Olivera Katarina
Actor
- Born
- March 5, 1940 · Beograd, Serbia
- Died
- July 21, 2026 (age 86)
Olivera Katarina (March 5, 1940 – July 21, 2026). (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливера Катарина; née Petrović (Петровић), also previously known as Olivera Vučo (Оливера Вучо) and Olivera Šakić (Оливера Шакић), is a Serbian actress, singer and writer. She was one of the leading stars of Yugoslav cinema in the 1960s and the 1970s, and is probably the best known for her performance in Aleksandar Petrović's film I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967), which won the Grand Prix at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival.
As a singer, Olivera Katarina has performed music of various genres, varying from Serbian traditional to pop music, and in numerous languages. Her version of "Đelem, đelem", which she performed in I Even Met Happy Gypsies, has been considered as one of the best rendition of that song ever recorded.
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Known for
Mark of the Devil
February 19, 1970
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
March 27, 1967
Tears for Sale
January 30, 2008
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
September 15, 1971
The Maiden's Tune
January 1, 1973
Hell River
July 17, 1974
Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill
March 11, 1966
Fraulein Doktor
January 24, 1969
A Big Grey-Blue Bird
April 9, 1971
A Trip Around the World
July 12, 1964
Do Not Mention the Cause of Death
April 16, 1968
Good Luck Hunting
July 15, 1964
Acting26
- 2008Tears for Sale as Velika Boginja
- 2007Seven Easy Pieces as Singer (voice)
- 1982Jelena Gavanski as Lina
- 1974Hell River as Mila
- 1974Red Blow as Ana
- 1974The Dervish and Death as Kadinica
- 1974Pollen Dust
- 1973The Maiden's Tune as Sibila
- 1971Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment as Herzogin von Alba
- 1971A Big Grey-Blue Bird as Diana