Emmi Jurkka
Acting
Biography
Emmi Jurkka (1899–1990) was a Finnish stage, film and television actress. Her children Sakari, Vappu and Jussi Jurkka were all actors, as were her brothers Arvi and Valter Tuomi, her nephew Rauli Tuomi, her niece Liisa Tuomi and her husband Eino Jurkka.
Born: April 21, 1899
Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
Known For
Puck
Liisa and the renowned composer Raimo Kaarna are fond of each other, but in Kaarna's family history, everyone does not accept the relationship. In addition, Liisa has her own doubts, and a secret that does not endure the daylight.
Olemme kaikki syyllisiä
A psychological drama of a young student who is haunted by the nightmares of the past: he has witnessed his parents committing a double-suicide. He starts to date a girl with fateful consequences.
Yö on pitkä
Åke Strandberg has managed to get a fine education and a good job at the bank, but he wants more. He wants to get rich no matter what. After holidays with his girl Rita, he comes back to Helsinki completely broke and meets up with his buddy Jussi in a bar. For months they embezzle money from the bank, but eventually do realize they have to cover the missing amount by orchestrating and committing a robbery which will then rouse the interest of the police. A hide and seek follows as they try to make their way abroad.
…ja Helena soittaa
Lasse Pöysti's directorial debut film. And Helena Plays On (1951) is based on Aino Räsänen's second novel of the same name in the Helena series. When the Winter War breaks out, Arttu (Jussi Jurkka), the son of Helena (Irma Seikkula) and Jari Junkkeri (Erkki Viljos), go to the front. Arttu proposes to his girlfriend Elina (Leena Häkinen), but the world events come in between. When he is not heard of at the end of the war, the relatives begin to believe that Arttu is dead - everybody else but not Helena.
Jokin ihmisessä
Pitch-noir melodrama about young Kauko's endless obsession and love-hate-relationship with Osmi, a girl he has known since childhood. Standing at her death bed, Kauko reminisces his years spent as a sailor, prisoner, smuggler, and a soldier in the Second World War, while Osmi manages to evolve from prostitution to a seemingly happy family life with someone else.
Asessorin naishuolet
After the death of his long-time housekeeper, a meticulous assessor has trouble finding a new one.
Varaventtiili
Liisa Harju, a lively and quick-witted teacher from Savo, gets her first job in Latomeri, Ostrobothnia. She falls out of favor with the local women when the eligible bachelor, doctor Eino Korpinen, takes a liking to her.
Silja – nuorena nukkunut
In the 1910s, beautiful young Silja loses both parents and ends up working as a maid at wealthier farms around her village. She is courted by a number of bachelors, ranging from simple farmhand Väinö to sophisticated young student Armas whom she meets when working for a charming old professor. However, Silja's health starts to deteriorate, and when the Finnish Civil War breaks up in 1918, she is inadvertently involved in a small incident after which her loyalties are questioned by both the Reds and the Whites.
Rosvo Roope
In the 18th century, Robert's beloved Helena is forced to marry the cruel Henrik Brest. Robert becomes Roope the Pirate, the most famous pirate in the Baltic Sea, whose legendary life includes scheming and partying, sword fights and women's adventures.
Pää pystyyn Helena
Grandmother Helena Junkkeri is working on a farm that her widowed son Arttu is unable to take on. Taina Raitalo who arrives at the house as a childminder makes the grieving man smile again, and Artu's little sister Päivi in turn delights the entire Junkkeri family with her achievements.
Filmography
as Jussi's mother
as Woman in Hotel
as Mari
as Pietiskä
as Tupakkakauppias
as Eliisa
as Sirkusnainen
as Holopainen's wife
as Mrs. Heikkilä
as Emma Mäkinen
as Hilda Husso
as Ms. Siviälä
as Jussi's mother
as Liina
as Woman in wagon
as Kemppiskä
as Siiri Koskinen
as Sanna
as Mrs. Kaasinen (uncredited)
as Ms. Kallio
as Telma Nelson
as Tussan Lyyti
as Hilda Åhlen
as Salo
as Kyllikki Mattler
as Maid