Olivera Katarina

Olivera Katarina

1940-03-05 – 2026-07-21 (age 86) Beograd, Serbia
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Biography

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

The Dream
The Dream

1966

as Devojka

I Even Met Happy Gypsies
The Betrayal
The Betrayal

1969

as Marchioness de Haro

The Maiden's Tune
The Maiden's Tune

1973

as Sibila

A Big Grey-Blue Bird
Mark of the Devil
Mark of the Devil

1970

as Vanessa Benedikt

The Dervish and Death
The Dervish and Death

1974

as Kadinica

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Wien nach Noten

1969

as Self

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Mountain of Wrath

1968

as Olivera

Monday or Tuesday
Monday or Tuesday

1966

as Markova ljubavnica

Seven Easy Pieces
Seven Easy Pieces

2007

as Singer (voice)

Ann and Eve
Ann and Eve

1970

as Nightclub Singer

Hell River
Hell River

1974

as Mila

Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Tears for Sale
Tears for Sale

2008

as Velika Boginja

The Soldier
The Soldier

1966

as Milanka

Jelena Gavanski
Jelena Gavanski

1982

as Lina

The Swarm
The Swarm

1966

as Ljubica