Dimitrije Mitica Markovic

Dimitrije Mitica Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Димитрије Митица Марковић; Pančevo, Austria-Hungary, 1896 – Novi Sad, Serbia, Yugoslavia, 29 May 1949) was a popular Serbian actor, director and singer, and the last offspring of the famous Serbian acting dynasty that began with archpriest Luka Popović of Vranje. As a trained actor and singer, he performed at the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad and the National Theater in Banja Luka, and as an opera singer he organized art concerts throughout Serbia.

Biography

Dimitrije Mitica Marković was born in Pančevo in 1896, in a famous family of actors. His mother Milka was a long-time actress of the Serbian National Theater and the first female director among Serbs, and his father Mihailo was also an actor and director. The Markovićs had two sons, Stevan and Dimitrije. Due to the frequent travels of the ensemble of the Serbian National Theater, whose members were his parents and with whom they went on tours, Mitica was educated in various places in Vojvodina. The First World War found them on a visit to Stara Pazova, from where the Hungarian authorities immediately interned them in Jasberenj in Hungary. The family stayed in Jasberen for two years, and then they went to Geneva, where Milka was engaged in the Red Cross. Left without the means to support his family, father Mihailo committed suicide, and Milka was left alone with her two sons.

Dimitrije went to Paris, Geneva and Vienna to study music and singing, and in 1917 he graduated from the Geneva Conservatory and Drama School.

In 1930, Dimitrije married Margaret (Bordeaux, 25 December 1900 - Futog, 25 January 1978), a French fashion designer who came to Serbia in 1927 and after marriage also worked at the Serbian National Theater as chief costume designer, head of men's and women's costume design, who, due to her French origin and occupation, was called Madame Margot in the theater

Dimitrije Mitica Marković died on 29 May 1949 in Novi Sad. He was buried in the tomb of Dimitrije and Draginja Ružić in the Almaški cemetery.

Dimitrije Marković (1896-1949), actor, operetta singer and director as Pera in the play "Our Children" by Branislav Nušić, 1904 (Atelier Šandor Vajde, Subotica). Photography is the museum material of the Theater Museum of Vojvodina.

Acting dynasty

According to his mother, Dimitrije is a descendant of the famous pop Luka Popović from Vranje, the founder of a great acting dynasty whose almost all children devoted themselves to acting. This family gave the Serbian theater seven famous names: five daughters and two sons of uncle V. Rev. Luka Popović. The priest's daughters Ljubica Kolarović, Katarina-Katica Popović, Draginja Ružić, Jelisaveta-Jeca Dobrinović and Sofija Vujić, as well as sons Laza Popovic and Paja Popović dedicated their lives to the theater. Together with daughters-in-law and sons-in-law, among whom were Dimitrije Ružić, Pera Dobrinović, Dimitrije Kolarovic and Maria Adelsheim-Popovic, this "artistic dynasty" once made up almost half of the troupe of the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad and they represented a powerful and very influential family circle, not only in the acting troupe but also in the bodies of the Association for the Serbian National Theater. The acting tradition was continued by Uncle Luka's grandchildren: Zorka Todosić, Emilija Popović, Milka Marković, Luka Popović and his sisters Zorka Popović — Premović and Danica Popović, as well as great-grandchildren Dimitrije-Mitica and Ljubica Todosić, a talented actress who died very young.

Theater career

As a singer, Dimitrije organized art concerts in Serbia until 1925, when he officially became a member of the Serbian National Theater, although he performed on this stage as a child. From 1929, he also started directing. In 1937, he left the Serbian National Theater and went to the National Theater in Banja Luka. In 1944, he returned to Novi Sad and the Serbian National Theater, where he remained until his death.

Dimitrije Mitica Marković was a good and direct dramatic and character actor, as well as an opera singer with a pleasant voice.

The most important roles

Monument on the tomb of Draginja and Dimitrije Ružić at the Almaški cemetery in Novi Sad, where Dimitrije Mitica Marković and his mother Milka Marković are also buried. The monument is one of the Thirty Tombstones with graves of prominent political, cultural and public workers who, as a Spatial Cultural-Historical Entity, were declared a cultural monument in 1999.

• Stevan Dragic (Seoski lola, Ede Tot)
• Hasanaga (Hasanaginica, Milan Ogrizović)
• Claude and Feb (Bell Ringer of the Church of the Virgin, Victor Hugo)
• Kuzine (Our priest with the rich, Kleman Votel)
• Gal (Castle play, Ferenc Molnar)
• Ivica (Vladislav King of Bulgaria, Jovan Sterija Popović)
• Nadriknjigic (Pomodar, Jean-Baptiste Poklen Molijer)
• Ružičić (Pokondirena tikva, J. S. Popović)
• George (Female Enemy, Roderick Benedict)
• Basanio (Venetian Merchant, William Shakespeare)
• Sava Cucic (Granicar, Josip Freidenreich)
• Spletkaroš (Village firefighters or our good villagers)
• Antic (Terrible husband)
• Haz (Ultimo, Gustav Mozer)
• Don Caesar (Don Caesar of Bazan, Philip Dimanoar and Adolf Deneri)
• Branko (Voter, Kosta Trifković)
• Notary (Kir Janja, J. S. Popović)
• Marki de Prejles (Dv

References

• Translated and adapted from Serbian Wikipedia: https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%9B

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