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- Birth nameJovanka Bachevich
- Jovanka Nicholas Bach was born in Michigan to Nicholas Jokov Bachevich and Vase Bachevich (Djakonovich). She was the youngest of eleven siblings and grew up in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, outside of Detroit. Her family name was Bachevich until she was 12, when their father, who had left Montenegro in 1916 during the upheaval of World War I, Americanized it. Two years later, they moved to Los Angeles.
Bach graduated from UCLA and earned her medical degree there in 1966. She completed her residency at County-USC Medical Center and worked as an assistant professor at UCLA. She was both a physician and playwright and managed to successfully write over a dozen plays, short stories and two novels while working as a full time medical practitioner in Los Angeles.
- IMDb mini biography by: Mara Parker
- SpouseJohn Stark(? - January 19, 2006) (her death)
- She was both a physician and playwright who managed to successfully write over a dozen plays, short stories and two novels while working as a full time medical practitioner in Los Angeles.
- Older sister of Danilo Bach.
- She grew up as one of 10 siblings in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, outside Detroit. Her family name was Bachevich until she was 12, when their father, who had left Montenegro in 1916 during the upheaval of World War I, Americanized it. Two years later, they moved to Los Angeles. Bach graduated from UCLA and earned her medical degree there in 1966. She completed her residency at County-USC Medical Center and has worked as an assistant professor at UCLA.
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