Olivera Katarina

Olivera Katarina (; ; 5 March 1940 – 21 July 2026), also previously known as Olivera Vučo and Olivera Šakić , was a Serbian actress, singer and writer. She was one of the leading stars of Yugoslav cinema in the 1960s and the 1970s, and was probably the best known for her performance in Aleksandar Petrović's film I Even Met Happy Gypsies, which won the Grand Prix at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival.

As a singer, Katarina performed music of various genres, varying from Serbian traditional to pop music, and in numerous languages.

Early life Olivera Katarina was born Olivera Petrović to father Budimir, a naval captain, and mother Katarina (née Jovančić) on 5 March 1940 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. She adopted Olivera Katarina in 1969 to honor her mother, who had died on 4 January 1969. She spent her childhood in Belgrade, Dobanovci and Valjevo.

As a child, Olivera Katarina attended piano and ballet lessons. In 1959, she went to Paris and enrolled the Alliance Française school in order to improve her French language skills. a painter based in Madrid, was born on 1 February 1971. Later in 1971, Šakić sustained serious injuries in a car crash near Mladenovac which left him paralyzed until his death in 1987. In an interview for the Blic daily in 2011, Olivera Katarina claimed she had not been in a relationship with a man after Šakić.

Katarina died on 21 July 2026, at the age of 86.

Filmography Title Year Role Notes Dobra kob 1964 Keti Belo u belom 1964 Unknown Television film One i on 1964 Unknown Television film Put oko sveta 1964 Rebeka Akcija inspektora Rukavine 1965 Unknown Television film Sigurno je sigurno 1965 Unknown Television film Ponoćni gost 1965 Unknown Television film Roj 1966 Ljubica Monday or Tuesday Ponedeljak ili utorak 1966 Marko's lover Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill Kommissar X – Jagd auf Unbekannt 1966 Bobo The Dream San 1966 Girl I Even Met Happy Gypsies Skupljači perja 1967 Lenče Mountain of Wrath Planina gneva 1968 Olivera Ima ljubavi, nema ljubavi 1968 Unknown Comandamenti per un gangster 1968 Unknown Do Not Mention the Cause of Death Uzrok smrti ne pominjati 1968 Marija Fräulein Doktor 1968 Marchioness de Haro Wien nach Noten 1969 Unknown Television film The Soldier Vojnik 1970 Milanka Filmed in 1966 Mark of the Devil Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält 1970 Vanessa Benedikt Ann och Eve – de erotiska 1970 Singer Ein großer graublauer Vogel 1971 Diana Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment Goya – oder Der arge Weg der Erkenntnis 1971 The Duchess of Alba Devičanska svirka 1973 Sibila Television film Polen Dust Polenov prah 1974 Unknown The Dervish and Death Derviš i smrt 1974 Kadinica Hell River Partizani 1974 Mila Also known as Tactical Guerrilla Hell River Partizani 1974 Mila TV miniseries adapted from the film Crveni udar 1974 Ana Zarudela zora na Moravi 1978 Woman Television short film Sedam plus sedam 1979 Olivera Television series Jelena Gavanski 1982 Lina Television film Vuk Karadžić 1987 Eustahija Radovanović TV series Tears for Sale Čarlston za Ognjenku 2008 Velika Boginja

Discography

Studio albums Olivera Katarina (1974) Alaj mi je večeras po volji (1974) O. K. (U ime ljubavi) (1976) Ciganske pesme (1977) Osvetnica (1979) Zarudela zora na Moravi (1980) Idu momci u vojnike (1982) Retka zverka (1984) Romanija/Pleme moje... (1999) Tajna (2009)

Compilation albums Alaj mi je večeras po volji – Najlepše pesme (1999)

Singles "Nije to, ljudi, istina" / "Šošana" / "'Ajde da igramo" / "Ne dam, ne dam" (1966) "Ja ništa ne znam" / "Bosonoga Sendi (Marioneta)" / "Moj je ceo svet (Uno Tranquillo)" / "A Man and a Woman Theme Song" (1967) "Neću tebe (Doksa to teo)" / "Suliram" / "Svu noć je padao sneg" / "Jer ljubav to je miris belog cveća" (1967) "Đelem, đelem" / "Rino" / "Trajo, trajo" / "Bida" / "Niška Banja" / "Čerde Mile" (1967) "Balade" (1968) "Poigraj, poigraj, devojče" (1969) "Himna čoveku" (1969) "Šu, šu" / "Tula" / "Baš sam srećna ja (La felicidad)" / "Eri (Irene Erini)" (1969) "Ža, ža" / "Lidu, lidu" / "Verka kaluđerka" / "Kaljina, maljina" (1969) "To je naše more, to su naše gore..." (1971) "Vatra" / "Ljubav" (1971) "Budi moj" / "Imam nešto da ti dam" (1971) "Tam deka ima" / "Dimitrijo" (1971) "Treperi jedno veče" / "Htela bih da znam" (1972) "Wakamono ha kaeranakatta" / "Koi ha..." (1973) "Alba" / "Plovi lađa Dunavom" (1973) "Ne dodiruj moje lice" / "Ne reci nikom" (1974) "Pričaj mi o ljubavi" / "Pada noć" (1974) "Alaj mi je večeras po volji" / "Kamerav" / "Čep, čep u slavinu" / "Verka kaluđerka" (1975) "Žena" / "Sada i nikada više" (1975) "Sanjam" / "Bilo je tako lepo sve" (1976) "Crvena jabuka" / "Sijerinska banja" (1977) "Nikad ne zaboravi dane naše ljubavi" / "Slatke male laži" (1979)