Matti Oravisto
Illustration — Matti Oravisto in 1965 Matti Kustavi Oravisto (23 October 1921 – 15 November 2001) was a Finnish actor who appeared in theatre, film and television. Oravisto started to work as an actor in the Finnish National Theatre immediately after graduating from theatre school in 1947. Around the same time, he also began to receive small parts in films.
Also recorded as Matti Kustavi Oravisto
Matti Oravisto
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- Born
- 1921 · Helsinki.
- Died
- 2001 · Helsinki.
- Nationality
- Finland
- Occupation
- actor · film director
- Education
- Helsingin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu
- Languages
- Finnish
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Illustration — Matti Oravisto in 1965 Matti Kustavi Oravisto (23 October 1921 – 15 November 2001) was a Finnish actor who appeared in theatre, film and television. Oravisto started to work as an actor in the Finnish National Theatre immediately after graduating from theatre school in 1947. Around the same time, he also began to receive small parts in films.
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His breakthrough role came with the award-winning Valentin Vaala film Ihmiset suviyössä (1948). In the late 1950s, Oravisto returned to the National Theatre, but continued to act in films, although less frequently than in the past. Since the 1960s, Oravisto starred in numerous television productions. Oravisto made his final film role in a Taru Mäkelä film Pikkusisar (1999). He died in November 2001.
• "Minä elän" (1946) • Intohimon vallassa (1947) • Ihmiset suviyössä (1948) • Rakastin sinua, Hilde (1954) • Sininen viikko (1954) • Villi Pohjola (1955) • Punainen viiva (1959) • Komisario Palmun erehdys (1960) • Tulipunainen kyyhkynen (1961) • Oppenheimerin tapaus (1967) • Tulipää (1980) • Näkemiin, hyvästi (1986) • Pikkusisar (1999)
Actors of the Finnish Television Theatre. From left: Matti Oravisto, Ville-Veikko Salminen, Toivo Mäkelä, Emma Väänänen, Maj-Brit Heljo, Mauno Hyvönen, Marita Nordberg, and Liisi Tandefelt.
Mauno Kuusla · Itäkannas, Lauri (2016-09-02). Suomen suurin teatteri (finnish). Yle Teema. Yleisradio Oy. Archived from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved on 2020-11-18.
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