Helena Kara
Birthday
1916/08/16
Day of death
2002/02/26 (85 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Salo, Finland
Also know as
Helena Leminen, Aini Helena Dahl
Biography
Aini Helena Kara (until 1927 Dahl, since 1940 Leminen; 16 August 1916 Salo - 26 February 2002 Helsinki) was a Finnish film actress and one of the most popular film stars in Finland during the Second World War. Along with Lea Joutseno and Regina Linnanheimo, she was one of the Finnish actresses in the old film industry who didn't have a theatrical background. She was married to director Hannu Leminen and starred in many of his films, including their best-known collaboration, the melodrama White Roses (1943).
Acting
(1943) Tuomari Martta
as Martta Kaataja
(1945) Vain sinulle
as Elina Takala
(1942) Puck
as Liisa 'Puck' Pesonen
(1943) Valkoiset ruusut
as Auli Ranta
(1939) Aktivistit
as Marja Niskanen
(1952) Hän tuli ikkunasta
as Leila-Lumikki Linna
(1939) Hätävara
as Vappu Kankare
(1948) Soita minulle, Helena!
as Helena Talasti
(1950) Tapahtui kaukana
as Maire Lehtinen
(1947) Tuhottu nuoruus
as vastaanottoapulainen Kirsti Niininen
(1937) Miehen kylkiluu
as Aina Zinck
(1940) Kyökin puolella
as Arja Virmala
(1938) Poikamiesten holhokki
as Katariina Malmi
(1939) Punahousut
as Irja Mähönen
(1940) Poikani pääkonsuli
as Inkeri Paappanen
(1944) Suurin voitto
as Taina Kulo
(1944) Sylvi
as Sylvi Wahl
(1944) Anja tule kotiin
as Anja Miettinen
(1945) En ole kreivitär
as Nora / Countess Drek
(1947) Hedelmätön puu
as Helena Tyrni
(1950) Ratavartijan kaunis Inkeri
as Inkeri Junkkari
(1949) Rosvo Roope
as Erkylän Helena
(1942) Neljä naista
as Marja Kaarina Kauria