Yoshie Taira

Yoshie Taira

is a Japanese actress. Born in Obihiro, Hokkaido on October 10, 1954, she graduated from St. Margaret's Junior College in Suginami, Tokyo.

From 1985 to 1999, she was a costar in the TBS prime-time television series "Ōoka Echizen" in the role of Yukie, the wife of the historic Ōoka Tadasuke. She has also appeared in many other "jidaigeki", including "Gokenin Zankurō", "Mito Kōmon", and "Abarenbo Shogun". Stage roles have included "Akai Tsuki", "Nemuri Hime", "Koi Yamabiko", "Benkei", "Shishi o Kau — Rikyū to Hideyoshi", "Zenigata Heiji", "Kawaite Sōrō" and many others. As a voice actress, she dubbed the mother in Doogie Howser, M.D., Amy Hasting in an episode of "The New Perry Mason", and Abigail Bartlet in The West Wing. Ms. Taira has also appeared in films, and in television commercials for Yōmeishu and Kao.

External links

* [http://dir.yahoo.co.jp/talent/16/w93-1644.html Yahoo! Japan page]


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