Milena Dravić

Known for ActingBorn 1940-10-05Died 2018-10-16Belgrade, 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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Istrian Way

Ancika Dumas

Belgrade Kids

Freckled Girl

The German Girl

Duel for Three

Funeral Feast

Sighting of the Holy Mother in the Village of Grabovica

Stories from the Workshop

Without the Third One

Love and Marriage

The Tear and Her Sisters

Sekula Innocent Accused

Revenge

Aliş ile Zeynep

Nocturno

Destination Death

Sky Hook

Cabaret Balkan

Policajac sa Petlovog brda

Strange Night

The Best

Eight Kilos of Happiness

Blackbird

The Morning

Nobody's Perfect

Looking Into the Eyes of the Sun

Sekula Is Getting Married Again

Official Position

The Cabinet Minister's Wife

Journey to Vucjak

The Coach

Bare Ground

How the Two Fools Loved Each Other

Lost and Found

My Part-Time Dad

Dreams, Life, Death of Filip Filipović

Boom Town

Battle of Kosovo

The Battle of Neretva

A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja

The Girl

The Policeman from Cock's Hill

On the Run

Boomerang

Sixth Gear

Zamfir's Zona

The Camp Followers