Ansa Ikonen
Actor, Film actor
1913 – 1989
Who was Ansa Ikonen?
Aili Ansa Inkeri Ikonen was an award-winning Finnish film and theater actress. In a film career spanning three decades, Ikonen appeared in dozens of films, and was one of the most popular actresses of her time. She frequently starred with actor Tauno Palo as her leading man. Although not romantically linked in real life, the two nevertheless captured the audiences' imagination as the golden couple of Finnish cinema.
Ikonen also directed a romantic comedy Nainen on Valttia in 1944,
After the relative collapse of the Finnish film industry in the 1960s, Ikonen continued to enjoy enduring popularity on television and theater. Ikonen was married to actor Jalmari Rinne and had two daughters: Katriina Rinne and Marjatta Rinne.
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- Born
- Dec 19, 1913
Saint Petersburg - Also known as
- Aili Ansa Inkeri Ikonen
- Spouses
- Jalmari Rinne
(1939 - 1985/10/24)
- Jalmari Rinne
- Children
- Nationality
- Russia
- Profession
- Died
- May 23, 1989
Helsinki
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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