Siiri Saimi Angerkoski was a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 actress best known for her role as Justiina Puupää in Pekka & Pätkä.

Siiri's family moved a lot. Her sister Inez was born in Turku

Turku

Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...

 (in 1905) and her another sister Irja Inkeri was born in Maaria

Maaria

Maaria is a former municipality of Finland in what is now the northern part of the city of Turku. The area has been inhabited since the Iron Age, and it became an important village in the 15th century with the construction of a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary...

 in 1907. Their parents got married in 2 February 1902.

She started her career in 1933 as Marina in the film Pikku myyjätär.

Selected filmography

• Kaikki rakastavat (Everybody loves) (1935)
• Suomisen perhe (The Family of Suominen) (1941)
• Uuteen elämään (To New Life) (1942)
• Sylvi (1944)
• Vain sinulle (Only for you) (1945)
• Onnen-Pekka (Lucky Boy) (1948)
• Professori Masa (Professor Masa) (1950)
• Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla (Pekka and Pätkä in Suez) (1958)
• Yks' tavallinen Virtanen (One Normal Virtanen) (1959)
• "Ei se mitään!" sanoi Eemeli ("It's Alright!" said Eemeli) (1962)

External links

• Siiri Angerkoski at Elonet
  Elonet
  Elonet is a website run by the Finnish National Audiovisual Archive which provides a database of about 150,000 films created or screened in Finland. It was launched in 2006....