- She sold tickets at a movie theater before film pioneer Risto Orko discovered her.
- Made several movies together with husband Hannu Leminen.
- On 1927 she changed her last name to Kara with her two brothers and a sister.
- When she was young, Helena wrote letters to movie stars whom she admired. She cried when Rudolph Valentino died.
- According to her, she quit acting after the dog of producer/director T.J. Särkkä bit her face, leaving a visible and permanent scar. After 1953 she declined from all publicity.
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