was a Japanese actress and

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from

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. She is best known for being the Japanese voice of

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, and playing main characters in '' Marvelous Melmo'' (as Melmo), ''

Astro Boy ''Astro Boy'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was serialized in Kobunsha's ''Shōnen'' from 1952 to 1968. The 112 chapters were collected into 23 volumes by Akita Shoten. Da ...

'' as Uran (Astro Girl in the English version), and ''

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'' (as Non Non). As a child, she found she enjoyed acting after joining the child acting troupe Gekidan Komadori. Mutō died of acute

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on October 29, 2006, in

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, Tokyo, Japan.

Roles

Anime television series

*'' Mighty Atom'' (1963–1966, Uran) *'' Ribbon Knight'' (1967–1968, Hecate, Venus) *'' Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae'' (1968–1969, Midori) *''

Star of the Giants is a Japanese sports manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Noboru Kawasaki. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from 1966 to 1971. It is about the actual baseball team Yomiuri Giants using ...

'' (1968–1971, Kyōko) *'' Dororo'' (1969, Mio) *'' Kamui the Ninja'' (1969, Tone (ep.8)) *''

'' (1969–1970 and 1972, Non Non) *'' Attack No. 1'' (1969–1971, Michiru Sanjō) *'' Andersen Stories'' (1971, Psyche (eps. 49)) *''

Lupin III , also written as ''Lupin the Third'', ''Lupin the 3rd'', or ''Lupin the IIIrd'', is a Japanese media franchise created by Monkey Punch. The series follows the endeavors of master thief Lupin III (character), Lupin III, grandson of gentleman t ...

'' (1971–1972, Linda) *'' Marvelous Melmo'' (1971–1972, Melmo) *''

Mokku of the Oak Tree ''Pinocchio: The Series'', also known as ''Saban's The Adventures of Pinocchio'' and known as in Japan, is a 52-episode anime series by Tatsunoko Production first aired on Fuji Television in 1972, which was edited by Saban in 1990. The story i ...

'' (1972, Mustard Fairy Kasie (ep.8)) *'' Akadō Suzunosuke'' (1972–1973, Nagisa (eps.36-37)) *''

Devilman is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. The manga focuses on a high school student named Akira Fudo who absorbs the powers of the demon called "Amon" with help of his friend Ryo Asuka in order to batt ...

'' (1972–1973, Psycho Jenny) *''

Hazedon is a Japanese adventure anime series produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks, Soeisha (later renamed as Sunrise). Its 26 episodes were aired on October 5, 1972, to March 29, 1973, on Fuji Television. It is the first series to be produced by Sunrise ...

'' (1972–1973, Shīran) *'' Dokonjō Gaeru'' (1972–1974, Yoshiko Yamaguchi) *'' Casshan'' (1973–1974, Midori Azuma / Suwani) *'' Samurai Giants'' (1973–1974, Rika Minami) *''

Little Wansa is a mascot for Sanwa Bank designed by Osamu Tezuka. It was later turned into a manga series (which was left unfinished) by Tezuka in 1971, and later a complete anime series in 1973. The hero of ''Wansa-kun'' was Wansa, a puppy who is sold f ...

'' (1973–04-02, Mammy, Mimi's Mother) *''

Kōya no Shōnen Isamu , is a Japanese manga series written by Sōji Yamakawa and illustrated by Noboru Kawasaki. It was published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1971 to 1974. It was adapted into an anime by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Shingo Araki and Daikichiro Kus ...

'' (1973) *'' A Dog of Flanders'' (1975, narrator) *''

La Seine no Hoshi is a Japanese anime series by Soeisha (later renamed as Sunrise), which premiered in Japan on Fuji TV from April 4, 1975 and finished its run on December 26, 1975, spanning a total of 39 episodes. The title translates to English as "The Star ...

'' (1975, Marie Antoinette) *''

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother is a Japanese animated television series directed by Isao Takahata that aired in 1976. It is loosely based on a small part of the Italian novel ''Heart'' (') created by Edmondo De Amicis, i.e., a monthly tale (''racconto mensile'') ''From ...

'' (1976, Cristina Mequinez) *'' Ie Naki Ko'' (1977–1978, Milligan's wife) *'' 100 Mannen Chikyū no Tabi: Bander Book'' (1978-08-27, Queen Tasuka) *'' Yakyū-kyō no Uta'' (1978) *''

Anne of Green Gables ''Anne of Green Gables'' is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a classic children's novel since the mid-20th century. Set in the late 19th century, t ...

'' (1979, Barry's wife) *''

The Rose of Versailles also known as ''Lady Oscar'' and ''La Rose de Versailles'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Riyoko Ikeda. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Margaret'' from 1972 to 1973, while a revival ...

'' (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 ''The Yearling'' is a novel by American writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, published in March 1938. It was the main selection of the Book of the Month Club in April 1938. It won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. It was the best-selling ...

