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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 9, 1936
Died
November 4, 2025
Place of Birth
Sipoo, Finland
Also Known As
- Elina Maisala
- Элина Сало
Elina Salo
0.4 Popularity
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
7.0
Claire
Le Havre
2011
7.4
Dock Clerk
The Man Without a Past
2002
6.7
Shemeikka's Sister
Juha
1999
7.6
Mrs. Sjöholm
Drifting Clouds
1996
6.7
Hotel Receptionist
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
1994
0.0
Nitro League
1993
0.0
Narrator (voice)
The Rooster and Hen Have a Sauna
1991
7.4
Mother
The Match Factory Girl
1990
0.0
Narrator (voice)
The Little Angel
1989
5.0
postikonttorin kassanhoitaja
Petos
1988
Credits
Le Havre
as Claire
2011
7.0
The Man Without a Past
as Dock Clerk
2002
7.4
Juha
as Shemeikka's Sister
1999
6.7
Drifting Clouds
as Mrs. Sjöholm
1996
7.6
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
as Hotel Receptionist
1994
6.7
Nitro League
1993
0.0
The Rooster and Hen Have a Sauna
as Narrator (voice)
1991
0.0
The Match Factory Girl
as Mother
1990
7.4
The Little Angel
as Narrator (voice)
1989
0.0
Petos
as postikonttorin kassanhoitaja
1988
5.0
Hamlet Goes Business
as Gertrud
1987
6.7
Nonstop
as Mother (voice)
1987
0.0
The Snow Queen
as Pohjoisen velho
1986
6.6
Linna
as Mizzi
1986
4.0
Tove and the Sea
as Self / Reader (voice)
1984
0.0
Vandrande skugga
as Cecilia Reding
1984
0.0
The Farewell
as Fräulein, kotiopettajatar
1982
0.8
Eight Mirrors
as Aiti
1982
1.0
Pedon merkki
as Sairaanhoitaja
1981
4.1
Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
1979
8.0
I Have a Tiger
as Äänet (voice)
1979
0.0
Poet and Muse
as L. Onerva
1978
5.0
A Stranger Came by Train
1974
5.0
🎬
Gamen
as Sjuksköterska / Leonardo da Vinci (ung) / Salai / Rafael / m.fl.
1973
0.0
Kreivi
as Toini
1971
3.9
🎬
Harry Munter
as Lonely woman
1969
4.4
Mumintrollet
as Lilla My
1969
5.0
Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
1968
6.0
A Worker's Diary
as Ritva Margaret Vehoniemi, o.s. Mattila
1967
5.3
Vaaksa vaaraa
as Liisa Liljefors
1965
2.3
Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso
as Inga
1963
3.3
Tie pimeään
as Anita Salmela
1962
6.2
Yö vai päivä
as Mattila - School teacher
1962
5.0
Naiset, jotka minulle annoit
as Kati Korpi
1962
1.0
Älä nuolase…
as Elina Hankio
1962
5.7
Kultainen vasikka
as Lahja Ahlroos
1961
0.0
Gas, Inspector Palmu!
as Kirsti Skrof
1961
7.4
Minkkiturkki
as Liisa
1961
2.7
Tähtisumua
1961
2.0
Iloinen Linnanmäki
as Tuija
1960
2.5
Inspector Palmu's Error
as Airi Rykämö
1960
7.1
Scandal in the Girls' School
as Liisi Kortman
1960
7.0
Justus järjestää kaiken
as Bella
1960
0.0
Taas tapaamme Suomisen perheen
as Laura Sorri
1959
5.0
Patarouva
as Kastehelmi Seppälä, patarouva
1959
0.0
Sotapojan heilat
as Sirkka Kolehmainen
1958
2.0
Kulkurin masurkka
as Annikki
1958
3.0
Herra sotaministeri
as Leena Autio
1957
0.0
Rintamalotta
as Soilikki
1956
6.0
Tyttö tuli taloon
as Lulu
1956
5.0