Vera Plevnik

Vera Plevnik (c. 1955/1956 – 27 January 1982) was an Australian actress, born to Yugoslav-Russian parents best known for winning a Logie for her performance as a resistance fighter Nadia Grosse in the TV movie The John Sullivan Story, a spin-off of the TV series The Sullivans

She initially trained at teachers college, but chose acting, training at the Victorian College of the Arts.

Plevnik died in a car crash on the Princes Highway near Batemans Bay when her late-model sedan was involved in a head-on collision. The 60-year-old driver of the other vehicle also was killed .

She had previously been a partner of musician James Reyne and her life inspired several of his songs.

Select credits

The Golden Oldies (1977) – play
The John Sullivan Story (1979) – TV movie
The Sullivans (1980) – TV series
Cop Shop (1980) – TV series
Young Ramsay (1980) – TV series – episode "The Littlest Goldmine"
The Same Stream (1981) – short
The Fame is Shared (1981) – live performance
Conundra (1982) – play
Monkey Grip (1982) – Feature film
Going Down (1982) – Feature film

References

↑ "The Logie winners". The Canberra Times. 15 March 1980. p. 3. Retrieved 28 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "VERA PLEVNIK she does it her way". Australian Women's Weekly. 4 June 1980. p. 57 Supplement: FREE Your TV Magazine. Retrieved 28 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Actress dies in car smash". The Canberra Times. 29 January 1982. p. 3. Retrieved 28 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Going Down". australianscreen. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
↑ "What's on Where". Filmnews. Sydney. 1 August 1981. p. 14. Retrieved 28 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ Sawyer, Mark (15 April 2011). "The morning after the night before". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

External links

Vera Plevnik at IMDb
Vera Plevnik at AusStage

[1] "The Logie winners". The Canberra Times. 15 March 1980. p. 3. Retrieved 28 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "VERA PLEVNIK she does it her way". Australian Women's Weekly. 4 June 1980. p. 57 Supplement: FREE Your TV Magazine. Retrieved 28 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Actress dies in car smash". The Canberra Times. 29 January 1982. p. 3. Retrieved 28 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "Going Down". australianscreen. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

[5] "What's on Where". Filmnews. Sydney. 1 August 1981. p. 14. Retrieved 28 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[6] Sawyer, Mark (15 April 2011). "The morning after the night before". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 September 2019.