ACTOR

Tauno Palo

1908 - 1982

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Tauno Valdemar Palo (born Tauno Brännäs; 25 October 1908 – 24 May 1982) was a Finnish actor and singer in what some consider the golden age of Finnish cinema. In Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland Peter von Bagh names Palo as the most renowned, the best-loved, and quite indisputably the greatest and the best actor of Finnish cinema. His skill to combine lightweight and youthful charm with heavyweight acting was seen most clearly in the theatre.His most famous roles were perhaps in Kulkurin valssi ("The Vagabond's Waltz"), and Vaimoke ("Surrogate Wife"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tauno Palo has received more than 42,777 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Tauno Palo is the 5,403rd most popular actor (down from 4,647th in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from Finland (down from 269th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Finnish Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 43k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Tauno Palos by language

Over the past year Tauno Palo has had the most page views in the with 75,335 views, followed by English (4,544), and Swedish (885). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (75.86%), Basque (64.00%), and Latin (56.29%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tauno Palo ranks 5,403 out of 13,578. Before her are Warren Frost, Tomer Sisley, Greg Wise, Lucyna Winnicka, Tony Leblanc, and Arthur Hohl. After her are Megan Mullally, Steve Schirripa, Chiranjeevi, Will Geer, Jayne Atkinson, and Zbigniew Zamachowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Tauno Palo ranks 326. Before her are Olaf Hoffsbakken, Pietro Pastore, Tsendiin Damdinsüren, Abdulla Aliş, Birago Diop, and Mary Welsh Hemingway. After her are Corneliu Robe, José Antonio Remón Cantera, Olivia Manning, Mikhail Somov, Félix Welkenhuysen, and Numa Andoire. Among people deceased in 1982, Tauno Palo ranks 225. Before her are Frank Séchehaye, Kenneth More, Jovan Miladinović, Elis Wiklund, Rafael Méndez, and John Gardner. After her are Eleanor Powell, Yevdokiya Bershanskaya, Max de Terra, Salvador Sánchez, Iryna Vilde, and Reta Shaw.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Tauno Palo ranks 324 out of 751. Before her are Arvo Ylppö (1887), Jalmari Eskola (1886), Miina Sillanpää (1866), Adolf Lindfors (1879), Kirka (1950), and Teemu Selänne (1970). After her are Tapio Mäkelä (1926), Vilho Väisälä (1889), Mirja Hietamies (1931), Timo Soini (1962), Claes Andersson (1937), and Veli Saarinen (1902).

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Among ACTORS In Finland

Among actors born in Finland, Tauno Palo ranks 11. Before her are Tapio Rautavaara (1915), Vesa-Matti Loiri (1945), Siri von Essen (1850), Peter Franzén (1971), Stina Ekblad (1954), and Taina Elg (1930). After her are Jasper Pääkkönen (1980), Jouko Ahola (1970), Krista Kosonen (1983), Pihla Viitala (1982), Laura Birn (1981), and Joonas Suotamo (1986).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Unknown Soldier
Sarastie
It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun.
Dec 23o 19557.4 / 10
SF-paraati
Tanu Paalu
A love story between a taxi driver and a travel guide in the form of a musical.
May 12o 19404.9 / 10
The Scarlet Dove
Dr. Olavi Aitamaa
Dr. Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa follows his wife to the city and finds out that she has a lover. Later the wife is found killed and Aitamaa becomes the prime suspect.
Mar 10o 19615.9 / 10