Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala

Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala (4 September 1937 – 9 May 2007) was a Finnish film actress. She was the wife of the director Ere Kokkonen.[1]

Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala
Tarsala with her husband Ere Kokkonen in 1964.
Born(1937-09-04)4 September 1937
Died9 May 2007(2007-05-09) (aged 69)
Helsinki, Finland
Other namesTarja-Tuulikki Tarsala-Salmi
OccupationActress
Spouses
(m. 1960; divource 1970)

Sauli Salmi
(m. 1973; died 1997)

Tarsala was awarded the Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland [fi] in 1998.[2] In 2001, Tarsala won the Jussi Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Bad Luck Love.[3]

Selected filmography edit

Year Title Role Notes
1967 Pähkähullu Suomi Miss Smith
1969 Näköradiomiehen ihmeelliset siekailut Sirkku
1972 Eight Deadly Shots (Kahdeksan surmanluotia) Pasi's wife
1979 Wonderman (Ihmemies) Tuula Korkeamäki
1987 Uuno Turhapuro – kaksoisagentti Secretry of concert hall
1992 Shear Fear (Kauhun millimetrit) Marja's mother
1992 Back to the USSR (Takaisin Ryssiin) Widow
1995 Lipton Cockton in the Shadows of Sodoma She-Detective
2000 Bad Luck Love Irja
2000 A Charming Mass Suicide (Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha) Psychiatrist
2004 Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life Enni
2004 Popular Music (Populärmusik från Vittula) Grandmother
2007 The Year of the Wolf (Suden vuosi) Aunt Liselott
2007 A Man's Work (Miehen työ) Travel agency employee

References edit

  1. ^ "Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala". Elonet (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Suomen Leijonan Pro Finlandia -mitalin saajat aakkosjärjestyksessä - Ritarikunnat" (in Finnish). 9 October 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  3. ^ Ylänen, Helena (19 February 2001). "Jussi-palkinnot vuoden 2000 elokuville". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 September 2023.

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