Vanja Drach

Vanja Drach (1 February 1932 – 6 September 2009) was a Croatian theatre and film actor. His film and television credits include H-8, Lud, zbunjen, normalan, Gospa, Charuga, , , Svjedoci. Between 1957 up to his retirement in 1998, he acted in the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, apart from the period 1975–81 when he was member of the troupe Teatar u gostima. In 2005 he received the Vladimir Nazor Award for lifetime achievement in theatre. In 2005, Vanja Drach was operated for a tumor on his vocal cords, but eventually the cancer spread to his lungs. He died in the Clinical Hospital "Jordanovac", a respiratory disease clinic (today part of the University Hospital Centre).