Taeko Nakanishi Explained

Taeko Nakanishi
Native Name:	中西 妙子
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	11 February 1931
Birth Place:	Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Occupation:	Voice actress
Years Active:	1950–2007

is a Japanese actress who specializes in voice acting and previously worked for Aoni Production. She is best known as the voices of the various Panther Claw villains 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.

Filmography

Television animation

• GeGeGe no Kitarō (1971) as Hone-onna
• Cutie Honey (1973) as Tomohawk Panther, Ironsado
• Alps no Shōjo Heidi (1974) as Mrs. Dete
• Vicke Viking (1974) as Irba
• Dog of Flanders (1975) as Ellina Cogez
• Candy Candy (1976) as Sister Pony, Grandaunt Elory, Narrator
• Galaxy Express 999 (1978) as Narrator
• Akai Tori (1979) as Narrator
• King Arthur (1979) as Yulliens, Ashura
• Little Women (1981) as Narrator
• Galactic Gale Baxingar (1982) as Erika Tena
• Glass Mask (1984) as Chigusa Tsukikage
• Princess Sarah (1985) as Miss Minchin
• Little Women (1987) as Mary "Marmee" March
• Kiteretsu Daihyakka (1991) as Aiko
• 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
• (1993) as Xi Wangmu
• Master Keaton (1998) as Sachiko Shiratori

Movies

• Ringing Bell (1978) as Chirin's Mother^[1]
• Swan Lake (1981) as Queen
• The Fantastic Adventures of Unico (1981) as Grandmother^[1]
• The Wizard of Oz (1982) as Aunt Em and Servant^[1]
• Papa Mama Bye bye (1984) as Aunt
• Penguin's Memory: Shiawase Monogatari (1985) as Helen
• The Five Star Stories (1989) as Narrator

Video games

• (1998) as Yayoi Takano, Atsumi Kishi

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)^[2]
• The Diary of Anne Frank as Petronella Van Daan (Shelley Winters)^[3]
• The Exorcist (1980 TBS edition) as Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn)
• Flesh for Frankenstein as Baroness Katrin Frankenstein (Monique van Vooren)^[4]
• The Good Son as Alice Davenport (Jacqueline Brookes)
• The Miracle Worker (1975 TV Asahi edition) as Anne Sullivan (Anne Bancroft)
• The Sound of Music as Mother Abbess (Peggy Wood)^[5]
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1985 NTV edition) as Beru Lars (Shelagh Fraser)

References

1. Web site: Taeko Nakanishi (visual voices guide). November 11, 2023. behindthevoiceactors.com. . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information..
2. Web site: 狼よさらば[吹]]. March 12, 2019. Star Channel.
3. Web site: アンネの日記. August 12, 2020. Fox Japan. August 4, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200804060713/http://www.foxjapan.com/diary-of-anne-frank-the. dead.
4. Web site: 悪魔のはらわた -４Ｋレストア版 SPECIAL-. September 23, 2024. Happinet Pictures.
5. Web site: サウンド・オブ・ミュージック. February 10, 2023. The Cinema.