Reiko Mutō

Reiko Mutō (武藤 礼子 or 武藤 禮子, Mutō Reiko, March 1, 1935 – October 29, 2006, born in Tokyo, Japan) was a Japanese voice actress. She is best known for playing the voice of Elizabeth Taylor in Japanese dubbed television and films, and playing main characters in Marvelous Melmo (as Melmo), Astro Boy as Uran (Astro Girl in the English version), and Moomin (as Non Non). As a child, she found she enjoyed acting after joining the child acting troupe Gekidan Komadori.
Mutō died of acute heart failure on October 29, 2006 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

Anime television series

• Mighty Atom (1963–1966, Uran)
• Ribbon Knight (1967–1968, Hecate)
• Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae (1968–1969, Midori)
• Star of the Giants (1968–1971, Kyōko)
• Dororo (1969, Mio)
• Kamui the Ninja (1969, Tone (ep.8))
• Moomin (1969–1970 and 1972, Non Non)
• Attack No. 1 (1969–1971, Michiru Sanjō)
• Lupin III (1971–1972, Linda)
• Marvelous Melmo (1971–1972, Melmo)
• Mokku of the Oak Tree (1972, Mustard Fairy Kasie (ep.8))
• Akadō Suzunosuke (1972–1973, Nagisa (eps.36-37))
• Devilman (1972–1973, Psycho Jenny)
• Hazedon (1972–1973, Shīran)
• Dokonjō Gaeru (1972–1974, Yoshiko Yamaguchi)
• Casshan (1973–1974, Midori Azuma / Suwani)
• Samurai Giants (1973–1974, Rika Minami)
• A Dog of Flanders (1975, narrator)
• La Seine no Hoshi (1975, Marie Antoinette)
• 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976, Cristina Mequinez)
• Ie Naki Ko (1977–1978, Milligan's wife)
• 100 Mannen Chikyū no Tabi: Bander Book (1978-08-27, Queen Tasuka)
• Anne of Green Gables (1979, Barry's wife)
• The Rose of Versailles (1979–1980, Countess Yolande de Polignac)
• Hoeru Bunbun (1980–1981)
• Invincible Robo Trider G7 (1980–1981, Jilba (ep.27-33))
• Six God Combination Godmars (1981–1982, Flore's mother)
• Warrior of Love Rainbowman (1982–1983, Akiko Yamato)
• The Yearling (1983–1985, Ory Baxter)
• Katri, Girl of the Meadows (1984, narrator, Lanta's wife, Akki household maid)
• Maple Town (1986–1987, Christine / Mama)
• Hello! Lady Lynn (1988–1989, Isabel Montgomery)
• Dragon Quest (1989–1991, Sophia)
• Sally the Witch (1989–1991, neighbor lady)
• Pygmalio (1990–1991, Garatia)
• Miracle Girls (1993, Ameonna)
• GeGeGe no Kitaro (1996–1998, Sachi)
• Kindaichi Case Files (1997–2000, Shino Tatsumi)
• Wansa-kun (1973, Mamī, Mimi's mother)

Sources:

OVAs

• Nightsong of Splendor (1989-09-25, Akiko Hashō (羽生燁子))
• Project A-ko 4: FINAL (1989-10-07, Kei's mother)

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Anime films

• Anju to Zushiōmaru (1961-07-19, Nezumi no Chonko)
• Moomin (1971, Non Non)
• Moomin (1972, Non Non)
• Yakyūkyō no Uta (1979, Kayo)
• Natsu e no Tobira (1981-03-20, Sara Veda)
• The Sea Prince and the Fire Child (1981-07-18, Temisu)
• Queen Millennia (1982-03-13, Rārera)
• Arcadia of My Youth (1982-07-28, Maya)
• Crusher Joe (1983-03-12, Machua)
• Golgo 13 (1983, Laura)
• Arion (March 1986, Demeter)

Sources:

Dubbing

• Elizabeth Taylor
  • Father of the Bride (Katherine 'Kay' Banks)
  • Father's Little Dividend (Kay Dunstan)
  • Ivanhoe (Rebecca)
  • The Last Time I Saw Paris (Helen Ellswirth)
  • Giant (eslie Lynnton Benedict)
  • Raintree County (Susanna Drake)
  • Suddenly, Last Summer (Catherine Holly)
  • The Sandpiper (Laura Reynolds)
  • The Blue Bird (Queen of Light/Mother/Witch/Maternal Love)
  • The Mirror Crack'd (Marina Rudd)
  • The Flintstones (Pearl Slaghoople)
• Julie Andrews
  • The Sound of Music (Maria von Trapp)
  • Star! (Gertrude Lawrence)
  • 10 (Samantha Taylor)
  • Victor Victoria (Victoria Grant / Count Victor Grezhinski)
• Broken Lance (1969 TV Asashi edition) (Barbara (Jean Peters))
• Dressed to Kill (1983 TBS edition) (Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson))
• The Eddy Duchin Story (Marjorie Oelrichs (Kim Novak))
• The Mephisto Waltz (Paula Clarkson (Jacqueline Bisset))
• My Darling Clementine (1969 TV Asashi edition) (Clementine Carter (Cathy Downs))
• The Omen (Katherine Thorn (Lee Remick))
• Psycho (1975 Fuji TV edition) (Marion Crane (Janet Leigh))
• Rio Bravo (1973 TV Asashi edition) (Feathers (Angie Dickinson))
• Sergeant York (1967 TV Asashi edition) (Gracie Williams (Joan Leslie))
• Texas Across the River (1971 TBS edition) (Phoebe Ann Naylor (Rosemary Forsyth))
• Waterloo Bridge (1972 TV Tokyo edition) (Myra Lester (Vivien Leigh))

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