Vanja Drach Explained

Vanja Drach
Birth Date:1 February 1932
Birth Place:Bošnjaci, Sava Banovina, Yugoslavia
Death Place:Zagreb, Croatia
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1958–2009

Vanja Drach (1 February 1932 – 6 September 2009)[1] was a Croatian theatre and film actor.

His film and television credits include H-8, Lud, zbunjen, normalan, Gospa, Charuga, Kapelski kresovi, Nikola Tesla, Svjedoci.

Between 1957 up to his retirement in 1998, he acted in the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, apart from the period 1975–81 when he was member of the troupe Teatar u gostima. In 2005 he received the Vladimir Nazor Award for lifetime achievement in theatre.[2]

In 2005, Vanja Drach was operated for a tumor on his vocal cords, but eventually the cancer spread to his lungs.[3] He died in the Clinical Hospital "Jordanovac", a respiratory disease clinic (today part of the University Hospital Centre).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Preminuo glumac Vanja Drach, glumac lika dr. Điđimilovića . bljesak.info . hr . 2009-09-06 . 2009-10-03.
  2. Web site: In memoriam – Vanja Drach . hr . . 2009 . 2010-07-28.
  3. Web site: Preminuo Vanja Drach – Moj Film . 6 September 2009 . Moj Film – Hrvatski filmski portal . hr . 30 December 2010 . Slavonski Brod.