Slavko Brankov ( sr-Cyrl, Славко Бранков; 19 May 1951 – 8 August 2006) was a Croatian film, theatre and television actor of
Serb
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descent.
Career
He graduated at the
Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art
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in 1976. In 1971, he started his acting career in one of Zagreb's most popular theaters, "
Gavella". As result of his acting career, in 1992 he was awarded the
Vladimir Nazor Award
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Named after the writer Vladimir Nazor (1876–1949), the prize is awarded to Cr ...
for a role of Calogiero di Spelta in drama "Velika magija". He was also awarded the
Croatian Radio Television
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Award for playing the character of "Crni Džek" (''Black Jack'') in ''
Smogovci'', a highly popular children's
TV series
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. He also had small roles in
Croatian films
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See also
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*
* Croatan (disambiguation)
* Croatia (disambiguation)
* Croatoan (disambiguation)
* Hrvatski (disambiguation)
* Hrvatsko (disambiguation)
* S ...
like ''Ajmo žuti'' (''
Go, Yellow
''Go, Yellow'' ( hr, Ajmo žuti!) is a 2001 Croatian football comedy-drama film directed by Dražen Žarković. It was Žarković's debut feature film, after having directed several award-winning documentary and short films. He set out to crea ...
'', 2001).
After the end of his
marriage
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to
actress
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Marina Nemet
Marina Nemet (7 June 1960 – 11 December 2010) was a Croatian film, theatre and television actress.
Biography
Nemet was married to actor Slavko Brankov between 1984 and 2004, with whom she had a daughter Tena, who is also an actress (b. 1994).< ...
, Brankov indulged in an affair with a young girl, with whom he stayed until his death. Brankov died of a
malignant disease
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Malignancy is most familiar as a characterization of cancer. A ''malignant'' tumor contrasts with a non-cancerous ''benign'' tumor in that a malignancy is not s ...
that was treated at the ''Clinic for Lung Diseases'' in
Zagreb
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.
References
External links
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1951 births
2006 deaths
People from Varaždin
Serbs of Croatia
Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb alumni
Croatian male actors
Deaths from lung cancer in Croatia
Burials at Miroševac Cemetery
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