ACTOR

Ljubiša Samardžić

1936 - 2017

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Ljubiša Samardžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубиша Самарџић; 19 November 1936 – 8 September 2017), nicknamed Smoki, was a Serbian actor and director, best known as Šurda in the Vruć vetar TV series, and Inspector Boško Simić in the comedy crime series Policajac sa Petlovog brda (The Policeman from Petlovo Brdo) and film of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ljubiša Samardžić has received more than 247,077 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ljubiša Samardžić is the 823rd most popular actor (up from 876th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from North Macedonia (down from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Macedonian Actor.

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  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ljubiša Samardžić ranks 823 out of 13,578. Before him are Thomas Kretschmann, Orlando Bloom, Michael Madsen, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Michael Rooker. After him are Kelly Preston, Jean-Claude Pascal, Claude Gensac, Stewart Granger, Omar Sy, and Charlotte Gainsbourg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Ljubiša Samardžić ranks 79. Before him are Iolanda Balaș, Bruce Dern, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Duncan Edwards, Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, and Margaret Hamilton. After him are Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Jacques Charrier, Anna German, Jill Ireland, Kenneth G. Wilson, and Christine Nöstlinger. Among people deceased in 2017, Ljubiša Samardžić ranks 78. Before him are Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Georges Prêtre, Abdul Halim of Kedah, Kim Jong-nam, Elsa Martinelli, and Zhou Youguang. After him are Chris Cornell, Karl-Otto Apel, Michael Nyqvist, Anita Pallenberg, Nicolai Gedda, and Anne Wiazemsky.

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In North Macedonia

Among people born in North Macedonia, Ljubiša Samardžić ranks 10 out of 156. Before him are Justin I (450), Theodahad (480), Kiro Gligorov (1917), Esma Redžepova (1943), Nexhmije Hoxha (1921), and Sigeric (370). After him are Stobaeus (401), Dragoslav Šekularac (1937), Stevo Pendarovski (1963), Lazar Koliševski (1914), Konstantin Tih (1240), and Maximus the Greek (1475).

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Among ACTORS In North Macedonia

Among actors born in North Macedonia, Ljubiša Samardžić ranks 1. After him are Filiz Ahmet (1981), and Labina Mitevska (1975).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Battle of Neretva
Novak
In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river Neretva.
Oct 7th 19696.711 / 10
Walter Defends Sarajevo
Zis
Sarajevo 1944. The German armies desperately need fuel in the retreat. Walter, the enigmatic and charismatic leader of the resistance movement, can endanger their supplies. The Germans are taking a cunning plan to remove that obstacle.
Apr 12th 19727.1 / 10
Vruć vetar
Borivoje Šurdilović 'Šurda'
Vruć vetar is one of the most popular Yugoslav TV miniseries that aired in 1980. The show and movie cut from scenes of the show were popular in neighboring countries-also very popular in Czechoslovakia. Its main theme became very popular and enjoying a bit of a cult status. The story follows Shurda, a man in his 30s, who comes from a small town to Belgrade to get rich. However, as no job is good enough for him, he tries his luck in Germany, but this venture proves to be the same, so he returns to his native Yugoslavia.
9.3 / 10