Elli Tompuri

Elin Hulda Maria Tompuri, known as Elli (20 January 1880, Vehkalahti – 4 February 1962, Helsinki) was a Finnish actress, director, dancer and author.

In 1900, after a brief period at the University of Helsinki, she became an acting trainee, under the direction of Kaarlo Bergbom, at what is now the Finnish National Theatre.

Her other notable roles were in Anna-Liisa, by Minna Canth, and as Nora in A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen.

They had two sons; Lauri [fi], a Professor of Economics, and Kaarlo, a farmer who served in the Parliament of Finland from 1966 to 1970.

In 1919, together with the artist, Yrjö Ollila, she created the "Vapaa Näyttämö" (Free Stage), which would be devoted to supporting the newer playwrights, but it went bankrupt in a year.