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Eila Roine

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The topic of this week’s news is Finnish actress Eila Roine. Eila Roine died on Monday. She was 94 years old.

We will now tell you about Eila Roine’s life and career as an actress.

Actor family

Esko and Eila Roine are sitting on either side of a small round table chatting. Esko is wearing a white shirt, and Eila is wearing a greenish tunic and gray pants.

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Photo: Yle

Eila Roine was born in Turku in 1931. The family moved to Tampere when Eila Roine was a child. Since then, Eila Roine has lived in Tampere.

Eila Roine’s parents acted in theater. Eila Roine’s brother Esko Roine and sister Liisa Roine are also actors.

Eila Roine studied acting at Eino Salmelainen’s theatre courses in Tampere.

He became an actor when he was under 20 years old.

Long career in theater

Eila Roine and Turkka Mastomäki in Jouko Turka’s play Dear Disappointments in Love, which was performed at the Tampere Workers’ Theatre.

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Photo: Ari Ijäs

Eila Roine had a long career at the Tampere Workers’ Theatre. She acted in the theatre for decades.

Roine was involved in many plays that are familiar to Finnish people. For example, Roine acted in the performances Täällä Pohjantähden alla and the plays in the Niskavuori series.

Work in television and film

Rintamäkeläiset series actress Eila Roine in her role as Helmi Honkonen.

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Photo: Pertti Nättilä

Eila Roine became known to people on television. From the beginning of the 1960s, she starred in the TV series Heikki ja Kaija. The series was initially broadcast live. The Heikki ja Kaija series was made for about 10 years. Eila Roine’s husband Vili Auvinen also starred in the series.

In the 1970s, Roine starred in the TV series Rintamäkeläiset. Rintamäkeläiset was a popular series. Episodes of the series were sometimes watched by almost a million people on television.

Eila Roine also acted in many films.

Eila Roine was also known to children. She acted in children’s films.

In 1996, Eila Roine went to work on the television children’s program Pikku Kakkonen. Eila Roine became the Eila-grandma, whom the children knew well. Eila Roine did Pikku Kakkonen for over 15 years.

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The topic of the week was actress Eila Roine. She has died at the age of 94.

Eila Roine acted for a long time at the Tampere Workers’ Theatre. She starred in the television series Heikki ja Kaija and Rintamäkeläiset. Eila Roine was also the grandmother of Eila in Pikku Kakkonen.

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