Olivera Katarina

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivera Vučo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Mark of the Devil (1970) — Vanessa Benedikt
2. I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967) — Lenče
3. Tears for Sale (2008) — Velika Boginja
4. Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment (1971) — Herzogin von Alba
5. The Maiden's Tune (1973) — Sibila
6. Hell River (1974) — Mila
7. Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill (1966) — Bobo
8. The Betrayal (1969) — Marchioness de Haro
9. A Big Grey-Blue Bird (1971) — Diana
10. A Trip Around the World (1964) — Nazlija
11. Do Not Mention the Cause of Death (1968) — Marija
12. Good Luck Hunting (1964) — Keti
13. The Dervish and Death (1974) — Kadinica
14. The Dream (1966) — Devojka
15. Mountain of Wrath (1968) — Olivera
16. Pollen Dust (1974)
17. Ann and Eve (1970) — Nightclub Singer
18. Red Blow (1974) — Ana
19. Monday or Tuesday (1966) — Markova ljubavnica
20. The Swarm (1966) — Ljubica
21. There's Love, There's Not (1968)
22. Seven Easy Pieces (2007) — Singer (voice)
23. The Soldier (1966) — Milanka
24. Commandments for a Gangster (1968)
25. Jelena Gavanski (1982) — Lina
26. Discorama (1959) — Self
27. Wien nach Noten (1969) — Self