Elina Salo
Acting
Born: 1936-03-09 in Sipoo, Finland
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Elina Salo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Match Factory Girl
Mother
Le Havre
Claire
Mumintrollet
Lilla My
The Man Without a Past
Dock Clerk
The Snow Queen
Pohjoisen velho
Rintamalotta
Soilikki
Drifting Clouds
Mrs. Sjöholm
Eight Mirrors
Aiti
Juha
Shemeikka's Sister
Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
The Farewell
Fräulein, kotiopettajatar
The Little Angel
Narrator (voice)
A Worker's Diary
Ritva Margaret Vehoniemi, o.s. Mattila
Tähtisumua
Petos
postikonttorin kassanhoitaja
Pedon merkki
Sairaanhoitaja
Nonstop
Mother (voice)
Kreivi
Toini
Tre långa år
Hamlet Goes Business
Gertrud
Nitro League
Poet and Muse
L. Onerva
Tyttö tuli taloon
Lulu
Patarouva
Kastehelmi Seppälä, patarouva
Yö vai päivä
Mattila - School teacher
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
Hotel Receptionist
Justus järjestää kaiken
Bella
Vandrande skugga
Cecilia Reding
The Rooster and Hen Have a Sauna
Narrator (voice)
Naiset, jotka minulle annoit
Kati Korpi
Iloinen Linnanmäki
Tuija
Scandal in the Girls' School
Liisi Kortman
Älä nuolase…
Elina Hankio
I Have a Tiger
Äänet (voice)
Sotapojan heilat
Sirkka Kolehmainen
Inspector Palmu's Error
Airi Rykämö
Gas, Inspector Palmu!
Kirsti Skrof
Tie pimeään
Anita Salmela
Herra sotaministeri
Leena Autio