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Maija-Liisa Peuhu

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At the age of 18, Maija-Liisa Peuhu got in to theater school. After finishing theater school, she moved to Hämeenlinna where she started acting in Hämeenlinna City Theater. From there she continued to Kemi City theater and eventually she ended up as a freelancer in Helsinki. After this she has acted in the Finnish Nationaltheater, Theater Jurkka, Moniminä from Jussi Parviainen and traveled with Tuula Nyman around Finland in the "Tiput Tyrkyllä" show.

Maija-Liisa is one of the original cast members in the hit TV series Salatut Elämät where she plays Ulla Taalasmaa.
BornJanuary 20, 1942
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    Esko Kovero, Pete Lattu, Tommi Taurula, Sami Uotila, Sofia Lehtinen, Sami Sowe, Hanna Kinnunen, Oona Kare, Jarkko Miettinen, and Lenita Susi in Secret Lives (1999)
    Secret Lives
    3.9
    TV Series
    • Ulla Taalasmaa
    Esa Pakarinen in Meiltähän tämä käy (1973)
    Meiltähän tämä käy
    5.2
    • Emäntä lammaskarsinassa
    • 1973
    Seppo Goes Shakespeare
    4.3
    TV Movie
    • Ulla Taalasmaa
    • 2006
    Anu Palevaara and Sami Uotila in Pihlajasatu (2018)
    Pihlajasatu
    5.2
    TV Series
    • Ulla Taalasmaa
    • Ulla Tuomi-Axelsson

    Credits

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    Actress



    • Esko Kovero, Pete Lattu, Tommi Taurula, Sami Uotila, Sofia Lehtinen, Sami Sowe, Hanna Kinnunen, Oona Kare, Jarkko Miettinen, and Lenita Susi in Secret Lives (1999)
      Secret Lives
      3.9
      TV Series
      • Ulla Taalasmaa
      • 1999–2024
    • Anu Palevaara and Sami Uotila in Pihlajasatu (2018)
      Pihlajasatu
      5.2
      TV Series
      • Ulla Taalasmaa
      • Ulla Tuomi-Axelsson
      • 2018–2020
    • Ullalla on asiaa (2019)
      Ullalla on asiaa
      5.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Ulla Taalasmaa
      • 2019
    • Vivi Wahlström, Sonja Kasurinen, Roope Puhakka, and Aaron Bojang in Kämppä tyhjänä (2018)
      Kämppä tyhjänä
      5.2
      TV Series
      • Ulla Taalasmaa
      • 2019
    • Satula (2015)
      Satula
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Ulpu
      • Ulla Taalasmaa
      • 2015
    • Young Girl, Dream Girl (2014)
      Young Girl, Dream Girl
      4.4
      TV Series
      • Ulla Taalasmaa
      • 2014
    • Juhani Niemelä and Maija-Liisa Peuhu in 2B (2011)
      2B
      Short
      • Grandma
      • 2011
    • The Magic Crystal (2011)
      The Magic Crystal
      4.0
      • (voice: Finnish version)
      • 2011
    • Seppo Goes Shakespeare
      4.3
      TV Movie
      • Ulla Taalasmaa
      • 2006
    • Kotikatu (1995)
      Kotikatu
      5.5
      TV Series
      • Paula Julin
      • 1995–1997
    • Rauno Juvonen, Oiva Lohtander, Antti Reini, and Jorma Tommila in The Christmas Party (1996)
      The Christmas Party
      6.9
      • Alakerran naapuri
      • 1996
    • Tommi Korpela in Nortia (1996)
      Nortia
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Rouva Nortia
      • 1996
    • Elämä lyhyt, Rytkönen pitkä (1996)
      Elämä lyhyt, Rytkönen pitkä
      5.5
      • Anna Mäkitalo
      • 1996
    • Isältä pojalle (1996)
      Isältä pojalle
      6.6
      • Rouva Nortia (voice)
      • 1996
    • Kiinnisidottu (1994)
      Kiinnisidottu
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Aune
      • 1994

    Writer



    • Ullalla on asiaa (2019)
      Ullalla on asiaa
      5.2
      TV Mini Series
      • writer
      • 2019

    Soundtrack



    • Maria Veitola, Janne Kataja, Ilkka Uusivuori, Benjamin Peltonen, and Jenni Poikelus in Masked Singer Suomi (2020)
      Masked Singer Suomi
      5.0
      TV Series
      • performer: "These Boots Are Made for Walking"
      • performer: "Rakkauden jälkeen" (Was ich dir sagen will)
      • performer: "Goldfinger"
      • 2020
    • Esko Kovero, Pete Lattu, Tommi Taurula, Sami Uotila, Sofia Lehtinen, Sami Sowe, Hanna Kinnunen, Oona Kare, Jarkko Miettinen, and Lenita Susi in Secret Lives (1999)
      Secret Lives
      3.9
      TV Series
      • performer: "Niin kaunis on maa"
      • 2003

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    The Magic Crystal
    Trailer 1:45
    The Magic Crystal

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Maijaliisa Peuhu
    • Height
      • 5′ 5¾″ (1.67 m)
    • Born
      • January 20, 1942
      • Kuusankoski, Finland
    • Spouse
      • Aulis Ruostepuro1966 - ?
    • Publicity listings
      • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      One of the original Salatut elämät actors. Show has gone for 8 years and after 8 years she left the show on November 2006 thinking she was ready to be retired.
    • Quotes
      I have never actually been a television person, but this is where I ended up. Stage has got that something. I don't fit in to television.

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