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Marjatta Raita

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Marjatta Raita (17 February 194427 September 2007) was a Finnish actress, who was best-known for her role as Elisabeth Turhapuro in the Uuno Turhapuro movies directed by Spede Pasanen.

Raita also appeared in many other films, although she acted mainly in theater. She studied in a theater school in 1962-1965.

Born in Pori, Marjatta Raita's parents were Eino and Valli Raita, both actors. She was married to Finnish actor Aarno Sulkanen. She died in Helsinki in 2007, aged 63, after a short battle with cancer. She had two children: a daughter and a son named Sasu.