Desanka Janojlic

Biography

Studied the Actors school in Belgrade. After graduation, in 1931, she became the member of the Nish National theater where she was under contract until the end of the season 1931/32 when she filmed S verom u boga. Due to the marriage with the Royal army high officer she stopped acting until spring 1941 when she became the member of Srbozor theater in Pozarevac. She resumed acting after the WW II in Pozarevac National Theater, continued it in Pancevo National theater (1953-1956) and Montenegro National theater in Cetinje, Montenegro (1956-1958) She retired in 1961, and died in Pancevo in 1979. She acted in movies: S verom u boga, Njih dvojica Put oko sveta /cameo uncredited/ Played character roles in wide theatric repertoire: Wide Sargasso Sea, The Rose of winds, Common flat. Also worked as an coreographer and assistant director during her theatric career