Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 05, 1940
Died
Oct 16, 2018
Place of Birth
Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Credits
119 titles
Milena Dravić
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.
Known For
Filmography
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
Self
The Makavejev Case or Trial in a Movie Theater
Herself
Maria's Episode
Lela
St. George Shoots the Dragon
Tetka
Love and Other Crimes
Majka
Thy Neighbors
Stanislava
Agi and Ema
Ema
Theater at Home
Vukosava Petrović
Lost and Found
Vera (segment "Fabulous Vera")
Loving Glances
Vlasnica agencije
Bare Ground
Zorica
Pula Confidential
Herself
Zamfir's Zona
Tašana
Boomerang
Gospođa Jeftić
Normal People
Tomina tetka
Sky Hook
Danka
Cabaret Balkan
Gospođa u autobusu
Three Summer Days
Kaja
Love and Marriage
Persida
Duel for Three
Igorova majka
Third Time Lucky
Proročica Antilopa
Nobody's Perfect
Marica
Policajac sa Petlovog brda
The Tear and Her Sisters
The Policeman from Cock's Hill
Natalija
Sekula Innocent Accused
Sojka
Sekula Is Getting Married Again
Sojka iz Mezgraje
Strange Night
Klara, Tanjina majka
Battle of Kosovo
Velislava
The Best
Ninkova majka
The Cabinet Minister's Wife
Živka Popović
The Dark Side of the Sun
Mother
Spy In High Heels
Livadinka Kukurić
Thirty Horses
Jurka
Blackbird
Profesorka
It Happened on This Very Day
Nastavnica
Journey to Vucjak
Marijana Margitić
Pretty Women Walking Through the City
Rahela
Revenge
Nada Pekar
Part-Time Divorce
Svetlana
Sighting of the Holy Mother in the Village of Grabovica
The Istrian Way
Anticasanova
Asja
Aliş ile Zeynep
It Isn't Easy to Get Along with Men
Gordana Diklić
Horvat's Choice
Marijana Margetić
Una
Babić's Wife
Sugar Water
Ana
The Man with Four Legs
Nada Jovanović
Stories from the Workshop
Gospođica Gvozdenka