Actor
Elina Salo
Actor
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Elina Salo (born March 9, 1936 in Sipoo, Finland; died November 4, 2025) was a Finnish film, theatre and television actress who has also done work in radio as a voice actor in children’s programming. In her career that began in 1956, Salo appeared in over 50 films and television shows but she is best known for her work in Aki Kaurismäki’s films. She has been awarded three Jussi Awards for her work. In 2010, she was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commandeur).
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Filmography
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1956
Rintamalotta
Soilikki
1956
Tyttö tuli taloon
Lulu
1957
Herra sotaministeri
Leena Autio
1958
Kulkurin masurkka
Annikki
1958
Sotapojan heilat
Sirkka Kolehmainen
1959
Patarouva
Kastehelmi Seppälä, patarouva
1959
Taas tapaamme Suomisen perheen
Laura Sorri
1960
Iloinen Linnanmäki
Tuija
1960
Inspector Palmu's Error
Airi Rykämö
1960
Justus järjestää kaiken
Bella
1960
Scandal in the Girls' School
Liisi Kortman
1961
Gas, Inspector Palmu!
Kirsti Skrof
1961
Kultainen vasikka
Lahja Ahlroos
1961
Minkkiturkki
Liisa
1961
Tähtisumua
Role not on record
1962
Naiset, jotka minulle annoit
Kati Korpi
1962
Tie pimeään
Anita Salmela
1962
Yö vai päivä
Mattila - School teacher
1962
Älä nuolase…
Elina Hankio
1963
Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso
Inga
1965
Vaaksa vaaraa
Liisa Liljefors
1967
A Worker's Diary
Ritva Margaret Vehoniemi, o.s. Mattila
1968
Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
Role not on record
1969
Harry Munter
Lonely woman
1969
Tre långa år
Role not on record
1971
Kreivi
Toini
1973
Gamen
Sjuksköterska / Leonardo da Vinci (ung) / Salai / Rafael / m.fl.
1974
A Stranger Came by Train
Role not on record
1978
Poet and Muse
L. Onerva
1979
Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
Role not on record
1979
I Have a Tiger
Äänet (voice)
1981
Pedon merkki
Sairaanhoitaja
1982
Eight Mirrors
Aiti
1982
The Farewell
Fräulein, kotiopettajatar
1984
Tove and the Sea
Self / Reader (voice)
1986
Linna
Mizzi
1986
Pohjoisen velho
1987
Hamlet Goes Business
Gertrud
1987
Nonstop
Mother (voice)
1988
Petos
postikonttorin kassanhoitaja
1989
The Little Angel
Narrator (voice)
1990
The Match Factory Girl
Mother
1991
The Rooster and Hen Have a Sauna
Narrator (voice)
1993
Nitro League
Role not on record
1994
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
Hotel Receptionist
1996
Drifting Clouds
Mrs. Sjöholm
1999
Juha
Shemeikka's Sister
2002
Dock Clerk
2011
Le Havre
Claire
Television
1969
Mumintrollet
Lilla My
1984
Vandrande skugga
Cecilia Reding
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