Helena Kara

Helena Kara

Birthday: 1916-08-16

Place of Birth: Salo, Finland

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).

Movies

Tuomari Martta
Tuomari Martta

Martha's problem is balancing work and family. According to her husband Juho and father-in-law Kalle...

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Vain sinulle
Vain sinulle

Elina, the daughter of a small farmer, would like to attend a folk high school, but her father Nesto...

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Puck
Puck

Liisa and the renowned composer Raimo Kaarna are fond of each other, but in Kaarna's family history,...

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Valkoiset ruusut
Valkoiset ruusut

Set in turn of the century Helsinki, author Arvo Helavalla's novel makes an indelible impression on ...

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Aktivistit
Aktivistit

In 1916, Finland is still a part of Russian Empire. Eugen Schauman murders the governor of Finland, ...

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Hän tuli ikkunasta
Hän tuli ikkunasta

Tom Mack falls in love with fashion designer Leila Linna. Romance develops, with a little diamond sm...

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Hätävara
Hätävara

The priest's daughter, Vappu Kankare first irritates and then admires the ambitious habitant, Jalmar...

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Soita minulle, Helena!
Soita minulle, Helena!

Helena, a beautiful school teacher in a countryside hamlet is just going to marry her childhood frie...

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Tapahtui kaukana
Tapahtui kaukana

Young woman flies to Lapland together with her father and his new female friend whom the daughter di...

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Tuhottu nuoruus
Tuhottu nuoruus

Kirsti works as a reception assistant to Dr. Varjo and is secretly clinging to the doctor's son, Ein...

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Miehen kylkiluu
Miehen kylkiluu

Pharmacy student Aina Zinck and doctor Yrjö Kallio are a young couple who are drawn into patterns of...

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Kyökin puolella
Kyökin puolella

A romantic story about a rich girl, who is not used to household work, charms many men while working...

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Poikamiesten holhokki
Poikamiesten holhokki

Katariina, an orphaned girl from the north, travels to Helsinki to live with her distant relative Ma...

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Punahousut
Punahousut

The tarragon regiment moving to the small town charms the women of the locality. Only trade counsell...

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Poikani pääkonsuli
Poikani pääkonsuli

Perky student Inkeri 'Iiri' Paappanen and businessman Taavi Takkulainen fall in love during a boat t...

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Suurin voitto
Suurin voitto

The local doctor Aarno works with his nurse wife Asta. After the death of their child, the spouses h...

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Sylvi
Sylvi

18-year-old orphan Sylvi is unable to refuse the marriage proposal made by her guardian, Aksel. The ...

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Anja tule kotiin
Anja tule kotiin

Mauri Miettinen and his wife Anja are living in a happy marriage. Everything changes when Mauri's ol...

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En ole kreivitär
En ole kreivitär

Helena Kara plays a dual role in this spectacularly portrayed adventure story where a real Countess ...

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Hedelmätön puu
Hedelmätön puu

Erkki, a journalist, suffers from epilepsy and agrees to be sterilized in order to marry his fiancée...

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Ratavartijan kaunis Inkeri
Ratavartijan kaunis Inkeri

Train driver Ilmari Perttula falls in love with Inkeri, the young wife of his elderly friend, railwa...

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Rosvo Roope
Rosvo Roope

In the 18th century, Robert's beloved Helena is forced to marry the cruel Henrik Brest. Robert becom...

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Neljä naista
Neljä naista

In his will, Assessor Walter Timelius acknowledges that he is the father of his former housekeeper I...

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