'' (1983–1985, Ory Baxter) *'' Katri, Girl of the Meadows'' (1984, narrator, Lanta's wife, Akki household maid) *''

Maple Town ''Maple Town'', also known as , is a 1986 Japanese anime series created by Chifude Asakura and directed by Junichi Sato. The series, produced by Toei Animation, Asatsu and Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, consists of 52 half-hour episodes, wh ...

'' (1986–1987, Christine / Mama) *'' Hello! Lady Lynn'' (1988–1989, Isabel Montgomery) *''

Dragon Quest previously published as ''Dragon Warrior'' in North America until 2005, is a series of role-playing video games created by Japanese game designer Yuji Horii (Armor Project), character designer Akira Toriyama (Bird Studio), and composer Koi ...

'' (1989–1991, Sophia) *''

Sally the Witch , originally titled , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. It was serialized in Shueisha's monthly ''Ribon'' magazine from July 1966 to October 1967. Its 1966 anime adaptation was one of the most popular ...

'' (1989–1991, neighbor lady) *'' Pygmalio'' (1990–1991, Garatia) *'' Miracle Girls'' (1993, Ameonna) *''

GeGeGe no Kitarō , originally known as , is a Japanese manga series created in 1960 by Shigeru Mizuki. It is best known for its popularization of the folklore creatures known as , a class of spirit-monster which all of the main characters belong t ...

'' (1996–1998, Sachi) *''

Kindaichi Case Files is a Japanese mystery manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. ...

'' (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) Sources:

Anime films

*'' Anju to Zushiōmaru'' (1961-07-19, Nezumi no Chonko) *''

'' (1971, Non Non) *''

'' (1972, Non Non) *'' Yakyūkyō no Uta'' (1979, Kayo) *'' Natsu e no Tobira'' (1981-03-20, Sara Veda) *''

The Sea Prince and the Fire Child is a 1981 Japanese anime film by Sanrio, based on a story by Shintaro Tsuji. It is said to be a loose retelling of ''Romeo and Juliet'', itself a European version of many tales of star-crossed lovers in a variety of cultures and eras. In thi ...

'' (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 is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takao Saito, published in Shogakukan's manga magazine ''Big Comic'' since October 1968. The series follows the title character, a professional assassin for hire. ''Golgo 13'' is ...

'' (1983, Laura) *'' Arei no Kagami'' (1985, Universal Consciousness) *''

Arion Arion (; ) was a kitharode in ancient Greece, a Dionysiac poet credited with inventing the dithyramb. The islanders of Lesbos claimed him as their native son, but Arion found a patron in Periander, tyrant of Corinth. Although notable for his mu ...

'' (March 1986, Demeter) Sources:

Dubbing

**'' Father of the Bride'' (Katherine 'Kay' Banks) **'' Father's Little Dividend'' (Kay Dunstan) **''

Ivanhoe ''Ivanhoe: A Romance'' ( ) by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in December 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. It marked a shift away from Scott's prior practice of setting stories in Scotland and in the more ...

'' (Rebecca) **'' The Last Time I Saw Paris'' (Helen Ellswirth) **''

Giant In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: ''wiktionary:gigas, gigas'', cognate wiktionary:giga-, giga-) are beings of humanoid appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word ''gia ...

'' (eslie Lynnton Benedict) **'' Raintree County'' (Susanna Drake) **''

Suddenly, Last Summer ''Suddenly Last Summer'' is a one-act play by Tennessee Williams, written in New York in 1957. It opened off Broadway on January 7, 1958, as part of a double bill with another of Williams' one-acts, '' Something Unspoken'' (written in London in ...

'' (Catherine Holly) **''

The Sandpiper ''The Sandpiper'' is a 1965 American drama film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, the third of eleven films starring the power couple. Plot Laura Reynolds is a free-spirited, unwed single mother liv ...

'' (Laura Reynolds) **'' The Blue Bird'' (Queen of Light/Mother/Witch/Maternal Love) **'' The Mirror Crack'd'' (Marina Rudd) **''

The Flintstones ''The Flintstones'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera, Hanna-Barbera Productions, which takes place in a romanticized Stone Age setting and follows the titular family, the Flintstones, and their next-door neighbors, the R ...

'' (Pearl Slaghoople) *

Julie Andrews Dame Julie Andrews (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over eight decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Fi ...

**''

The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. ...

'' (

Maria von Trapp Maria Augusta von Trapp Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Catholic), DHS (; 26 January 1905 – 28 March 1987), often styled as "Baroness", was the stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family, Trapp Family Singers. She wrote ''The Story of the ...

) **'' Star!'' (Gertrude Lawrence) **'' 10'' (Samantha Taylor) **'' Victor/Victoria'' (Victoria Grant / Count Victor Grezhinski) *''

Broken Lance ''Broken Lance'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Sol C. Siegel. The film stars Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters, Richard Widmark and Katy Jurado. Shot in Technicolor and CinemaScope, the film ...

'' (1969 TV Asahi edition) (Barbara ( Jean Peters)) *'' Cold Sweat'' (1979 NTV edition) (Fabienne Martin (

Liv Ullmann Liv Johanne Ullmann (born 16 December 1938) is a Norwegian actress and filmmaker. Recognised as one of the greatest European actresses of all time, Ullmann is known as the muse and frequent collaborator of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, whom she date ...

