Lasse Liemola

Actor

Helsinki, Finland

September 5, 1937

Biography

Lasse Liemola is a Finnish singer. He's known to be one of the first Finnish teen idols. Liemola began his career in the late 1950s with his single "Sininen kuu" / "Kadun aurinkoisella puolella" ("Blue Moon" / "On the Sunny Side of the Street"). He also starred in films such as Iskelmäketju (1959), Nuoruus vauhdissa (1961) and Onnelliset leikit (1964). Liemola quit his music career in 1966, after being involved in a car crash due to which he was hospitalized for 1,5 months. Then he went to study economics.