Elina Salo

Elina Salo
Elina Salo in 1961, Moscow
Born	Aino Elina Salo (1936-03-09) 9 March 1936 (age 88) Sipoo, Finland
Other names	Aino Elina Maisala[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1956–present
Spouse	Pertti Maisala (1963–1975)

Aino Elina Salo (born 9 March 1936 in Sipoo, Finland) is 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 has appeared in over 50 films and television shows and is known for her appearances in several Aki Kaurismäki’s films. She was also the voice of Little My in the Finnish dub of Moomin.

Salo has received three Jussi Awards for her work. In 2010, she received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commandeur).^[2]

Salo presenting clothes designed by Vuokko Nurmesniemi at a fashion show in the Helsinki Botanical Garden in 1958

Salo lives mainly in France.^[3]

Partial filmography

• Skandaali tyttökoulussa (1960)
• Inspector Palmu's Mistake (1960)
• Gas, Inspector Palmu! (1961)
• The Golden Calf (1961)
• The Diary of a Worker (1967)
• Harry Munter (1970)
• Gangsterfilmen (1974)
• Poet and Muse (1978)
• Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1979)
• Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
• The Match Factory Girl (1990)
• Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994)
• Drifting Clouds (1996)
• Juha (1999)
• The Man Without a Past (2002)
• Le Havre (2011)

References

1. Kuka kukin on 2003, pp. 885–886. Helsinki: Otava, 2002. ISBN 951-1-18086-X
2. "Elina Salo faite commandeur des Arts et Lettres" (in French) Retrieved 28 May 2014.
3. Kilponen, Anna (11 October 2014). "Näyttelijä Elina Salo: "Oulun pojille lähtevät kortit"". Kaleva (in Finnish). Retrieved 26 March 2019.

External links

• Elina Salo at IMDb