Miodrag Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Петровић,
pronounced [mîodraË É¡ pÄ›troÊ‹itÉ•], 1 April 1924 â€" 20 October
2003), known by his stage name Čkalja (Чкаља), was a Serbian
actor and one of the most popular comedians of former Yugoslavia.He
performed in the theatre, where he displayed a talent for comedy,
especially in plays by Branislav Nušić, his favourite author.
However, it was the new medium of television that made him famous.
From 1959 until the 1980s, he appeared in many TV comedy shows:
Servisna stanica, Dežurna ulica, Spavajte mirno, SaÄ ulatac, Crni
sneg, Ljudi i papagaji, Ljubav na seoski naÄ in (in which Silvana
Armenulić guest starred), Kamiondžije and Vruć vetar.Čkalja
retired in the late 1980s and spent his last years peacefully. His
last public appearance was during the DOS election campaign in 2000 in
the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević.In 2005, a statue of Čkalja was
placed in front of his birth house in Kruševac. In 2006, a street in
the Zvezdara neighborhood in Belgrade was named after him.
pronounced [mîodraË É¡ pÄ›troÊ‹itÉ•], 1 April 1924 â€" 20 October
2003), known by his stage name Čkalja (Чкаља), was a Serbian
actor and one of the most popular comedians of former Yugoslavia.He
performed in the theatre, where he displayed a talent for comedy,
especially in plays by Branislav Nušić, his favourite author.
However, it was the new medium of television that made him famous.
From 1959 until the 1980s, he appeared in many TV comedy shows:
Servisna stanica, Dežurna ulica, Spavajte mirno, SaÄ ulatac, Crni
sneg, Ljudi i papagaji, Ljubav na seoski naÄ in (in which Silvana
Armenulić guest starred), Kamiondžije and Vruć vetar.Čkalja
retired in the late 1980s and spent his last years peacefully. His
last public appearance was during the DOS election campaign in 2000 in
the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević.In 2005, a statue of Čkalja was
placed in front of his birth house in Kruševac. In 2006, a street in
the Zvezdara neighborhood in Belgrade was named after him.
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