
Eeva-Kaarina Volanen (January 15, 1921 Kuusankoski – January 27, 1999 Helsinki) was a Finnish actress. She worked at the Finnish National Theatre for 45 years (1945–1990). Her artistic record was extensive: she played the comedic Ingenue roles and successfully interpreted tragic roles such as Antigone. Volanen continued to act in retirement, in addition to which she performed as a speaker in her own poems. Volanen also starred in films and television as well as in radio plays. Volanen won the Jussi Award for her film work four times. She received the Jussi for Best Actress in a Lead Role three times: in 1948 for the film "Naiskohtaloita", in 1949 for the film "Ruma Elsa", and in 1950 for the films "Katupeilin takana" and "Hallin Janne". She received her fourth Jussi as a Lifetime Achievement award in 1992. Her husband was professor Sakari Puurunen (July 25, 1921, Iisalmi – August 5, 2000, Helsinki). They had no children.

The Nightmare
TV • 1988

Prinsessa Ruusunen
MOVIE • 1949

Flame Top
MOVIE • 1980

Kun on tunteet
MOVIE • 1954

Naiskohtaloita
MOVIE • 1947

Katupeilin takana
MOVIE • 1949

Kesäillan valssi
MOVIE • 1951

Kolmiapila
MOVIE • 1953

White Marble
MOVIE • 1998

Synnin jäljet
MOVIE • 1946

Ruma Elsa
MOVIE • 1949

"Minä elän"
MOVIE • 1946

Onnelliset
MOVIE • 1954

Katarina kaunis leski
MOVIE • 1950

Musta rakkaus
MOVIE • 1957

Hallin Janne
MOVIE • 1950

Suopursu kukkii
MOVIE • 1947

Toukokuun taika
MOVIE • 1948