Olivera Katarina, previously known as Olivera Vuco and Olivera Sakic, is a Serbian actress, singer and writer.
11 Facts About Olivera Katarina
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Olivera Katarina 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 Petrovic's film I Even Met Happy Gypsies, which won the Grand Prix at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival.
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Olivera Katarina was born Olivera Petrovic to father Budimir, a naval captain, and mother Katarina on 5 March 1940 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
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Olivera Katarina adopted Olivera Katarina in 1969 to honor her mother, who had died on 4 January 1969.
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Olivera Katarina spent her childhood in Belgrade, Dobanovci and Valjevo.
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Olivera Katarina initially enrolled the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law before switching to the Faculty of Dramatic Arts.
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Olivera Katarina studied at the academy for theater, film, radio and television in Belgrade.
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Olivera Katarina recorded in Serbian language, as well as in Russian, Japanese, Romanian, Greek, Romani, and Indonesian.
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Olivera Katarina is known as "the only woman Salvador Dali knelt in front of", being amazed by her beauty and voice, after her concert in Paris.
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In 2007, Olivera Katarina contributed songs for Marina Abramovic's Balkan Erotic Epic, and portrays a goddess in Uros Stojanovic's film Carlston za Ognjenku.
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In 1970, Olivera Katarina married Miladin Sakic, an administrator who later became the president of the Red Star Belgrade football club, with then Mayor of Belgrade Branko Pesic as Sakic's best man.