Chieko Higashiyama

Chieko Higashiyama
Chieko Higashiyama in the 1953 film Tokyo Story
Native name	東山 千栄子
Born	30 September 1890 Chiba, Japan
Died	8 May 1980(1980-05-08) (aged 89) Yokohama, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1925-1980

Chieko Higashiyama (東山 千栄子, Higashiyama Chieko^?, 30 September 1890 – 8 May 1980) was a Japanese stage and film actress. She appeared in more than sixty films from 1936 to 1967.

Graduating from the girls' school at Gakushuin, she married a business man in 1909 and spent eight years in Moscow. In 1925, at the age of 35, she decided to become an actress and began training at the Tsukiji Shōgekijō. She appeared in many stage productions, most famously as Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard. She also appeared in films.