Acting credits
48
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Elina Salo
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.9
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Movies: 46Series: 2
TMDB ID: 53507
IMDb ID: nm0758825
Known for: Acting
Born: March 9, 1936
Died: November 4, 2025
Age: 89
Place of birth: Sipoo, Finland
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2011
Years active: 56
Average TMDB rating: 7.11
Wikidata: Q3051021
Also known as
Elina Maisala • Элина Сало
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).
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Elina Salo.
7.0
Le Havre
as Claire
2011 Movie
7.4
The Man Without a Past
as Dock Clerk
2002 Movie
6.7
Juha
as Shemeikka's Sister
1999 Movie
7.6
Drifting Clouds
as Mrs. Sjöholm
1996 Movie
6.7
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
as Hotel Receptionist
1994 Movie
Nitro League
1993 Movie
The Rooster and Hen Have a Sauna
as Narrator (voice)
1991 Movie
7.4
The Match Factory Girl
as Mother
1990 Movie
The Little Angel
as Narrator (voice)
1989 Movie
5.0
Petos
as postikonttorin kassanhoitaja
1988 Movie
6.7
Hamlet Goes Business
as Gertrud
1987 Movie
Nonstop
as Mother (voice)
1987 Movie
6.6
The Snow Queen
as Pohjoisen velho
1986 Movie
4.0
Linna
as Mizzi
1986 Movie
Tove and the Sea
as Self / Reader (voice)
1984 Movie
0.8
The Farewell
as Fräulein, kotiopettajatar
1982 Movie
1.0
Eight Mirrors
as Aiti
1982 Movie
4.1
Pedon merkki
as Sairaanhoitaja
1981 Movie
8.0
Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
1979 Movie
I Have a Tiger
as Äänet (voice)
1979 Movie
5.0
Poet and Muse
as L. Onerva
1978 Movie
5.0
A Stranger Came by Train
1974 Movie
3.9
Kreivi
as Toini
1971 Movie
6.0
Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth
1968 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Elina Salo.
