Bekim Fehmiu

Bekim Fehmiu
Fehmiu as Ulysses in 1968 Italian TV miniseries L'Odissea.
Born(1936-06-01)1 June 1936
Sarajevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (modern Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Died15 June 2010(2010-06-15) (aged 74)
Belgrade, Serbia
OccupationActor
Years active1953–1998
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Bekim Fehmiu (Albanian: [bɛˈkim fɛhˈmiu]; Cyrillic: Беким Фехмију; 1 June 1936 – 15 June 2010) was a Yugoslavian theater and film actor. He was the first Eastern European actor to star in Hollywood during the Cold War,[1] and one of the internationally best-known ethnic Albanian actors.[2]

  1. ^ "Film Obituaries: Bekim Fehmiu". The Daily Telegraph. London. 16 June 2010. Archived from the original on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  2. ^ Elsie, Robert (2010). Historical Dictionary of Kosovo. Scarecrow Press. p. 97. ISBN 9780810874831.