Name
Milena Dravić
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1940-10-05
Deathday
2018-10-16 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Biography
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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- 2008 Love and Other Crimes as Majka
- 1969 The Battle of Neretva as Nada
- 2021 Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story as Self
- 1971 WR: Mysteries of the Organism as Milena
- 1984 Una as Babić's Wife
- 2009 St. George Shoots the Dragon as Tetka
- 1998 Cabaret Balkan as Gospođa u autobusu
- 2007 Agi and Ema as Ema
- 2002 Zamfir's Zona as Tašana
- 1965 Man Is Not a Bird as Rajka
- 2003 Loving Glances as Vlasnica agencije
- 1962 Kozara as Milja
- 1989 Battle of Kosovo as Velislava
- 1997 Three Summer Days as Kaja
- 1971 Adrift as Zuzka
- 2000 Sky Hook as Danka
- 1973 The Battle of Sutjeska as Vera
- 2008 Thy Neighbors as Stanislava
- 1977 Group Portrait with a Lady as Schwester Klementine
- 1985 It Isn't Easy to Get Along with Men as Gordana Diklić
- 1987 It Happened on This Very Day as Nastavnica
- 1981 Sixth Gear as Gospođica Gvozdenka
- 1962 Superfluous as Ranka
- 1969 The Ambush as Milica
- 1965 Klaxon as Jana
- 1960 Shared Apartment as Ljubica
- 1978 Breakdown as Sašina ljubavnica
- 1967 Before and After the Victory as Momata
- 1966 Rondo as Neda
- 1960 It Is Better to Know How as Jola
- 1986 Part-Time Divorce as Svetlana
- 1982 My Part-Time Dad as Svetlana
- 1980 Part-Time Work as Svetlana
- 1964 Official Position as Zora
- 1980 Dreams, Life, Death of Filip Filipović as Draga Filipović
- 1988 Blackbird as Profesorka
- 1967 The Restless Ones as Zorica
- 1965 The Girl as Devojka
- 1977 The Love Life of Budimir Trajković as Lepa Trajković
- 1983 Sugar Water as Ana
- 1962 A Sand Castle as Milena
- 1981 A Great Guy at Heart as Savina žena
- 1974 Nocturno as Jelena Klarić
- 1976 We Are Sorry, We Are Very Sorry as Borka
- 1965 The Camp Followers as Aspasia
- 1986 Pretty Women Walking Through the City as Rahela
- 1961 Boom Town as Hajra
- 1972 The Lion Is Coming as Mihaela
- 1973 Freckled Girl as Keti
- 2001 Boomerang as Gospođa Jeftić
- 1988 The Dark Side of the Sun as Mother
- 1995 Third Time Lucky as Proročica Antilopa
- 1992 The Policeman from Cock's Hill as Natalija
- 1961 Summer Is to Blame for Everything as Natalija
- 1974 A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja as Anđa / Ofelija
- 1978 The Coach as Petrova bivša žena
- 1982 Sunday Lunch as Sofija Aranđelović
- 1967 The Morning as Aleksandra
- 1968 Poor Maria as Marija
- 1969 Horoscope as Milka
- 1971 The Macedonian Part of Hell as Velika
- 1985 Horvat's Choice as Marijana Margetić
- 1960 The Dreams Came by Coach as Evica
- 1988 Spy In High Heels as Livadinka Kukurić
- 1980 Eight Kilos of Happiness
- 1974 Deps as Depsova djevojka Janja
- 1983 The Man with Four Legs as Nada Jovanović
- 1969 Funeral Feast as Filomena
- 1959 The Door Remains Open as Marija, Petrova sestra
- 1965 Man of the World as Višnja
- 1964 Mad Summer as Mare
- 1985 Anticasanova as Asja
- 2005 Lost and Found as Vera (segment "Fabulous Vera")
- 1986 Revenge as Nada Pekar
- 1966 Looking Into the Eyes of the Sun
- 1970 The Cyclists as Sara
- 1989 The Best as Ninkova majka
- 1974 Fear as Karolina
- 1973 Mortal Spring as Veronika Đaković
- 1980 Special Treatment as Kaća
- 1991 Sekula Is Getting Married Again as Sojka iz Mezgraje
- 1992 Sekula Innocent Accused as Sojka
- 1976 Belgrade Kids
- 2001 Normal People as Tomina tetka
- 1972 The First Murder as Devojka
- 1979 The Return as Roza
- 1963 Radopolje as Mrvica
- 2003 Bare Ground as Zorica
- 1990 Strange Night as Klara, Tanjina majka
- 1967 On the Run as Učiteljica
- 1978 Aller retour as Rada Jovanović
- 1975 Pavle Pavlovic as Adela
- 1989 The Cabinet Minister's Wife as Živka Popović
- 1964 People's Deputy as Danica
- 1967 Smoke as Devojka
- 1967 Hassan-Aga's Wife as Hasanaginica
- 1969 Cross Country as Jovana
- 1985 The Istrian Way
- 1972 How the Two Fools Loved Each Other
- 1964 Destination Death as Seja
- 1996 Duel for Three as Igorova majka
- 1993 The Tear and Her Sisters
- 1971 The Role of My Family in the World Revolution as Devojka
- 2003 Pula Confidential as Herself
- 2018 The Makavejev Case or Trial in a Movie Theater as Herself
- 1968 Without the Third One as Giga
- 1985 Sighting of the Holy Mother in the Village of Grabovica
- 2014 Maria's Episode as Lela
- 1997 Love and Marriage as Persida
- 1994 Nobody's Perfect as Marica
- 1969 The German Girl as Ana
- 1988 Thirty Horses as Jurka
- 1977 Ancika Dumas as Ančika Dumas
- 2007 Theater at Home ( 13 episodes ) as Vukosava Petrović
- Soon Room 405 ( 7 episodes ) as Sestra Vida
- 1982 Stories from the Workshop ( 6 episodes ) as Gospođica Gvozdenka
- 1985 Aliş ile Zeynep ( 5 episodes )
- 1993 Policajac sa Petlovog brda ( 12 episodes )
- 1986 Journey to Vucjak ( 15 episodes ) as Marijana Margitić
