Haruko Katō
Haruko Katō (加藤 治子 Katō Haruko, 24 November 1922 – 2 November 2015) was a Japanese actress. Haruko Katō was born in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, on 24 November 1922. After attending the Shochiku Girls' Opera School, she joined the Shochiku Girls' Opera Company under the stage name Kyoko Mifune. She was signed by the film production company Toho in 1939, making her film debut in Hanatsumi Nikki that same year. In 1940, she joined the New Theatre Research Society, which had been founded by Hiroshi Akutagawa and Michio Kato, whom she married in 1946.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1922-11-24 · Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- 2015-11-02
Known for
- Howl's Moving Castle (2004) — Madame Suliman (voice)
- Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) — Old Lady (voice)
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) — Grandmother
- A Taxing Woman's Return (1988) — Kinu Akabane
- A Thousand and One Nights (1969) — Genie (voice)
- Pistol Opera (2001) — Shizuka Orikuchi
- Furuhata Ninzaburo (1994) — Takayo Sasaki
- Gonza the Spearman (1986) — Oyuki's nanny
- About Her Brother (2010) — Takano Kinuo
- Sharaku (1995) — Ofuji
- Time Limit Investigator (2006)
- Chameleon (2008) — Noriko Yamamura
- Tokyo Blackout (1987) — Umeko Koide
- Capone Cries a Lot (1985) — Wife
- An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
- Spy Sorge (2003)