Vera Plevnik (c. 1955/195627 January 1982) was an Australian actress, born to Yugoslav-Russian parents best known for winning a Logie for her performance as a resistance fighter Nadia Grosse in the TV movie ''

The John Sullivan Story ''The Sullivans'' is an Australian period drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran on the Nine Network from 15 November 1976 until 10 March 1983. The series tells the story of a fictional average middle-clas ...

'', a spin-off of the TV series ''

The Sullivans ''The Sullivans'' is an Australian period drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran on the Nine Network from 15 November 1976 until 10 March 1983. The series tells the story of a fictional average middle-clas ...

'' She initially trained at teachers college, but chose acting, training at the

Victorian College of the Arts The Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) is the arts school at the University of Melbourne in Australia. It is part of the university's Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. It is located near the Melbourne city centre on the Southbank campus of the ...

. Plevnik died in a car crash near

Batemans Bay Batemans Bay is a town on the South Coast region of the state of New South Wales, Australia. Batemans Bay is administered by the Eurobodalla Shire council. The town is situated on the shores of an estuary formed where the Clyde River meets the ...

when her late model Sedan hit another vehicle coming north from the Princes Highway, the 60 year old driver of the other vehicle also was killed . She was a friend of

James Reyne James Michael Nugent Reyne OAM (born 19 May 1957) is an Australian rock musician and singer-songwriter both in solo work and, until 1986, with the band Australian Crawl. Biography Early years Reyne was born in Lagos, Nigeria. His father, Ro ...

and her life inspired several of his songs.

Select credits

*''The Golden Oldies'' (1977) – play *''

'' (1979) – TV movie *''

Young Ramsay ''Young Ramsay'' was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1977 to 1980 on the Seven Network. It was produced by Crawford Productions as two series of 13 episodes each. Cast * John Hargreaves as Peter Ramsay * Serge Lazareff as R ...

'' (1980) – TV series – episode "The Littlest Goldmine" *''The Same Stream'' (1981) – short *''The Fame is Shared'' (1981) – live performance *''Conundra'' (1982) – play *'' Monkey Grip'' (1982) – film *'' Going Down'' (1983) – film

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Plevnik, Vera Australian television actresses 1955 births 1982 deaths 20th-century Australian actresses Road incident deaths in New South Wales Logie Award winners