Martti Pennanen (8 December 1923;

Tervola Tervola is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbour municipalities are Keminmaa, Ranua, ...

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– 17 December 2010;

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, FinlandNäyttelijä Martti Pennanen on kuollut
) was a

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film and

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. Pennanen began acting relatively late in life in his late 40s in 1970 and has made many appearances in Finnish film throughout the 1970s and 1980s, appearing in many films such as the 1983

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spoof '' Agent 000 and the Deadly Curves'' where he acted alongside actors

Ilmari Saarelainen Ilmari Saarelainen (born 12 September 1944 in Uusikaupunki) is a Finnish actor. His career has been mainly based on television. Saarelainen began acting in 1970 appearing in a number of TV series. His career has mainly been based on Finnish tele ...

and Tenho Sauren. However, after 1990 he has appeared only on

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retiring in 1999 at the age of 76. Pennanen was married.

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* 1923 births 2010 deaths People from Tervola 20th-century Finnish male actors Finnish male film actors Finnish male television actors {{Finland-actor-stub