Ivanka Mežan

Ivanka Mežan (born 18 June 1926) is a Slovenian actress, known for her performance in films and theaters.[1][2]

Ivanka Mežan
Mežan in 2015
Born (1926-06-18) 18 June 1926
Maribor, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
EducationAcademy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television
OccupationActress
Years active1945–present
AwardsPrešeren Award

Life and career

Ivanka was born in June 1926 in Maribor, the daughter of Janez Mežan, a painter.[3] She performed on the stage for the first time at the Slovenian National Theatre in the liberated territory of Črnomelj in 1944 and then enrolled at the Academy of Acting Arts in Ljubljana. Between 1945 and 1979 she was a regular member of the Ljubljana Drama and after her retirement she regularly performed in other Slovenian theaters.[4]

She first established herself with the roles of young women in Slovenian and foreign classical and contemporary dramas and then. In stage she appeared in numerous shows like The Tragedy of Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet etc.[5][6]

She was married to Miloš Marinček,[7] a builder and professor at FGG.[8] He died in 2005.[9] Mezan is the receipt of Prešeren Award, Sterija's Awards[10] and others for her contribution in Slovene cinematography.[11][12]

In 2019 she was bestowed the title of Honorary citizen of Ljubljana.[13]

Filmography
Mezan in the role of Ophelia in 1948.
  • Cvetje v jeseni (1973)
  • Let mrtve ptice (1973)
  • Čudoviti prah (1975)
  • See You in the Next War (1980)
  • Deseti brat (1982)
  • Pustota (1982)
  • Veselo gostivanje (1984)
  • Živela svoboda (1987)
  • Coprnica Zofka (1989)
  • Decembrski dež (1990)
  • Bronasti vijak (1988)
  • Ljubljana je ljubljena (2005)
  • Moj sin, seksualni manijak (2006)
  • Instalacija ljubezni (2007)
  • Ko naju več ne bo (2005)
  • Vsakdan ni vsak dan (2008)
  • 9:06 (2009)
  • Deklica in drevo (2012)
  • Panika (2013)
  • Pojdi z mano (2016)
  • Vztrajanje (2016)

References
  1. Goulding, Daniel J. (2002). Liberated Cinema, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Yugoslav Experience, 1945-2001. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21582-6.
  2. "Ivanka Mežan". Geslo (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  3. Slovenski almanah (in Slovenian). Delo. 1997.
  4. Moravec, Dušan; Predan, Vasja (2001). Sto slovenskih dramskih umetnikov (in Slovenian). Prešernova družba. ISBN 978-961-6261-82-1.
  5. Bratić, Vesna; Nastić, Radmila (2016-02-08). Highlights in Anglo-American Drama: Viewpoints from Southeast Europe. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-8845-5.
  6. Goulding, Daniel J. (2002). Liberated Cinema: The Yugoslav Experience, 1945-2001. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34210-2.
  7. Services, United States Department of Commerce Office of Technical (1972). OTS.
  8. International Colloquium on Stability of Structures Under Static and Dynamic Loads, Washington, D.C., May 17-19, 1977. American Society of Civil Engineers. 1977.
  9. "Profesor dr. Miloš Marinček – Inštitut za metalne konstrukcije" (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  10. "Vstopnice — 58. Festival Borštnikovo srečanje". Festival Borštnikovo srečanje (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  11. Toporišič, Jože (2003-07-22). Oblikoslovne razprave (in Slovenian). Založba ZRC. ISBN 978-961-6358-87-3.
  12. Ratej, Mateja (2019-03-01). Osebnosti slovenskega gledališča: Izzivalci meja (in Slovenian). Založba ZRC. ISBN 978-961-05-0175-6.
  13. "Ivanka Mežan | City of Women". 2021.cityofwomen.org. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
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