Vilho Siivola

Finnish actor and director

Vilho Siivola
Vilho Siivola
Born	(1910-04-10)10 April 1910 Valkeakoski, Finland
Died	28 November 1984(1984-11-28) (aged 74) Helsinki, Finland

Vilho Siivola (10 April 1910 – 28 November 1984) was a Finnish actor, film director, television director and a member of the Council of Theatre.^[1]

Siivola was born in Valkeakoski. His career included theatre, where he was both an actor and a director, motion pictures and television. Notably, in 1953 he was one of the founders of 'Kivi-juhlat’ (a theatre festival based in the childhood town of Aleksis Kivi) and was its first director in 1977.^[2] In addition he wrote two books, Myllykylästä Maailmalle (1975) and Maailmassa Maailmaa (1983). He died, aged 74, in Helsinki.

References

^ "Etusivu". kansallisbiografia.fi. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
^ Robinson, Douglas (2017-03-06). Aleksis Kivi and/as World Literature. BRILL. p. 308. ISBN 978-90-04-34026-8.