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.
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Filmography
Tears for Sale
2008
as Velika Boginja
Seven Easy Pieces
2007
as Singer (voice)
Jelena Gavanski
1982
as Lina
Hell River
1974
as Mila
Red Blow
1974
as Ana
The Dervish and Death
1974
as Kadinica
Pollen Dust
1974
The Maiden's Tune
1973
as Sibila
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971
as Herzogin von Alba
A Big Grey-Blue Bird
1971
as Diana
Ann and Eve
1970
as Nightclub Singer
Mark of the Devil
1970
as Vanessa Benedikt
- No poster
Wien nach Noten
1969
as Self
The Betrayal
1969
as Marchioness de Haro
Commandments for a Gangster
1968
Do Not Mention the Cause of Death
1968
as Marija
- No poster
Mountain of Wrath
1968
as Olivera
There's Love, There's Not
1968
I Even Met Happy Gypsies
1967
as Lenče
The Dream
1966
as Devojka
The Swarm
1966
as Ljubica
Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill
1966
as Bobo
Monday or Tuesday
1966
as Markova ljubavnica
The Soldier
1966
as Milanka