# Kazue Takahashi

Kazue Oizumi (大泉 和枝, Ōizumi Kazue, March 20, 1929 – March 23, 1999), known by the stage name Kazue Takahashi (高橋 和枝, Takahashi Kazue), was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Kazue was best known as the voice of Shoutarou Kaneda ("Jimmy Sparks") in Tetsujin 28-go ("Gigantor"). She debuted in 1949.
Kazue was also known for roles in Kaiju Booska and Sazae-san.
Kazue graduated from Kasei-Gakuin University.
In February 1998, she came down with myelodysplastic syndrome and was transported to the Bunkyo-ku Tokyo University hospital. Three days after her 70th birthday, Kazue died in the Bunkyo-ku Tokyo University hospital annex. She presumably died from bone marrow cancer.
In February 2010, she received a posthumous "Special Merit Award" from the 4th Seiyū Awards.

## Voice roles
### Anime

* Andersen Stories as Evil Queen, Kirt
* Akane-chan as Hidemaro
* Chibikko Remi to Meiken Kapi as Pepe
* Dokonjo Gaeru as Goro
* Doraemon (1973) as Suneo's Mother
* F as Sayuri
* Gauche the Cellist as Child tanuki
* Gegege no Kitaro
* Giant Robo as Rudo
* Tetsujin 28-go as Shoutarou Kaneda
* Kashi no Ki Mokku
* Katri, Girl of the Meadows as Gunilla
* Kikansha Yaemon D51 no Daiboken as Chuuko
* Steel Jeeg as Queen Himika & Mayumi Shiba
* Kujira no Josephina as Josephina
* Dinosaur War Izenborg as Witch Zobina
* Kyoryu Tankentai Born Free as Masao Masaki
* Meiken Jolie
* Trider G7 as Okane
* Nagagutsu Sanjyuushi as Jane
* Ogon Bat as Takeru Yamato
* Osomatsu-kun as Chibita
* Phoenix 2772 as Pincho
* Sazae-san as Katsuo (2nd voice)
* Shin Mitsubachi Maaya no Boken as Thekla
* Moomin as Jane
* Tonde Mon Pe as Lady Kamata
* Brave Raideen

### Dub

* ALF as Raquel Ochmonek
* Atom Ant as Atom Ant
* The Magilla Gorilla Show as Magilla Gorilla
* E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as E.T. (VHS Dub)
* Tom and Jerry as one of the voices of Tom
* Suspiria as Miss Tanner (1979 TBS Dub)
* The Bugs Bunny Show as Bugs Bunny
* Daddy Long Legs as Alicia Pritchard (1970 TBS Dub)
* The Mirror Crack'd as Miss Marple (1983 TBS Dub)
* Johnny Dangerously as Ma Kelly (1991 NTV Dub)
* Willow as Queen Bavmorda (DVD Dub)
* The Glass Slipper as Widow Sonder (1969 NHK Dub)
* Witness for the Prosecution as Miss Plimsoll (1972 NET Dub)
* Every Which Way But Loose as Herb (1983 NTV Dub)
* Any Which Way You Can as Ma Boggs (1985 TV Asahi Dub)
* The Champ as Dolly Kenyon (1981 TV Asahi Dub)
* Deadly Friend as Elvira Parker (1990 TBS Dub)
* Bell, Book and Candle as Queenie Holroyd (1970 NET Dub)
* Strangers on a Train as Barbara Morton (1966 NET Dub)
* Murder by Death as Jessica Marbles (1981 TBS Dub)
* The Cheap Detective as Betty Deboop (1982 TBS Dub)
* Limelight as Mrs. Alsop (1977 TBS Dub)
* Throw Momma from the Train as Mrs. "Momma" Lift

### Successors

* Rica Matsumoto — E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as E.T.
* Chisa Yokoyama — 2112: The Birth of Doraemon, The Great Operating of Springing Insects as Yellow Doraemon
* Miina Tominaga — Sazae-san as Katsuo Isono
* Kazue Komiya — Columbo as Ms. Brady
* Mami Horikoshi — Anpanman as Aunt Yarn Maki
* Haruka Kudo — Anpanman as Enpitsuman
* Yoshiko Asai — Super Robot Wars as Himika
* Yasuhiro Takato — Booska! Booska! as Booska
* Misato Okano — Flash the Booska as Booska