Marjatta Raita was born as the daughter of the actors. Although he had a long career in the theater, it broke up prematurely.
Uuno and Elisabeth aka Vesa-Matti Loiri and Marjatta Raita. Uuno Turhapuro’s goal was to get married to rich. It was fortunate to find Elisabeth Tuura’s daughter of the Mountain Counselor in the armpit. IL Archive
On the big screen comedian, civilian real. In this way, actor Marjatta Raita was described.
– I belong to a Finnish real group, Raita described to Iltalehti himself in 1992.
Marjatta Raita (1944-2007) was born into an actor family Bank and Eino Raida daughter. Although Raita got a mortgage on Helsinki City Theater already in 1965, he became familiar to the general public Uuno Turhapuro -Elisabeth Tuurana for the movies.
Uuno Turhapuro (Vesa-Matti Loiri) and Elisabeth’s relationship dynamics were not at an idyllic end. Uuno, who is an enlarged and prone to chauvinism, lived with his wife’s money, and sometimes the wife even threatened her husband with a shotgun.
In 1971 Spede Pasanen wrote Spede show in their program of a sketch married couple who is quarreling the lottery before the lottery. The lottery had started in Finland the same year and the first lottery winnings had already been distributed. Ere Kokkonen had acquainted with Marjatta Rai during her studies and asked her to play with sketches at the time of an old acquaintance.
The sketch was well received and later Uuno conquered the screen. Raita played in all Uuno Turhapuro in the movies.
Uuno Turhapuro -The Stars of the Dual Agent movie in 1987: Hannele Lauri, Marita Nordberg, Vesa -Matti Loiri, Tapio Hämäläinen, Marjatta Raita and Elli Castren. Taina Taina Takala
Attitude changed
Raita told Iltalehti in 2003 that Uuno films did not initially gain much appreciation. Raita said she had lost film roles in the 1970s because the directors did not see her sitting in roles because of her Uuno history.
There was no change in the air until the 1980s. A total of 20 Uuno films were made over the decades.
– The furnaces became a cult stammy, which began to be appreciated, including university circles.
– In the actress circles, the attitude became such that it was nice to get involved with them, and no one thought that acting in them would be somehow despicable. The oven began to become coveted, Raita said in an interview with Iltalehti.
Raita had a long career at Helsinki City Theater. He also served as a trustee of the theater and on the board of the Finnish Association of Acting. Eero Liesimaa
Raita talked about Elisabeth’s role in a book published in 2007 Laughers (Edita).
– That’s the funniest role I’ve ever played. I don’t mind even though people remember me as Elisabeth Turhapurona. The role was pretty horrible. I may have lost some roles because of the stamping, but I have got a lot of the farm too. I’m not a really funny person.
Marjatta Raita and Aarno Sulkanen visited the Helsinki City Theater in the late 1960s. The couple was married twice. It was only death that separated them. Ilkka Leino
Raita did her life at the theater. He worked at the Helsinki City Theater for over 40 years and made many acclaimed roles. He is remembered among others Furnace flower Bored and Nummy Crete.
Raita lived for more than three decades with his partner Aarno Sulkanen. The couple worked together at the Helsinki City Theater. The track had two children in his previous union.
Raita died only at the age of 63, with a rapidly spreading cancer in September 2007. In the spring, he had acted as a criticism At the beggar opera. From the fall season, he had omitted due to illness. Numerous colleagues were shocked by the departure of a talented actor and an honest colleague.
Marjatta Raita made her career mainly in the theater. Sampo Korhonen
On Midsummer, we will re -release our most interesting stories. This story was originally published on 22.2.2025.