Carita

Carita

1943-05-20 – 2022-01-22 (age 78) Sipoo, Finland
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Biography

Carita Järvinen (20 May 1938 – 22 January 2022) was a Finnish-born French fashion model and actress who appeared in films mononymously as Carita.

She started her modelling career in Finland during the late 1950s. In the 1960s, she moved to Paris. She started modeling for top designers like Coco Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld. Järvinen made her film debut in 1962 in a French Lemmy Caution film Lemmy pour les dames.

In 1967, she had a major role in Hammer film The Viking Queen. Järvinen received good reviews on her part as Queen Salina, but never continued her acting career. In 2010, Järvinen said in an interview that, after The Viking Queen, she had rejected two roles in James Bond films.

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Known For

The Green Ray
The Green Ray

1986

as Lena in Biarritz

The Viking Queen
The Viking Queen

1967

as Salina

Ladies' Man
Ladies' Man

1962

as Perraque