About Ritva Vepsä
Lived 1941 – 2016 (aged 75). Ritva Vepsä was a Finnish actor.
Ritva Annikki Vepsä (12 February 1941, Helsinki – 30 July 2016) was a Finnish actress. In 1970 she received a Jussi Award as the Best Leading Actress for her appearances in a Jörn Donner film Sixtynine 69 and a Risto Jarva film Ruusujen aika. Vepsä was married to actor and director Yrjö Tähtelä 1960–79. Vepsä died on 30 July 2016, aged 75, at her home from lung cancer.
Selected filmography Nuori mylläri (1958) Totuus on armoton (1963) Onnelliset leikit (1964) Time of Roses (1969) Sixtynine 69 (1969) Naisenkuvia (1970) Loma (1976) Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit (1979) Pedon merkki (1981) Rampe & Naukkis – kaikkien aikojen superpari (1990)
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Who was Ritva Vepsä?
Finnish actress
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Ritva Vepsä was born on 12 February 1941 in Helsinki.
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Ritva Vepsä died on 30 July 2016 in Helsinki.
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Ritva Vepsä was an actor.
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Ritva Vepsä was Finnish.
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