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Place of Birth: Kemi, Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland, Finland
About Urho Somersalmi
- Urho Somersalmi (formerly Sundell, 23 September 1888, Helsinki – 12 April 1962) was a Finnish actor.
- He worked in the Finnish National Theatre from 1908 to 1958.
- Somersalmi was often seen in roles of masculine heroes or first-time lovers.
- His physical appearance was very suitable for such roles; and in the beginning of his career, he was often criticized for superficiality.
- Somersalmi was awarded the Pro Finlandia medal in 1948.
- He married actress Aili Somersalmi in 1912.Somersalmi was involved in the Finnish film industry from the beginning.
- In 1913, he had his first small film role in a Teuvo Puro film Sylvi, the first Finnish drama film.
- His final appearance was in the Finnish-Soviet co-production film Sampo (1959) in which he played the role of Väinämöinen.In April 1962, Somersalmi killed his wife with an axe he had received as a gift from Finnish Actors' Union.
- Then he hanged himself on the ceiling lamp hook.
- It has been claimed that Urho Somersalmi's ghost haunts the Finnish National Theatre along with two other ghosts.
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