]
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | The Love of the Actress Sumako | ||
| 1951 | The Idiot | ||
| The Tale of Genji | |||
| Early Summer | Shige | ||
| 1952 | The Life of Oharu | ||
| Carmen's Pure Love | Housemaid | ||
| 1953 | Tokyo Story | Tomi | |
| 1954 | The Garden of Women | Schoolmaster | |
| The Princess Sen | Yodo-dono | ||
| 1955 | The Maid's Kid | Hatsu's mother | |
| 1957 | The Blue Sky Maiden | [3] | |
| 1958 | The Loyal 47 Ronin | Otaka | |
| 1959 | The Snow Flurry | Tomi | |
| 1960 | The Wandering Princess | ||
| 1966 | The Kii River |
