Olivera Katarina
Born: 1940-03-05 in Beograd, Serbia
Died: 2026-07-21
Known For: Acting
Biography
Olivera Katarina (March 5, 1940 – July 21, 2026). (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливера Катарина; née Petrović (Петровић), also previously known as Olivera Vučo (Оливера Вучо) and Olivera Šakić (Оливера Шакић), is a Serbian actress, singer and writer. She was one of the leading stars of Yugoslav cinema in the 1960s and the 1970s, and is probably the best known for her performance in Aleksandar Petrović's film I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967), which won the Grand Prix at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival. As a singer, Olivera Katarina has performed music of various genres, varying from Serbian traditional to pop music, and in numerous languages. Her version of "Đelem, đelem", which she performed in I Even Met Happy Gypsies, has been considered as one of the best rendition of that song ever recorded. Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivera Vučo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2008
- Tears for Sale as Velika Boginja
2007
- Seven Easy Pieces as Singer (voice)
1982
- Jelena Gavanski as Lina
1974
- Hell River as Mila
- The Dervish and Death as Kadinica
- Pollen Dust
- Red Blow as Ana
1973
- The Maiden's Tune as Sibila
1971
- Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment as Herzogin von Alba
- A Big Grey-Blue Bird as Diana
1970
- Mark of the Devil as Vanessa Benedikt
- Ann and Eve as Nightclub Singer
1969
- The Betrayal as Marchioness de Haro
- Wien nach Noten as Self
1968
1967
- I Even Met Happy Gypsies as Lenče
1966
- The Dream as Devojka
- Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill as Bobo
- Monday or Tuesday as Markova ljubavnica
- The Soldier as Milanka
- The Swarm as Ljubica
1964
- A Trip Around the World as Nazlija
- Good Luck Hunting as Keti
1959
- Discorama as Self