Keiko Awaji

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Keiko Awaji (淡路恵子, Awaji Keiko; 17 July 1933 – 11 January 2014) was a Japanese stage and film actress. Awaji appeared in films like Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog, Keisuke Kinoshita's A Japanese Tragedy, Mark Robson's The Bridges at Toko-Ri and Mikio Naruse's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs. She died of esophageal cancer in Tokyo on 11 January 2014, aged 80. She was married twice, to Filipino actor Bimbo Danao and to Japanese actor Yorozuya Kinnosuke.

Career

1. 1933
   Born
2. 1958
   Won Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress
3. 2005
   Won Kinuyo Tanaka Award
4. 2014
   Passed away
5. Won Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Tokyo
• •Citizenship: Japan, Empire of Japan
• •Known as: actor
• •Spouse: Bimbo Danao