Yoko Tani

Yoko Tani

Yoko Tani (谷洋子, Tani Yōko, 2 August 1928 – 19 April 1999) was a French-born Japanese actress and nightclub entertainer. Tani was born in Paris. Her birth name was Itani Yōko (猪谷洋子). She has occasionally been described as 'Eurasian', 'half French', 'half Japanese' and even, in one source, 'Italian Japanese', all of which are incorrect. French records (1958) show that her father and mother—both Japanese—were attached to the Japanese embassy in Paris, with Tani herself conceived en route during a shipboard passage from Japan to Europe in 1927 and subsequently born in Paris the following year, hence given the name Yōko (洋子), one reading of which can mean "ocean-child.". Tani would later play a diplomat's daughter in Piccadilly Third Stop. According to Japanese sources, the family returned to Japan in 1930, when Yoko would still have been a toddler, and she did not return to France until 1950 when her schooling was completed. Given that there were severe restrictions on Japanese travelling outside Japan directly after World War II, this would have been an unusual event; however, it is known that Itani had attended an elite girls' school in Tokyo (Tokyo Women's Higher Normal School, currently Ochanomizu University Senior High School), and then graduated from Tsuda University. She subsequently secured a Catholic scholarship to study aesthetics at the University of Paris (Sorbonne) under Étienne Souriau. Once back in Paris, Tani found little interest in attending university (although by her own account she persevered for two years despite understanding hardly anything that was being said). Instead, she developed a more compelling attraction to the cabaret, the nightclub, and the variety music-hall, where, setting herself up as an exotic oriental beauty, she quickly established a reputation for her provocative "geisha" dances, which generally ended with her slipping out of her kimono. It was here she was spotted by Marcel Carné, who took her into his circle of director and actor-friends, including Roland Lesaffre, whom she was later to marry. As a result, she began to get bit parts in films—starting as (perhaps predictably) a Japanese dancer, in Gréville's Le port du désir (1953–1954, released 1955)—and on the stage, with a role as Lotus Bleu in la Petite Maison de Thé (French adaptation of The Teahouse of the August Moon) at the Théâtre Montparnasse, 1954–1955 season. ... Source: Article "Yoko Tani" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Popularitet : 3.782
  • Känd för : Acting
  • Födelsedag : 1928-08-02
  • Födelseort : Paris, France
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  • 1964
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    F.B.I. operazione Baalbeck

    F.B.I. operazione Baalbeck

    5 1964 HD

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  • 1962
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    My Geisha

    My Geisha

    6.5 1962 HD

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  • 1960
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    Der schweigende Stern

    Der schweigende Stern

    4.7 1960 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Wind Cannot Read

    The Wind Cannot Read

    6.3 1958 HD

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  • 1956
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    Mannequins de Paris

    Mannequins de Paris

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Quiet American

    The Quiet American

    5.783 1958 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Savage Innocents

    The Savage Innocents

    6.713 1960 HD

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  • 1962
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    Marco Polo

    Marco Polo

    4.2 1962 HD

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  • 1967
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    Le 7 Cinesi d'oro

    Le 7 Cinesi d'oro

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1961
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    Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan

    Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan

    5.8 1961 HD

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  • 1966
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    Le spie amano i fiori

    Le spie amano i fiori

    5.2 1966 HD

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  • 1965
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    Invasion

    Invasion

    5.8 1965 HD

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  • 1960
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    Piccadilly Third Stop

    Piccadilly Third Stop

    6.5 1960 HD

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  • 1955
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    Gangsterbrudar

    Gangsterbrudar

    5.3 1955 HD

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  • 1963
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    Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

    Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

    5.786 1963 HD

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  • 1991
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    Le lotus d'or

    Le lotus d'or

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1959
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    Yoko Tani in London

    Yoko Tani in London

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  • 1965
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    OSS 77 - Operazione fior di loto

    OSS 77 - Operazione fior di loto

    4 1965 HD

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  • 1955
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    Gueule d'ange

    Gueule d'ange

    4 1955 HD

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  • 1954
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    Marchandes d'illusions

    Marchandes d'illusions

    4.7 1954 HD

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  • 1956
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    À la manière de Sherlock Holmes

    À la manière de Sherlock Holmes

    4.5 1956 HD

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  • 1967
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    To Chase A Million

    To Chase A Million

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1968
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    Koroshi

    Koroshi

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1956
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    裸足の青春

    裸足の青春

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1958
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    La Fille de feu

    La Fille de feu

    4 1958 HD

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  • 1966
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    Goldsnake: Anonima Killers

    Goldsnake: Anonima Killers

    10 1966 HD

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  • 1961
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    Ursus e la ragazza tartara

    Ursus e la ragazza tartara

    4 1961 HD

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  • 1964
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    Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse

    Die Todesstrahlen des Dr. Mabuse

    5.8 1964 HD

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  • 1954
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    Les Clandestines

    Les Clandestines

    7 1954 HD

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  • 1957
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    Les Œufs de l'autruche

    Les Œufs de l'autruche

    5.8 1957 HD

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  • 1964
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    Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa

    Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1956
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    女囚と共に

    女囚と共に

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1956
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    Paris canaille

    Paris canaille

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1965
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    Agente Z 55 missione disperata

    Agente Z 55 missione disperata

    7 1965 HD

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  • 1955
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    Lidelsernas hamn

    Lidelsernas hamn

    6.7 1955 HD

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  • 1972
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    Shirley's World

    Shirley's World

    5 1972 HD

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  • 1961
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    Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

    5.7 1961 HD

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  • 1968
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    Les Dossiers de l'Agence O

    Les Dossiers de l'Agence O

    10 1968 HD

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  • 1967
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    Man in a Suitcase

    Man in a Suitcase

    7 1967 HD

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  • 1956
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    Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

    8 1956 HD

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  • 1986
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    Série rose

    Série rose

    5.8 1986 HD

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