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Native name
  
加藤 治子

Name
  
Haruko Kato

Nationality
  
Japanese

Role
  
Actress

Occupation
  
Actress

TV shows
  
Hatsu taiken

Years active
  
1939-2011


Haruko Kato PS pqxv tbfoa Howls Moving Castle Voice Actress Haruko Kato


Born
  
24 November 1922 (
1922-11-24
)
Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo

Died
  
November 2, 2015, Tokyo, Japan

Spouse
  
Masaya Takahashi (m. 1958–1973), Michio Kato (m. 1946–1953)

Movies
  
Kiki's Delivery Service, Howl's Moving Castle, About Her Brother, Still Walking, Chameleon

Similar People
  
Masaya Takahashi, Yoshimitsu Morita, Hayao Miyazaki, Junji Sakamoto, Hirokazu Koreeda

Haruko Kato (加藤 治子, Katō Haruko, 24 November 1922 – 2 November 2015) was a Japanese actress.

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Biography

Haruko Kato was born in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, on 24 November 1922. After training at acting school, she was signed up with the film production company Toho in 1939, debuting in Hanatsumi Nikki in the same year.

She married the playwright Michio Kato in 1946, but he died in 1953. She married actor Masaya Takahashi in 1958, but they divorced in 1973.

Kato died on 2 November 2015 at her home in Tokyo, aged 92.

Films

  • Something Like It (1981), Yumi's mother
  • Gray Sunset (1985), Kikuyo Takano
  • Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), Madame (voice)
  • Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Madame Suliman (voice)
  • Television

  • Furuhata Ninzaburō (1996)
  • Awards

    In 2002, Kato was awarded the Order of the Precious Crown.

    References

    Haruko Kato Wikipedia