Maija Karhi
Acting
Biography
Maija Karhi was a Finnish actress, who worked in both theatre and film.
Born: March 18, 1932
Place of Birth: Turku, Finland
Known For
Kultainen vasikka
Finnish period comedy set to the times of WW I. Based on a play by Maria Jotuni.
Minä soitan sinulle illalla
Factory manager Risto Järviö is under his mother's thumb. When his mother forbids him from dancing with factory girl Seija Vaara, Seija decides to make anonymous phone calls to Risto to annoy his controlling mother. Risto falls in love with the voice on the other end of the line and begins to make major changes in his life.
Vaarallista vapautta
Nurse Sinikka wants to help a prisoner who crosses the border from the Soviet Union. She and her fiancé plan a flight via Finland with the help of her mother. Ruth the girlfriend of Sinikka's brother happens to witness the escape, which puts them all in danger.
Kaverille ei jätetä
Kuriton sukupolvi
Aging professor of mathematics completes his life's work, a research project that has taken him decades, and climbs up from the boiler room (his study) and back to real life. He can hardly recognize his rebellious teenage kids and materialistic wife who hardly seem to notice his existence. The only person who is interested in the professor's work is Marja, his son's girlfriend and freshman at the university. An innocent infatuation flares up between the old man and the young girl, while the professor's family is only interested in the prize money awarded to the professor by an international jury for his academic achievements.
Näkemiin Helena
A melodrama based on Aino Räsänen's novel of the same name, continuing the story of the Junkker family.
Kaikkien naisten monni
The military farce, directed by Lasse Pöysti, is based on Joel Laikka's novel. The illiterate Nieminen, who starts his military service through mischief and being tempted by other rookies, causes confusion in the barracks. At the behest of colonel, attempts are made to teach him in different ways - the women of the locality are also interested in teaching. Soon Nieminen will be the competing with sergeant major Vasikainen for the affections of the colonel's cook Vieno.
Ihmemies
Olli Ruusunen attended a special training course in the US, where his brain capacity has been developed to the extreme.
Älä nuolase…
Poor service station workers Jaakko and Timo think they have won the lottery jackpot. The men are already making big plans when it turns out that the prize is actually worthless. Posing as American oil millionaires, the men get caught up in a web of deception.
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 Kerttu
as Kukka-Maaria Nenonen
as Maire
as Eija
as Ruth
as Thyra von Sadelheim
as Liina
as Viivi Malm
as Fia (uncredited)
as Irma Virtanen
as tietokilpailija
as Lissu
as Helvi
as Katri
as Liisa
as Jaana Varavaara
as Päivi Junkkeri
as Sinikka Paukku
as Tilly
as Päivi's Classmate
as Marleene Blom
as Viia
as Marja
as Miina
as student
as Neiti
as Liisa