Overview

• She died on May 15 at a Helsinki care facility, her family confirmed more than a week later.
• She won a Golden Globe for her role as Angèle Ducros in MGM’s Les Girls (1957) alongside Gene Kelly and Kay Kendall.
• On Broadway, she earned Tony nominations for best featured actress in musicals for Where’s Charley? (1974–75) and Nine (1982–84).
• Her six-decade career encompassed film, television and stage, with credits ranging from The 39 Steps and Barbra Streisand’s The Mirror Has Two Faces to the soap opera One Life to Live.
• Finland awarded her the Order of the Lion in 2004, and she is survived by her son, jazz guitarist Raoul Björkenheim.