Draginja Ružić

Together with several others in the broader family circle, including Dimitrije Ružić, Pera Dobrinović, Dimitrije Kolarović [3] and Lazina's wife, Maria Adelsheim-Popovic,[4] this "artistic dynasty" for some time constituted almost half of the Serbian National Theater 's Novi Sad[5] and represented a powerful and highly influential family group, not only in the actor's family, but also in the establishment of the Society for the Serbian National Theater.

[1] She performed for the first time on 17 July 1860 in the role of Vidosava in Jovan Sterija Popović's tragedy, Ajduci.

From 16 July 1861 till the end of her acting career, Ružić was a member of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad.

During that time, she performed in an ad hoc established traveling theater founded by Kolarović, and together, from July to October 1863, she organized a series of shows.

[10] Draginja married her colleague, an actor of the Serbian National Theater, Dimitrije Ružić.

From Vukovar, her remains were later transferred to Novi Sad and buried at Almaška Cemetery, in the same vault with her husband Dimitri.