)) *'' The Concorde ... Airport '79'' (1982 TV Asahi edition) (Maggie Whelan (

Susan Blakely Susan Blakely (born September 7, 1948) is an American actress. She is best known for her leading role in the 1976 ABC miniseries '' Rich Man, Poor Man'', for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama a ...

)) *'' Dressed to Kill'' (1983 TBS edition) (Kate Miller (

Angie Dickinson Angie Dickinson (born Angeline Brown; September 30, 1931) is an American retired actress. She began her career on television, appearing in many Anthology series#Television, anthology series during the 1950s, before gaining her breakthrough rol ...

)) *''

The Eddy Duchin Story ''The Eddy Duchin Story'' is a 1956 American biopic film of band leader and pianist Eddy Duchin starring Tyrone Power and Kim Novak. Filmed in CinemaScope, the Technicolor production was directed by George Sidney and written by Samuel A. T ...

'' (Marjorie Oelrichs (

Kim Novak Marilyn Pauline "Kim" Novak (born February 13, 1933) is an American retired actress and painter. Her contributions to cinema have been honored with two Golden Globe Awards, an Honorary Golden Bear, a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, and a s ...

)) *''

The Horse Soldiers ''The Horse Soldiers'' is a 1959 American adventure war film set during the American Civil War directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, William Holden and Constance Towers. The screenplay by John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin was loosely ...

'' (1973 NET edition) (Miss Hannah Hunter of Greenbriar ( Constance Towers)) *'' The Mephisto Waltz'' (Paula Clarkson (

Jacqueline Bisset Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset ( ; born 13 September 1944) is a British actress. She began her film career in 1965 and first came to prominence in 1968 with roles in ''The Detective (1968 film), The Detective'', ''Bullitt'', and ''The Sweet ...

)) *'' The Mighty Peking Man'' (Samantha ( Evelyne Kraft)) *''

My Darling Clementine ''My Darling Clementine'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp during the period leading up to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. The ensemble cast also features Victor Mature (as Doc Holli ...

'' (1969 TV Asahi edition) (Clementine Carter (

Cathy Downs Catherine N. Downs (March 3, 1926 – December 8, 1976) was an American film actress. Biography Downs was born in Port Jefferson, New York. She was the daughter of James Nelson Downs and Edna Elizabeth Newman. A model for the Walter Thornton ...

)) *''

The Omen ''The Omen'' is a 1976 supernatural horror film directed by Richard Donner and written by David Seltzer. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, it stars Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Sp ...

'' (Katherine Thorn (

Lee Remick Lee Ann Remick (; December 14, 1935 – July 2, 1991) was an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the film ''Days of Wine and Roses (film), Days of Wine and Roses'' (1962) and was nominated fo ...

)) *'' Psycho'' (1975 Fuji TV edition) (

Marion Crane Marion Crane (originally known as Mary Crane, also by the alias Marie Samuels) is a fictional character of Robert Bloch's 1959 thriller novel '' Psycho'' and portrayed by Janet Leigh in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film adaptation. She was later pl ...

(

Janet Leigh Jeanette Helen Morrison (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress. Raised in Stockton, California, by working-class parents, Leigh was discovered at 18 by actress Norma Shearer, who helped he ...

)) *'' Rio Bravo'' (1973 TV Asahi edition) (Feathers (

)) *''

Sergeant York Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887 – September 2, 1964), also known by his rank as Sergeant York, was an American soldier who was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I. He received the Medal of Honor fo ...

'' (1967 TV Asahi edition) (Gracie Williams ( Joan Leslie)) *'' Serpico'' (1977 TV Asahi edition) (Laurie (Barbara Eda-Young)) *''

Texas Across the River Texas Across The River is a 1966 American Techniscope comedy western film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Dean Martin, Alain Delon, Rosemary Forsyth and Joey Bishop. Plot Phoebe Ann Naylor is about to be wed to Don Andrea Baldazar, El ...

'' (1971 TBS edition) (Phoebe Ann Naylor (

Rosemary Forsyth Rosemary Forsyth (born July 6, 1943) is a Canadian-born American actress. She made her big screen debut in the 1965 Western film ''Shenandoah (film), Shenandoah'', for which she received Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award nomination for Go ...

)) *''

Waterloo Bridge Waterloo Bridge () is a road and foot traffic bridge crossing the River Thames in London, between Blackfriars Bridge and Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges. Its name commemorates the victory of the British, Dutch and Prussians at the ...

'' (1972 TV Tokyo edition) (Myra Lester (

Vivien Leigh Vivien Leigh ( ; born Vivian Mary Hartley; 5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967), styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British actress. After completing her drama school education, Leigh appeared in small roles in four films in 1935 and progress ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muto, Reiko 1935 births 2006 deaths Japanese child actresses Japanese video game actresses Voice actresses from Tokyo