Predrag Ejdus ( sr-cyr, Предраг Ејдус; 24 July 1947 – 28 September 2018) was a Serbian
actor
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of theater, film and television. His extensive body of work includes over 200 theater productions, 50 films and 30 television series.
Ejdus received numerous acting awards including the
Statuette of Joakim Vujić in 2004 and
Dobričin prsten in 2008.
Radio Television of Serbia
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Life
Ejdus was born on 24 July 1947 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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(now Serbia) to a Jewish
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father and a Serb
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mother. He later married and had a daughter and a son. He graduated from the and from the Belgrade Academy of Theater, Film, Radio and Television in 1972.
Between 1985 and 1989, Ejdus was president of the Society of Theater Artists of Serbia, and in 1993 he joined the ensemble of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre
Yugoslav Drama Theatre ( sr-cyrl, Југословенско драмско позориште, Jugoslovensko dramsko pozorište; abbr. JDP or ''Jugodrp'') is a theatre located in Belgrade, Serbia.
It was founded in 1947 as the representative t ...
. He died on 28 September 2018 in Belgrade.
References
External links
Predrag Ejdus: Lako je izgubiti ljudskost
(in Serbian). Večernje novosti. ''Radmila Radosavljević; 24-12-2011''
Fudbal mi pomogao da stanem na noge
(in Serbian). Politika
''Politika'' ( sr-Cyrl, Политика; ''Politics'') is a Serbian daily newspaper, published in Belgrade. Founded in 1904 by Vladislav F. Ribnikar, it is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in the Balkans.
Publishing and owne ...
. ''Slavko Trošelj; 13-07-2008''
1947 births
2018 deaths
Male actors from Belgrade
Serbian male actors
Serbian people of Jewish descent
People of Latvian-Jewish descent
Laureates of the Ring of Dobrica
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