Duša Počkaj

Duša Počkaj
Duša Počkaj on stage in 1963
Born	(1924-11-16)16 November 1924 Lendava, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	24 June 1982(1982-06-24) (aged 57) Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (present-day Slovenia)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1946–1982

Duša Počkaj (16 November 1924 – 24 June 1982) was a Slovenian film and theatre actress.

Following World War II Počkaj studied at the Ljubljana Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, and from 1946 until her death in 1982 she was member of the Ljubljana National Drama Theatre ensemble.

She started acting in films in the early 1950s and her biggest success was the starring role in the 1961 film Dancing in the Rain (Ples v dežju) directed by Boštjan Hladnik, for which she won the Golden Arena for Best Actress awards.

External links

Duša Počkaj at the Internet Movie Database

Golden Arena for Best Actress at the Pula Film Festival

As Yugoslav Film Awards (1955–90)	Tamara Marković (1955) Ljubinka Bobić (1957) Olga Spiridonović (1959) Dušica Žegarac (1960) Duša Počkaj (1961) Milena Dravić (1962) Majda Potokar (1963) Olivera Marković (1964) Majda Potokar (1965) Mira Stupica (1966) Mia Oremović (1968) Radmila Andrić (1969) Milena Dravić (1970) Dušica Žegarac (1971) Božidarka Frajt (1972) Ružica Sokić (1973) Majda Grbac (1974) Jagoda Kaloper (1975) Milena Zupančič (1976) Milena Zupančič (1977) Svetlana Bojković (1978) Gorica Popović (1979) Mirjana Karanović (1980) Mira Banjac (1981) Jelisaveta Sablić (1982) Ljiljana Međeši (1983) Sonja Savić (1984) Mirjana Karanović (1985) Mira Furlan (1986) Anica Dobra (1987) Neda Arnerić (1988) Snežana Bogdanović (1989) Mirjana Joković (1990)

As Croatian Film Awards (1992–present)	Mirta Zečević (1992) Alma Prica (1993) Katarina Bistrović-Darvaš (1995) Nataša Dorčić (1996) Ena Begović (1997) Sandra Lončarić (1998) Lucija Šerbedžija (1999) Dora Polić (2000) Lucija Šerbedžija (2001) Leona Paraminski (2002) Alma Prica (2003) Daria Lorenci (2004) Anja Šovagović-Despot (2005) Zrinka Cvitešić (2006) Nataša Dorčić (2007) Jadranka Đokić (2008) Dijana Vidušin (2009) Marija Škaričić (2010) Mirela Brekalo (2011) Ana Karić (2012) Nada Đurevska (2013) Areta Ćurković (2014) Tihana Lazović (2015) Ksenija Marinković (2016)

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