Ana Karić (; 13 May 1941 – 9 October 2014) was a Croatian actress. She started acting in the early 1960s even before graduating from the

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in 1963. Although primarily a television actress, she also appeared in numerous film and theatre productions. Karić starred in a number of notable films produced in Croatia and directed by Croatian directors such as Ante Babaja,

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, Zvonimir Berković and

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. She won a

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in 2012 for a starring role in '' Night Boats'', a romantic drama film directed by

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. Karić died on 9 October 2014 in Zagreb, aged 73.

Selected filmography

*'' Accidental Life'' (''Slučajni život'', 1969) *'' The Scene of the Crash'' (''Putovanje na mjesto nesreće'', 1971) *'' The House'' (''Kuća'', 1975) *'' That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles'' (''Živi bili pa vidjeli'', 1979) *'' The Secret of Nikola Tesla'' (''Tajna Nikole Tesle'', 1980) *'' Donator'' (1989) *''

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'' (''Čaruga'', 1991) *'' Fragments: Chronicle of a Vanishing'' (''Krhotine - Kronika jednog nestajanja'', 1991) *''

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'' (''Rusko meso'', 1997) *''

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'' (1997) *''

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'' (''Infekcija'', 2003) *'' Night Boats'' (''Noćni brodovi'', 2012)

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* 1941 births 2014 deaths Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb alumni 20th-century Croatian actresses Golden Arena winners Yugoslav film actresses People from Perušić 21st-century Croatian actresses Croatian film actresses Croatian stage actresses Croatian television actresses Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery {{Croatia-actor-stub