Kazue Takahashi  | |
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高橋 和枝  | |
![]() Kazue Takahashi in 1952  | |
| Born | Kazue Oizumi March 20, 1929  | 
| Died | March 23, 1999 (aged 70) | 
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| Years active | 1949–1998 | 
Kazue Oizumi (大泉 和枝, Ōizumi Kazue, March 20, 1929 – March 23, 1999), known by the stage name Kazue Takahashi (高橋 和枝, Takahashi Kazue), was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Kazue was best known as the voice of Shoutarou Kaneda ("Jimmy Sparks") in Tetsujin 28-go ("Gigantor"). She debuted in 1949.
Kazue was also known for roles in Kaiju Booska and Sazae-san.
Kazue graduated from Kasei-Gakuin University.
In February 1998, she came down with myelodysplastic syndrome and was transported to the Bunkyo-ku Tokyo University hospital. Three days after her 70th birthday, Kazue died in the Bunkyo-ku Tokyo University hospital annex. She presumably died from bone marrow cancer.
In February 2010, she received a posthumous "Special Merit Award" from the 4th Seiyū Awards.[1]
Voice roles
Anime
- Andersen Stories as Evil Queen, Kirt
 - Akane-chan as Hidemaro
 - Chibikko Remi to Meiken Kapi as Pepe
 - Dokonjo Gaeru as Goro
 - Doraemon (1973) as Suneo's Mother
 - F as Sayuri
 - Gauche the Cellist as Child tanuki
 - Gegege no Kitaro
 - Giant Robo as Rudo
 - Tetsujin 28-go as Shoutarou Kaneda
 - Kashi no Ki Mokku
 - Katri, Girl of the Meadows as Gunilla
 - Kikansha Yaemon D51 no Daiboken as Chuuko
 - Steel Jeeg as Queen Himika & Mayumi Shiba
 - Kujira no Josephina as Josephina
 - Dinosaur War Izenborg as Witch Zobina
 - Kyoryu Tankentai Born Free as Masao Masaki
 - Meiken Jolie
 - Trider G7 as Okane
 - Nagagutsu Sanjyuushi as Jane
 - Ogon Bat as Takeru Yamato
 - Osomatsu-kun as Chibita
 - Phoenix 2772 as Pincho
 - Sazae-san as Katsuo (2nd voice)
 - Shin Mitsubachi Maaya no Boken as Thekla
 - Moomin as Jane
 - Tonde Mon Pe as Lady Kamata
 - Brave Raideen
 
Dub
- ALF as Raquel Ochmonek
 - Atom Ant as Atom Ant
 - The Magilla Gorilla Show as Magilla Gorilla
 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as E.T. (VHS Dub)
 - Tom and Jerry as one of the voices of Tom
 - Suspiria as Miss Tanner[2] (1979 TBS Dub)
 - The Bugs Bunny Show as Bugs Bunny
 - Daddy Long Legs as Alicia Pritchard (1970 TBS Dub)
 - The Mirror Crack'd as Miss Marple (1983 TBS Dub)
 - Johnny Dangerously as Ma Kelly (1991 NTV Dub)
 - Willow as Queen Bavmorda (DVD Dub)
 - The Glass Slipper as Widow Sonder (1969 NHK Dub)
 - Witness for the Prosecution as Miss Plimsoll (1972 NET Dub)
 - Every Which Way But Loose as Herb (1983 NTV Dub)
 - Any Which Way You Can as Ma Boggs (1985 TV Asahi Dub)
 - The Champ as Dolly Kenyon (1981 TV Asahi Dub)
 - Deadly Friend as Elvira Parker (1990 TBS Dub)
 - Bell, Book and Candle as Queenie Holroyd (1970 NET Dub)
 - Strangers on a Train as Barbara Morton (1966 NET Dub)
 - Murder by Death as Jessica Marbles (1981 TBS Dub)
 - The Cheap Detective as Betty Deboop (1982 TBS Dub)
 - Limelight as Mrs. Alsop (1977 TBS Dub)
 
Successors
- Rica Matsumoto—E.T. the Extra Terrestrial as E.T.
 - Chisa Yokoyama—2112: The Birth of Doraemon, The Great Operating of Springing Insects as Yellow Doraemon
 - Miina Tominaga—Sazae-san as Katsuo Isono
 - Kazue Komiya—Columbo as Ms. Brady
 - Mami Horikoshi—Anpanman as Aunt Yarn Maki
 - Haruka Kudo—Anpanman as Enpitsuman
 - Yoshiko Asai—Super Robot Wars as Himika
 - Yasuhiro Takato—Booska! Booska! as Booska
 - Misato Okano—Flash the Booska as Booska
 
References
- ↑ "Some of the 4th Annual Seiyū Award Winners Revealed". Anime News Network. February 16, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
 - ↑ "サスペリア<4Kレストア版>". Zeque Productions. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
 
External links
- Kazue Takahashi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
 - Kazue Takahashi at IMDb
 
