Esko Salminen

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Esko Salminen
File:Esko Salminen 2.jpg
Born (1940-10-12) 12 October 1940 (age 84)
OccupationActor

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

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. 1.0 1.1 Paavolainen, Pentti. "SALMINEN, Esko". Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (in svenska). Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  2. Meri, Lauri (2008). Tauno Palo (in suomi). Helsinki: Otava. p. 29. ISBN 978-951-1-21690-2.
  3. Lindfors, Jukka (24 October 2008). "Tauno Palo perheen parissa". Elävä arkisto [fi] (in suomi). 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 suomi). Retrieved 2 September 2023.

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