Keiko Awaji
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Born17 July 1933
Tokyo, Japan
Died11 January 2014 (aged 80)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActress
Yearsactive1949–2014
Keiko Awaji | |
|---|---|
淡路 恵子 | |
 Awaji in 1954 | |
| Born | 17 July 1933 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 11 January 2014 (aged 80) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1949–2014 |
| Spouses | |
| Children | Etsuo Shima, Akihiro, Kichinosuke |
Keiko Awaji (淡路恵子, Awaji Keiko; 17 July 1933 – 11 January 2014) was a Japanese stage and film actress.[1]
Awaji appeared in films like Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog, Keisuke Kinoshita's A Japanese Tragedy, Mark Robson's The Bridges at Toko-Ri and Mikio Naruse's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs.[2]
She died of esophageal cancer in Tokyo on 11 January 2014, aged 80.[1] She was married twice, to Filipino actor Bimbo Danao and to Japanese actor Yorozuya Kinnosuke.
