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Bekim Fehmiu

Bekim Fehmiu

Acting
02 Jun 1936
15 Jun 2010
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Biography

Bekim Fehmiu (Albanian: [bɛˈkim fɛhˈmiu]; Cyrillic: Беким Фехмију; 1 June 1936 – 15 June 2010) was a Yugoslavian theater and film actor of Albanian ethnicity. He was the first Eastern European actor to star in Hollywood during the Cold War. In 1960, Fehmiu became a member of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre in Belgrade, which he left in 1967, citing bad treatment, to become a free artist. Fehmiu's big break was the 1967 film I Even Met Happy Gypsies, a subtle portrayal of Roma life which won two awa...

Also Known As

Беким Фехмиу, Беким Фехмию, Bekim Fehmiju

Photos

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