Jelena Žigon ( sr-cyr, Јелена Жигон; 3 November 1933 – 10 April 2018), was a Serbian and Yugoslav

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...

Biography

Žigon (

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Jovanović) was born in Belgrade to a family hailing from

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, while her mother was born in

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and was related to

Nicholas I of Montenegro Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš ( sr-cyr, Никола I Петровић-Његош; – 1 March 1921) was the last monarch of Montenegro from 1860 to 1918, reigning as prince from 1860 to 1910 and as the country's first and only king from 1910 to 19 ...

. During her career, she starred in a number of films and television series. She had her first role in 1950 in the film ''Municipal Child''. She had significant roles in the films like ''Zika's Dynasty'', ''The Showdown'', '' The Morning'', ''The First Citizen of a Small Town'' and others. She gained greater popularity with the role of Jelena Todorović in Zika's dynasty . She dramatized the poetry of Dušan Kostić, Desanka Maksimović, Dragan Kolundžija, and also wrote the script for a stage-musical poem about Simonida, which was performed at the National Theater in Belgrade. Žigon died in Belgrade after a short illness and she was buried in

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. With her daughter Ivana Žigon, who is also an actress, she founded the ensemble ''Kosovo Peonies'' in 2004. Her husband was fellow actor Stevo Žigon.

Awards

* Golden Ring Award for Best Actress, 1961 * Golden beochug * Order of Njegoš, I degree, for the care of the wounded,

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* Njegoš Medal from the Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral

Amfilohije Radović Amfilohije ( sr-Cyrl, Амфилохије; , English: Amphilochius; born Risto Radović, 7 January 193830 October 2020) was a bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church, theologian, university professor, author and translator. He was first the bish ...

, Serbian Orthodox Church * Yugoslav Cinematheque Plaque for Outstanding Contribution to Film, 2006 * Honorary citizen of

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, 2017 *

Sergei Bondarchuk Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (russian: Сергей Фёдорович Бондарчук, ; uk, Сергі́й Федорович Бондарчук, Serhíj Fédorovych Bondarchúk; 25 September 192020 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian ...

Lifetime Achievement Award,

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, 2018

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zigon, Jelena Serbian film actresses 1933 births 2018 deaths Actresses from Belgrade 20th-century Serbian actresses 21st-century Serbian actresses Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery Serbian people of Montenegrin descent