Esko Salminen

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Esko Salminen
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Born (1940-10-12) 12 October 1940 (age 84)
Helsinki, Finland
OccupationActor

Esko Salminen (born 12 October 1940) is a Finnish actor with careers on television, the stage and on the silver screen.

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Personal life

Born in Helsinki, Salminen's parents were actor Unto Salminen  [ fi ] and actress Kyllikki Väre  [ fi ]. He is of partial Russian descent through his biological father, actor and singer Tauno Palo, whose maternal grandfather was a Russian soldier. [1] [2] Actors Jukka-Pekka Palo  [ fi ], Martti Palo  [ fi ] and Pertti Palo  [ fi ] are his half-brothers. [3]

Salminen has been married to actress Rose-Marie Precht  [ fi ], dancer Riikka Korppi-Tommola  [ fi ] and, since 1989, to actress Aino Seppo  [ fi ]. He has two children with actress Heidi Krohn  [ fi ], one of whom is actor Kristo Salminen  [ fi ]. [1] Actresses Sonja Salminen  [ fi ] and Kreeta Salminen  [ fi ] are also Salminen's children. [4]

Selected filmography

References

  1. 1 2 Paavolainen, Pentti. "SALMINEN, Esko". Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Meri, Lauri (2008). Tauno Palo (in Finnish). Helsinki: Otava. p. 29. ISBN   978-951-1-21690-2.
  3. ↑ Lindfors, Jukka (24 October 2008). "Tauno Palo perheen parissa". Elävä arkisto  [ fi ] (in Finnish). Yle . Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  4. ↑ Haili, Aino (22 March 2018). "Me Naiset: Näyttelijä Kristo Salminen Sonja-siskonsa aivokasvaimesta: "Se on järkyttävintä, mitä ihminen voi kokea"". MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 September 2023.


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