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Ena Begović

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Ena Begovic was a prominent Croatian film actress. She is regarded as one of the best and most beautiful actresses in former Yugoslavia. Begovic began acting early, making her first screen appearance at the age of 18 through a small part in Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978), a 1978 film directed by Lordan Zafranovic. She made her breakthrough role in Zafranovic's next film, The Fall of Italy (1981), where she played Veronika, the daughter of a wealthy local from the Dalmatian coast who sided with occupying Italian Fascists. This debut established Begovic as one of the sex symbols of 1980s Yugoslav cinema, a status that she later successfully maintained despite appearing in relatively few films as her acting career shifted towards theater.

On 15 August 2000, in the Postira village on the island of Brac, a few months after marrying the Croatian businessman, Josip Radeljak, and a month and a half after giving birth to their daughter, Lana, she was involved, as a passenger, in a traffic accident, a rollover, which claimed her life.
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In the early 1990's, Ena was driving and was involved in a car crash in Zagreb (Croatia), resulting in death of one passenger and she miraculously survived. About 10 years later, on August 15, 2010, she was killed in her second car crash in Brac (Croatia) at the age of 40. She was buried in Zagreb where she had her first car crash. After her tragic death, her widower, Josip Radeljak, was in a relationship with Dolores Lambaša who helped him raise their daughter, Lana. Ironically, Dolores was also killed in a car crash on October 23, 2013 at the age of 32.
Sister of Mia Begovic.
She was buried at Mirogoj Cemetery in Zagreb, right next to the grave of the famous Croatian basketball player, Drazen Petrovic (1964-1993).
Ranked #5 in Croatian-based monthly film magazine "Hollywood" in «Best Croatian Female Movie Stars of All Time» list. (November 2005)
Ranked #2 in Croatian Internet T portal Magazine's "Top 15 Most Beautiful Croatian Female Actresses of All time" list. (March, 2011).

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