Regina Linnanheimo


Axa Regina Elisabeth Linnanheimo was a Finnish actress and screenwriter. Her sister Rakel Linnanheimo was also an actress. Linnanheimo was married to Count Carl Robert Mörner 1948–1952, until his death. After she ended her film career in 1956, she started to work as a translator for the Finnish Broadcasting Company using the name Regina Mörner.

Collaborations with Teuvo Tulio

Regina Linnanheimo was one of the stars of the so-called Golden Age of Finnish cinema between 1934 and 1939. As a teenager she was a big fan of Greta Garbo and Colleen Moore.
She specialized in romantic and historical costume films and melodramas, such as Kulkurin valssi, Kaivopuiston kaunis Regina and Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi.
On the other hand, Linnanheimo showcased her tendencies for darker undertones in several Teuvo Tulio films. The two collaborated frequently, with Linnanheimo often serving both as an actress and a screenwriter. In 1946, she received a Jussi Award for best actress for Tulio films Levoton veri and Rakkauden risti. The 1956 film Olet mennyt minun vereeni was their final collaboration and also marked the end of Linnanheimo's career in films.

Selected filmography

  • Laveata tietä, silent film
  • Helsingin kuuluisin liikemies
  • VMV 6
  • Kun isä tahtoo...
  • Mieheke
  • Taistelu Heikkilän talosta, also one of the screenwriters, parts found in 2007
  • Nuorena nukkunut, a sequence found in 2015
  • Kiusaus, also the other screenwriter, all copies destroyed in fire in 1959
  • Kaivopuiston kaunis Regina
  • Kulkurin valssi
  • Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi The Dead Man Loses His Temper
  • Linnaisten vihreä kamari
  • Rakkauden risti and its Swedish-language version Kärlekens kors
  • Levoton veri and its Swedish-language version Oroligt blod
  • Intohimon vallassa and its Swedish-language version Olof – forsfararen
  • Hornankoski and its Swedish-language version Forsfararna
  • Rikollinen nainen, also the screenwriter
  • Mustasukkaisuus and its Swedish-language version Två kvinnor
  • Olet mennyt minun vereeni, also the screenwriter