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