Popović family

[1] Members of the family once made up almost half of the troupe of the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad.

Luka Popović (2 February 1808 – 1854)[1] was born in Vranjevo, the son of Timotej, a farmer, and Stefanija Popovic.

The care of the seven children fell on his wife Milica and two eldest daughters, 22-year-old Katarina and 20-year-old Draginja.

[7] Draginja Ružić (née Popović) was a member of the ensemble of the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad.

[9] Ljubica Kolarović (née Popović) was considered one of the best actresses among Serbs in the second half of the 19th century.

[10] She ended her career at the Belgrade National Theater, where she is remembered as one of the first official prima donnas.

[14] Jelisaveta-Jeca Dobrinović (née Popović) started acting at the age of 27, at the urging of Antonio Hadžić, the then manager of the Serbian National Theater.

[15] Sofija Maksimović Vujić (née Popović) was an actress at the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad, where she spent almost her entire acting career with short breaks.

She was married to composer and conductor Aksentije Maksimović, with whom she had a daughter Milica (Milka) Marković.

From September 1, 1874, to November 12, 1875, he was in the troupe of George Peles, and from October 1875 until his death he was a member of the Serbian National Theater.

[5] Todosić was among the first singers to perform live on the airwaves of the newly established Radio Belgrade.

He founded and ran a Serbian theater for emigrants in America, where he met and became close to Michael Pupin.

[24] Zorka Popović-Premović, the daughter of the actor Lazar-Laza Popović,[25] entered the stage as a girl in 1898 and remained at the Belgrade National Theater until her tragic death in 1909, when she was killed by a male stalker.

She entered the stage for the first time on November 24, 1901, in the role of postwoman Christa in the operetta The Birdman, in which her mother became famous.