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