Milena Dravić
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 Appearances)
Room 405
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
The Makavejev Case or Trial in a Movie Theater
Maria's Episode
St. George Shoots the Dragon
Love and Other Crimes
Thy Neighbors
Agi and Ema
Theater at Home
Lost and Found
Loving Glances
Bare Ground
Pula Confidential
Zamfir's Zona
Boomerang
Normal People
Sky Hook
Cabaret Balkan
Three Summer Days
Love and Marriage
Duel for Three
Third Time Lucky
Nobody's Perfect
Policajac sa Petlovog brda
The Tear and Her Sisters
The Policeman from Cock's Hill
Sekula Innocent Accused
Sekula Is Getting Married Again
Strange Night
Battle of Kosovo
The Best
The Cabinet Minister's Wife
The Dark Side of the Sun
Spy In High Heels
Thirty Horses
Blackbird
It Happened on This Very Day
Journey to Vucjak
Pretty Women Walking Through the City
Revenge
Part-Time Divorce
Sighting of the Holy Mother in the Village of Grabovica
The Istrian Way
Anticasanova
Aliş ile Zeynep
It Isn't Easy to Get Along with Men
Horvat's Choice
Una
Sugar Water
The Man with Four Legs
Stories from the Workshop
My Part-Time Dad
Sunday Lunch
Sixth Gear
A Great Guy at Heart
Part-Time Work
Special Treatment
Eight Kilos of Happiness
Dreams, Life, Death of Filip Filipović
The Return
Breakdown
Aller retour
The Coach
The Love Life of Budimir Trajković
Group Portrait with a Lady
Ancika Dumas
Belgrade Kids
We Are Sorry, We Are Very Sorry
Pavle Pavlovic
A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja
Deps
Fear
Nocturno
Freckled Girl
The Battle of Sutjeska
Mortal Spring
The Lion Is Coming
The First Murder
How the Two Fools Loved Each Other
The Macedonian Part of Hell
The Role of My Family in the World Revolution
WR: Mysteries of the Organism
Adrift
The Cyclists
Horoscope
The Battle of Neretva
Cross Country
The Ambush
Funeral Feast
The German Girl
Without the Third One
Poor Maria
Smoke
The Morning
Before and After the Victory
The Restless Ones
Hassan-Aga's Wife
On the Run
Rondo
Looking Into the Eyes of the Sun
The Camp Followers
Klaxon
Man of the World
The Girl
Man Is Not a Bird
Official Position
Mad Summer
Destination Death
People's Deputy
Radopolje
Kozara
Superfluous
A Sand Castle
Summer Is to Blame for Everything
Boom Town
Shared Apartment
It Is Better to Know How
The Dreams Came by Coach
The Door Remains Open