Re: Ansa Ikonen, Sirkka Sari, Lea Joutseno
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About Ansa Ikonen...
- She was born in St. Petersburg and moved to Finland after the Russian revolution. She studied as music teacher after middle school.
- Director Valentin Vaala found her.
- She made 12 movies with Tauno Palo. They also recorded together. (Suomen kansallisbiografia)
- According to http://www.oph.fi/kulttuuri-ikkuna/jazz/30-luku.htm, she was worked as teacher (singing) in the Dallapé-opisto (30's).
- 1968 she had a contract with D-tuotanto (http://www.danny.fi/dannystory.phtml?vuosi=1968). Other artists which worked under D-tuotanto: Danny (of course), Olavi Virta and Tauno Palo.
- More about it: http://www2.helsinginsanomat.fi/klik/alkuluku/kotimaiset/danny0012.html (Ansa and Tauno performed in weddings etc.)
- Like many other actrors and actresses she worked a lot in theatres.
- See also Saarikoski: Tähtiaika - Ansa Ikonen
- Some information about LPs: http://members.surfeu.fi/veikko.tiitto/tauno%20palo.htm#Ansa%20&%20Tauno
http://members.surfeu.fi/veikko.tiitto/tauno%20palo.htm#Tauno%20Palo:%20Äänitteet%201934-1975
- She had at least one daughter (Ketriina Rinne, she's an actress too and she has written a book about her mother "Onko äiti kotona?", published by Tammi, 1996).
- Ansa Ikonen also directed movies but she had very little possibilities to change scripts (http://www.uta.fi/~csmaso/aatos/tsavolainen.htm).(According to the same text...) She was married with a trade union's leader and she was like teacher's pet to T.J. Särkkä (the leader of Suomen Filmiteollisuus Oy).
About Lea Joutseno...
- She won the Jussi prize from a comedy called "Dynamiittityttö".
- She created her star image by herself (http://artikkelihaku.kansallisbiografia.fi/haku/tiivdisplay.php?recid=2864).
- She was quick-witted and she had a good sense of humour. (http://www.vselokuvakeskus.net/sef.html)
Rex - Tuesday, January 20 at 4:55 PM EET
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