Taeko Nakanishi

Taeko Nakanishi
Born	(1931-02-11) February 11, 1931 Hiroshima, Japan
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	1950s–present

Taeko Nakanishi (中西 妙子, Nakanishi Taeko, born February 11, 1931) is a Japanese voice actress who previously works for Aoni Production. She is best known as the voices of the various Panther Claw villiains in Cutie Honey, and the Hell Tree in the first arc of the Sailor Moon R series. She also voiced Chris MacNeil in the original Japanese dub of The Exorcist.

Roles

Television animation

• GeGeGe no Kitarō (1971) as Hone-onna
• Cutie Honey (1973) as Tomohawk panther
• Candy Candy (1976) as Annie Girard and the narrator.
• Glass Mask (1984) as Chigusa Tsukikage
• Princess Sarah (1985) as Miss Minchin
• Little Women (1987) as Mary "Marmee" March
• Sailor Moon R (1993) as Hell Tree
• Emma - A Victorian Romance (2005) as Kelly Stowner
• Emma - A Victorian Romance: Second Act (2007) as Kelly Stowner

OVA

• 2001 Nights (1987) as the narrator
• Sohryuden: Legend of the Dragon Kings (1993) as Xi Wangmu
• Master Keaton (1998) as Sachiko Shiratori

Movies

• The Wizard of Oz (1982) as Aunt Em and Servant
• The Five Star Stories (1989) as the narrator

Video games

• Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within (1998) as Yayoi Takano

Dubbing

• The Andromeda Strain (1974 TV Asahi edition) as Dr. Ruth Leavitt (Kate Reid)
• Ben-Hur (1981 TV Asahi edition) as Miriam (Martha Scott)
• Cocoon (1988 TV Asahi edition) as Bess McCarthy (Gwen Verdon)
• Death Wish (1980 TV Asahi edition) as Joanna Kersey (Hope Lange)
• The Exorcist (1980 TBS edition) as Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn)
• The Good Son as Alice Davenport (Jacqueline Brookes)
• The Miracle Worker (1975 TV Asahi edition) as Anne Sullivan (Anne Bancroft)
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1985 NTV edition) as Beru Lars (Shelagh Fraser)

External links

• Taeko Nakanishi at the Internet Movie Database
• Taeko Nakanishi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia