Vilho Emil "Vili" Auvinen (11 November 1931 – 2 August 1996) was a Finnish actor and theatre director.
Vilho Emil "Vili" Auvinen (11 November 1931 – 2 August 1996) was a Finnish actor and theatre director.
Auvinen's parents Vilho Auvinen and Hellin Auvinen-Salmi were also actors, so he became familiar with the world of theatre at a young age. His career started as a set designer and in small supporting roles. Auvinen turned to directing in the 1950s after getting hired by Tampereen Työväen Teatteri. [1]
Vili Auvinen is best known for his role as Heikki in a television series Heikki ja Kaija (1961–1971) in which he played opposite his wife, Eila Roine. He also served as the director of the teen series Pertsa ja Kilu (1975–1976), based on the novels by Väinö Riikkilä. [2]
Eila Orvokki Roine is a Finnish actress. She worked for Tampereen Työväen Teatteri from 1951 until her retirement in 1994.
In films, Auvinen only made a handful of appearances in the 1960s and 1970s. He is remembered for his role as Asumaniemi in an Edvin Laine film The Unknown Soldier (1955), the first adaptation of Väinö Linna's novel of the same name. [3]
Edvin Laine was a Finnish film director. Laine was born Bovellán.
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