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Milena Dravić
Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Milena Dravić (1940–2018) was a Serbian actress. Born in Belgrade, Dravić was involved with the performing arts from the age of four: first…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Milena Dravić (1940–2018) was a Serbian actress. Born in Belgrade, Dravić was involved with the performing arts from the age of four: first with dance and later classical ballet. In 1959, while in high school, director František Čap saw her on the cover of a youth magazine in a ballet dancers group photo and decided on the spot to approach her about being in his film Vrata ostaju otvorena. After appearing in few more films she decided to pursue acting full-time and successfully enrolled in Belgrade's Dramatic Arts Academy. Her big break came in 1962 when she won the Golden Arena for Best Actress award (which was the Yugoslav equivalent of Academy Award) for her role in Branko Bauer's film Prekobrojna. This was the moment that sent her on the way to becoming Yugoslavia's first and arguably the biggest female movie star. Milena Dravić continued with long and prolific career during which she showed great talent and versatility. She was equally memorable and believable as the tragic heroine in state-sponsored World War II epics, eccentric protagonist of experimental arthouse films like WR: Mysteries of the Organism and romantic comedies. She especially excelled in the latter during 1970s and 1980s. She won the Cannes Best Supporting Actress Award in 1980 for Special Treatment. For her roles and contributions to domestic cinematography, she received the prestigious "Pavle Vujisić" award in August 1994. Milena Dravić was married three times. Her third husband was the prominent Serbian actor Dragan Nikolić, with whom she had co-hosted the popular 1970s television program Obraz uz obraz. She died on 14 October 2018, after a long battle with illness.
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2021
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
Movie Self
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2018
The Makavejev Case or Trial in a Movie Theater
Movie Herself
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2014
Maria's Episode
Movie Lela
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2009
St. George Shoots the Dragon
Movie Tetka
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2008
Love and Other Crimes
Movie Majka
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2008
Thy Neighbors
Movie Stanislava
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2007
Agi and Ema
Movie Ema
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2007
Theater at Home
TV show Vukosava Petrović
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2005
Lost and Found
Movie Vera (segment "Fabulous Vera")
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2003
Loving Glances
Movie Vlasnica agencije
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2003
Bare Ground
Movie Zorica
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2003
Pula Confidential
Movie Herself
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2002
Zamfir's Zona
Movie Tašana
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2001
Boomerang
Movie Gospođa Jeftić
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2001
Normal People
Movie Tomina tetka
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2000
Sky Hook
Movie Danka
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1998
Cabaret Balkan
Movie Gospođa u autobusu
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1997
Three Summer Days
Movie Kaja
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1997
Love and Marriage
Movie Persida
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1996
Duel for Three
Movie Igorova majka
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1995
Third Time Lucky
Movie Proročica Antilopa
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1994
Nobody's Perfect
Movie Marica
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1993
Policajac sa Petlovog brda
TV show
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1993
The Tear and Her Sisters
Movie
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1992
The Policeman from Cock's Hill
Movie Natalija
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1992
Sekula Innocent Accused
Movie Sojka
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1991
Sekula Is Getting Married Again
Movie Sojka iz Mezgraje
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1990
Strange Night
Movie Klara, Tanjina majka
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1989
Battle of Kosovo
Movie Velislava
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1989
The Best
Movie Ninkova majka
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1989
The Cabinet Minister's Wife
Movie Živka Popović
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1988
The Dark Side of the Sun
Movie Mother
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1988
Spy In High Heels
Movie Livadinka Kukurić
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1988
Thirty Horses
Movie Jurka
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1988
Blackbird
Movie Profesorka
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1987
It Happened on This Very Day
Movie Nastavnica
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1986
Journey to Vucjak
TV show Marijana Margitić
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1986
Pretty Women Walking Through the City
Movie Rahela
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1986
Revenge
Movie Nada Pekar
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1986
Part-Time Divorce
Movie Svetlana
