Elina Salo
Actor
Born March 9, 1936 in Sipoo, Finland
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).
Filmography
Le Havre
Claire
The Man Without a Past
Dock Clerk
Juha
Shemeikka's Sister
Drifting Clouds
Mrs. Sjöholm
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
Hotel Receptionist
Nitro League
The Rooster and Hen Have a Sauna
Narrator (voice)
The Match Factory Girl
Mother
The Little Angel
Narrator (voice)
Petos
postikonttorin kassanhoitaja
Hamlet Goes Business
Gertrud
Nonstop
Mother (voice)
The Snow Queen
Pohjoisen velho
Linna
Mizzi
Tove and the Sea
Self / Reader (voice)
Vandrande skugga
Cecilia Reding
The Farewell
Fräulein, kotiopettajatar
Eight Mirrors
Aiti
Pedon merkki
Sairaanhoitaja
Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
I Have a Tiger
Äänet (voice)
Poet and Muse
L. Onerva
A Stranger Came by Train
Kreivi
Toini
Mumintrollet
Lilla My
Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
A Worker's Diary
Ritva Margaret Vehoniemi, o.s. Mattila
Vaaksa vaaraa
Liisa Liljefors
Villin Pohjolan salattu laakso
Inga
Tie pimeään
Anita Salmela
Yö vai päivä
Mattila - School teacher
Naiset, jotka minulle annoit
Kati Korpi
Älä nuolase…
Elina Hankio
Kultainen vasikka
Lahja Ahlroos
Gas, Inspector Palmu!
Kirsti Skrof
Minkkiturkki
Liisa
Tähtisumua
Iloinen Linnanmäki
Tuija
Inspector Palmu's Error
Airi Rykämö
Scandal in the Girls' School
Liisi Kortman
Justus järjestää kaiken
Bella
Taas tapaamme Suomisen perheen
Laura Sorri
Patarouva
Kastehelmi Seppälä, patarouva
Sotapojan heilat
Sirkka Kolehmainen
Kulkurin masurkka
Annikki
Herra sotaministeri
Leena Autio
Rintamalotta
Soilikki
Tyttö tuli taloon
Lulu