Helinä Viitanen was born on September 20, 1923 in Viipuri, Finland. She was an actress, known for
Seitsemän veljestä (1989),
Metsolat (1993) and
Jäähyväiset lasihevoselle (1985). She was married to
Ahti Haljala. She died in December 2013 in Tampere, Finland.