Carita Järvinen Explained

Carita Linda Järvinen (20 May 1938 – 2022^[1]) was a Finnish-born French fashion model and actress who appeared in films mononymously as Carita.

Järvinen was born in Sipoo on 20 May 1938.^[2] 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.^[3] Järvinen made her film debut in 1962 in a French Lemmy Caution film Lemmy pour les dames.^[4]

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.^[5] In 2010, Järvinen said in an interview that, after The Viking Queen, she had rejected two roles in James Bond films.

Järvinen latterly lived in Paris. She also owned a farmhouse in Järvsö, Sweden.^[6] ^[7]

Notes and References

Web site: Meet fashion illustrator Lovisa Burfitt – one of Scandinavia's brightest stars . Ljunggren . Johanna . 15 July 2022 . . 22 June 2023 . Carita Järvinen, who died earlier this year.
Web site: Common Sense Movie Reviews . https://web.archive.org/web/20120414200015/http://www.commonsensemoviereviews.com/2010/02/carita.html . 14 April 2012.
Web site: Viikinkiprinsessasta ei tullut Bond-tyttöä - katso video! . 25 May 2012 . . fi . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227233943/http://www.ess.fi/uutiset/kulttuurijaviihde/2012/05/25/viikinkiprinsessasta-ei-tullut-bond-tyttoa---katso-video . 27 February 2014.
Web site: The Viking Queen (1967) . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140305044541/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/24755/The-Viking-Queen/articles.html . 5 March 2014.
https://cultsirens.com/hammer/hammer.htm Hammer Studios Cult Sirens
Web site: Gård och Torp: Paris - Järvsö . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20100901082700/http://www.gardochtorp.se/print.aspx?article=6793 . 1 September 2010.
Web site: Jarvinen, Carita Linda . MatchID . 10 November 2022.