RUŽICA SOKIĆ: She was awarded the Silver and Golden Arena at the Film Festival in Pula. Winner of the Velika Žanka and Dobriča prsten awards
Film, theater and television actress Ružica Sokić died on December 19 at the age of 79, after a long illness.
She was born on December 14, 1934 in Belgrade as the daughter of a merchant and co-owner of the newspaper "Pravda" Petar Sokić (1893 — 1964). As a girl, she was a member of the Children's Radio-Drama Group of Radio Belgrade, and in 1958 she graduated in acting from the Academy of Theater Arts in Belgrade.
She first presented herself as an actress on the stage of the Contemporary Theater, from where she moved to Atelier 1962 in 212, where she played around seventy plays. In the early sixties, Bojan Stupica gathered a troupe of great actors in Atelier 212, which included Ružica Sokić, Slobodan-Cica Perović, Tanja Beljakov, Maja Čučković, Vlada Popović, Dejan Čavić, Bata Stojković, Bora Todorović, Taško Načić, Milutin Butković, and later Zoran Radmilović.
"She was difficult, but highly professional, a great actress, correct and honest in her relations with her colleagues. She loved her job too much for the taste of other actors. When I saw her in the play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", I also realized that I had to have her there. That play gave rise to two great acting names, Vlad Popović and Ružica Sokić - said the actor Petar Božović upon hearing the news of her death.
She also performed on the stages of the National Theater, Zvezdara Theater, Belgrade Drama Theater, Gardoš Theater, KULT Theater, Open Theater "Studentski Grad", Modern Garage, Theater "Slavija".
Hers opus is huge. She was also noticed on television (e.g. comedies by Brana Crnčević and Aleksandar Popović). A wide audience remembers her for her roles in around 180 films, television dramas and series: "A Whole Life for the Year", "Birth of Working People", "Singles", "Crafts". , "Love, ah love", "The sin of her mother", "The second Žika dynasty", "Happy people" - commercial and television roles. Among the roles in about 40 films, her most famous creations are in the films "Boxers go to heaven", "Bitter part of the river", "Yellow", "Republic of Užice", "The beach guard in the winter period", "Nije nego", "Sava mala ", "Ball on the Water", "Full Moon over Belgrade", "When I'm Dead and White", "Tight Skin", "Zona Zamfirova"...
For her first role ("Bitter part of the river", 1965, by J. Živanović) she was awarded the Silver Arena, and for her role as a street woman in the film "Zuta" she was awarded the Golden Arena at the Film Festival in Pula. She is the winner of acting awards Velika Žanka and Dobriča prsten.
In 2010, she published the book of memories "Passion for flying".
She led an acting class at the "Braća Karić" Academy of Arts (1996-2000).
Nema house Atelje 212, with the announcement that our great theater, film and television actress has died, enumerates her important theater roles: Hani (Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf), Gloria (Tiger), Mileva (Krmeći trot), Gospava (Miracle in Šargan) , Baronica Šteten (At a Beautiful Appearance), Ludmila (Grobljanska) Mir-Yam (Wounded Eagle), Žuta (Yellow), Julija Varadi (Correspondence), Patricia (Women's Orchestra), Valeria (Stories from the Vienna Forest), Hana (From the Life of Earthworms), Helena (Aveti), Charlotte (Bergman Sonata), Meg (Linena's Beauty), Maga (Balkan Plastic), Mother (Janez), Tijana (The Big Drama), Žanka (Zhanka), Mary (Long Journey into the Night).
