
Chieko Higashiyama (September 30, 1890 – May 8, 1980) was a Japanese actress. Graduating from the girls' school at Gakushuin, she married a businessman in 1909 and spent eight years in Moscow. In 1925, at the age of 35, she decided to become an actress. She trained at the Tsukiji Shōgekijō, a pioneering theater then-famous for modern Japanese plays and translated performances of Western playwrights. Higashiyama appeared in many stage productions, most famously as Madame Ranevskaya in Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard." She also appeared in films, including Tokyo Story, which was voted the best film of all time in the 2012 Sight and Sound directors' poll.

Oyaji Daiko
TV • 1968

Diary of a Mad Old Man
MOVIE • 1962

Tokyo Story
MOVIE • 1953

The Idiot
MOVIE • 1951

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
MOVIE • 1964

The Radish and the Carrot
MOVIE • 1965

Early Summer
MOVIE • 1951

Here's to the Young Lady
MOVIE • 1949

The Tale of Genji
MOVIE • 1951

The Love of the Actress Sumako
MOVIE • 1947

Sing, Young People!
MOVIE • 1963

Apostasy
MOVIE • 1948

Port of Flowers
MOVIE • 1943

The Kii River
MOVIE • 1966

The Garden of Women
MOVIE • 1954

The Gentle Japanese
MOVIE • 1971

Sisters of Nishijin
MOVIE • 1952

The Loyal 47 Ronin
MOVIE • 1958