Tauno Valdemar Palo 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...

 actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 and singer in what some consider the golden age of Finnish cinema.

He was born Tauno Brännäs but changed

Fennicize

Fennicization or finnicization is the changing of one's personal names from other languages into Finnish...

 his name in 1935. His leading lady was frequently Ansa Ikonen

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...

. His most famous films were perhaps Kulkurin Valssi ("Vagabond's Waltz") and Vaimoke ("Wifeling"). He appeared with actress/singer Birgit Kronström

Birgit Kronström

Birgit Kronström was an actress and singer from the Swedish-speaking community of Finland.-Career:...

 in the 1941 romantic comedy "Onnellinen ministeri" ("Happy Minister"), which included the famous song "Katupoikien Laulu", remade by other Finnish pop singers including Katri Helena

Katri Helena

Katri Helena is a Finnish singer who has been performing since the 1960s. She has been married three times and is now living as a single mother....

. In Kulkurin Valssi, he uttered perhaps the most famous words in the history of Finnish film, "I will be remembered not as the mere shadow of the man I once was, but as the mere shadow of the man I am now."

Selected filmography

• The Unknown Soldier
  The Unknown Soldier (1955 film)
  The Unknown Soldier is a Finnish film directed by Edvin Laine and premiered in December 1955. It is based on The Unknown Soldier, a novel by Väinö Linna. The story is about the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union as told from the viewpoint of ordinary Finnish soldiers...
  
  (1955)
• The Scarlet Dove
  The Scarlet Dove
  The Scarlet Dove is a 1961 Finnish thriller film directed by Matti Kassila. It was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Tauno Palo - Dr...
  
  (1961)

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