She played about 180 roles on film and television in works: 500 when (TV) (1981); Ada (1985); Adam and Eve (1963); Adventures of Borivoj Šurdilović (1980); Grandma's Grandson (series) (1976); Ball on the Water (1986); The White Shirt (TV) (1973); White Rabbits (1970); Bergman Sonata (TV) (2005); Boxers Go to Heaven (1967); Bombing of New Haven (1973); Marriage Trips (1991); Browning's version (1973); Alarm Clock (2008); Stormy Night (1970); A Whole Life in a Year (series) (1971); Miracle in Šargan (TV) (1989); The Hundred Loop Stocking (1971); It's an Honor to Invite You (series) (1976); Beach Guard in Winter (1976); The Girl with Three Fathers (TV) (1965); Smoke (1967); Good evening, children (series) (1996); Doctor (1957); PhD (TV) (1984); The Second Žika Dynasty (1986); Dubravka (1973); Two-room tavern (1975); Gala beneficiary: Atelier 212 through the ages (1990); He's an actor, an actor (series) (1972); Up Down (series) (1996); Bitter part of the river (1965); Bitter Fruits (2008); Madam Minister (TV) (1978); The Sin of Her Mother (TV Series) (2009-2010); Hajdučka vremena (1977); Hitler from our alley (1975); Chronicle of the Palančki cemetery (series) (1971); And It's Called Happiness (series) (1987); There's Love, There's No Love (1968); I Am Your God (1983); Pillow (1974); Jelena (TV series) (2004); Elizabeth's love woes (TV) (1985); When I'm Dead and White (1967); How to Calm a Vampire (TV) (1977); Cacti and Roses (TV) (1999); Captain of a long voyage (1991); Dumplings with plums (TV) (1992); The Commissioner is Good (1964); Roots (1965); Correspondence (TV) (1983); Cross Country (1969); Round Trips (1980); Bloody Aunt (2001); Kitchen (TV) (1976); Kuku, Vasa (series) (2009); Quartet (2006
; Lie and Paralysis (1959); Butterfly Cloud (1977); Elevator (series) (2004); Love and some cursing (1969); Love Over the Night (TV) (1967); Love, habit, panic (series) (2005); Ljubavni sans (1967); Love case or tragedy of a PTT employee (1967); The Love Affair of a Minister's Sister (1973); Master and Champita (1986); The Masters (series) (1972); March on the Drina (1964); Simeun Đak's Maidan (TV) (1999); Broom without Handle (series) (1989); Mica and Mikica (1961); Mister Dollar (TV) (1989); My Mom (1998); My Mom (1999); Musa from the Circus (1972); A Furnished Room (1966); People's Representative (TV) (1964); Our Little Clinic (series) (2008); Not So Long Ago (series) (1984); Don't Call Me Daddy (1969); Invincible Heart (TV series) (2011); Not but (1978); Her First Tea (1966); Normal People (2001); Novel from Stanac (1959); About the harm of tobacco (2004); Face to Face (series) (1973); Oktoberfest (1987); They and Him (1964); Original forgery (1991); Hell's Island (1979); Pedicure (1968); Ping Without Pong (1974); Play Popović (2012); Deceased (TV) (1990); Baked Pumpkin (TV) (1997); Cop from Rooster Hill (TV series) (1993); Afternoon of a Faun (1965); Do you know Pavle Pleš? (1975); The Right Address (1968); Tales from the Vienna Forest (1985); Friendship, the Oldest Craft (TV) (1968); Probysvet (series) (1967); Spring of Life (1980); Traveling (1999); Burglar (TV) (1995); First Love (1962); First Class Chaos (series) (1968); Full Moon over Belgrade (1993); The Birth of a Working People (series) (1969); Paradise (1993); The Wounded Eagle (TV) (1977); Bora Schneider's Developmental Path (TV) (1972); A London Novel (series) (1988); The Singles 2 (series) (1969); Solitude (1973); Savamala (1982); Seven - Hail Mary (1969); Migrations (1989); Sisters (1981); The Mighty Man (1960); Forces in the Air (TV) (1989); Scaffolding (TV) (2004); The Maid (1969); The Heart and Her Children (1988); Happy People 2 (series) (1995-1996); What Are You Doing Tonight (1988); Suspicious Face (TV) (1967); Wedding March (1995); Everything is for the people (2001); The Secret of Laza Lazarevic (1986); It's a Dark Night (1995); Argentine Tango (1992); Theater in the Serbs (series) (1993); To You My Dolores (1980); Tight Skin (1982); Tight Skin 2 (1987); Tight Skin 3 (1988); Tight Skin 4 (1991); Topčiderska Reka (1968); Traces of a Black Girl (1972); Three against all... and the woman is the fourth (1968); Other Heads (1968); In the Name of the Law (series) (1991); Mrs. Holroyd's Widowhood (1970); Moving in (1981); The Rise and Fall of Zika Proje (series) (1976); Republic of Užice (1974); Republic of Užice (series) (1976); Already Seen (1987); The Great Inventor (series) (1973); High Chronicle (series) (1967); The Secret of Vlajko (1976); Soldiers (film) (1984); Soldiers (TV series) (1981); A Soldier With Two Names (1961); Time of Love (1966); Hot Wind (series) (1980); You are entertained by Mija Aleksić (series) (1967); Seducer (2002
; A Wish Called a Tram (TV) (1994); Countrymen (1963); Žanka (2006); Women's Conversations (series) (1972); Life in a Cemetery (TV) (1987); Signs (TV) (1995); Zona Zamfirova (2002); Yellow (1973); Stars of Love (2005); The Eight O'Clock Whistle (1962)…
