Olivera Katarina (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливера Катарина;
née Petrović (Петровић); born 5 March 1940), also previously
known as Olivera VuÄ o (Оливера Ð'учо) and Olivera Å akić
(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
"Ä elem, Ä'elem", which she performed in I Even Met Happy Gypsies, has
been considered as one of the best rendition of that song ever
recorded.Olivera Katarina was born Olivera Petrović to father
Budimir, a naval captain, and mother Katarina (née JovanÄ ić) on 5
March 1940 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. She adopted Olivera
Katarina in 1969 to honour her mother, who had died on 4 January 1969.
She spent her childhood in Belgrade, Dobanovci and Valjevo.
née Petrović (Петровић); born 5 March 1940), also previously
known as Olivera VuÄ o (Оливера Ð'учо) and Olivera Å akić
(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
"Ä elem, Ä'elem", which she performed in I Even Met Happy Gypsies, has
been considered as one of the best rendition of that song ever
recorded.Olivera Katarina was born Olivera Petrović to father
Budimir, a naval captain, and mother Katarina (née JovanÄ ić) on 5
March 1940 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. She adopted Olivera
Katarina in 1969 to honour her mother, who had died on 4 January 1969.
She spent her childhood in Belgrade, Dobanovci and Valjevo.
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