Neda Spasojević (16 April 1941 – 16 July 1981) was a Serbian film, television and theater actress. She appeared in more than sixty films from 1964 until her 1981 death from cancer at age 40.

Early life

Neda Spasojević was born in the Yugoslav capital city

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the week that the

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was invaded by Germany in April 1941. Her father Milorad was a traveling actor. Her mother was an Austrian woman from Vienna named Hilda Lermer, who later adopted the Serbian name Jelena. Hilda worked as a seamstress for various theaters.

Career

Following a rejection at the Performing Arts Academy in Belgrade, Spasojević took her father's advice about moving to

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if she wished to pursue a career in acting. She performed in her first show on 23 March 1961. Spasojević appeared in her first film in 1964, acting alongside

Danilo Stojković Danilo Stojković ( sr-cyr, Данило Стојковић; 11 August 1934 – 16 March 2002), commonly nicknamed Bata (Бата), was a Yugoslav and Serbian theatre, television and film actor. Stojković's numerous comedic portrayals of stat ...

in ''Izdajnik''.

Death

Spasojević was diagnosed with cancer in early 1981. She died from cancer on 16 July 1981, aged 40, a few weeks after completing her scenes for the film ''Banović Strahinja''.

Selected filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spasojevic, Neda 1941 births 1981 deaths Actresses from Belgrade Golden Arena winners Serbian film actresses