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Nora Mäkinen
Eleonora "Nora" Mäkinen (also named Gabrielsson and Marttinen; born 11 December 1920 in Vyborg - died 28 February 1984 in Helsinki) was a Finnish model and actress. Mäkinen was one of the most popular models and mannequins in Finland in the 1930s and 1940s. She started modelling at the age of 15 when she was chosen as Miss Heinola. Mäkinen's film career started when Toivo Särkkä noticed her at a fair in Helsinki and asked her for a photoshoot. Mäkinen first acted in small roles in Suomen Filmiteollisuus Suomen Filmiteollisuus (SF), lit. ''Finland's Film Industry'', is a Finnish film production company founded by Erkki Karu in 1933 after financial problems with Suomi-Filmi. The CEO, director, producer and writer T.J. Särkkä was a central figu ...'s films. Her most significat role was as Vappu Vuorenkaiku in the film '' Vihtori ja Klaara'' (1939). Other notable minor roles were the maid turned prostitute "Gaselli" in the film '' The Song of the Scarlet Flower'' and Elina ...
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Vyborg
Vyborg (; rus, Вы́борг, links=1, r=Výborg, p=ˈvɨbərk; fi, Viipuri ; sv, Viborg ; german: Wiborg ) is a town in, and the administrative center of, Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Karelian Isthmus near the head of the Vyborg Bay, to the northwest of St. Petersburg, east of the Finnish capital Helsinki, and south of Russia's border with Finland, where the Saimaa Canal enters the Gulf of Finland. The population of Vyborg is as follows: Located in the boundary zone between the East Slavic/Russian and Finnish worlds, formerly well known as one of the few medieval towns in Finland, Vyborg has changed hands several times in history, most recently in 1944 when the Soviet Union captured it from Finland during World War II. Finland evacuated the entire population of the city and resettled them within the rest of the country. On March 25, 2010, Dmitry Medvedev named Vyborg the "City of Military Glory". In Russia, a city can be award ...
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Rosalia Gurovich
Rosalia (Rosa Ruiza Leah) Gurovich, also known as Rosa Mäkinen (born 13 November 1902 in Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland - died 3 January 1966 in Kotka, Finland) was a Finnish barber from Kotka, said to have been the inspiration for the song ().Tosi tarina: Kotkan Ruusu, directed by Riitta Granath, YLE TV1 4 December 2009. Life Gurovich was born into a wealthy Jewish family. Her mother was from Turku and her father was a Russian Jew who had come to Finland as a soldier. Rosalia married Lauri Mäkinen, a non-Jewish policeman from Vyborg, which brought shame to her family. When Rosalia, while still underage herself, gave birth to her child Nora (Eleonora, 1920 - 1984), later known as a model and an actress, her mother was said to have committed suicide. The couple later divorced, and Nora was raised by the parents of Gurovich's lover Eero Hirvimaa. At first Gurovich worked as a seamstress, and as she was good at languages, she also taught various languages. She spoke Russian at ...
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1920 Births
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Finnish Film Actresses
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Finnish Female Models
Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also * Finish (other) * Finland (other) * Suomi (other) Suomi means ''Finland'' in Finnish. It may also refer to: *Finnish language * Suomi (surname) * Suomi, Minnesota, an unincorporated community * Suomi College, in Hancock, Michigan, now referred to as Finlandia University * Suomi Island, Western ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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Restless Blood
''Restless Blood'' (Finnish: ''Levoton veri'') is a 1946 Finnish drama film directed by Teuvo Tulio and starring Regina Linnanheimo, Eino Katajavuori and Toini Vartiainen.Kääpä p.41 The film tells the story of siblings Sylvi and Outi, who love the same man, Sylvi's husband Valter. The couple's relationship breaks down after the tragic death of their child. After becoming blind, Sylvi suspects Valter is being unfaithful to her. She begins spying on her husband and sister Outi, and gradually her mental health deteriorates with fatal consequences. The film was shot in parallel with the Swedish-language version ''Oroligt blod''. Tulio remade the film in 1953 as ''Jealousy''. Cast * Regina Linnanheimo as Sylvi * Eino Katajavuori as Valter Sora * Toini Vartiainen as Outi Kahra * H. Stenroos as Liisa * Lauri Korpela as Brauner * Laina Laine as Housekeeper * Nora Mäkinen as Prostitute * Lida Salin as Bar hostess * Emma Väänänen as Mother in consulting room ...
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Markan Tähden
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, a city in Iran {{Dab ...
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