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disapproved of her choice of profession. At that time, acting was not generally accepted by everyone as a respectable profession, though a change was beginning to take place. Milka made her first amateur acting debut with the Sombor touring theatre company in early 1862. Her premiere was a success although she felt she needed to learn more about acting and the theatre. That same year she enrolled at a Women's
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Grgurov, daughter of Sofia and Sava Grgurov, a wealthy Sombor merchant. As soon as she finished high school she married a man that her parents picked out for her. After the birth of her daughter and two years into the marriage she left her husband and came back to live with her
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She always loved acting even as a child she imagined playing roles and now with most of her close friends involved in the
Touring Amateur Theatre in Sobor, she began seriously considering it as a career. Although the theatre company included some of her relatives, Milka's parents initially
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She was also a short story writer. Her literary career started as a translator. In order to improve the repertoire of the
National Theatre in Belgrade, Grgurova translated from French plays, including a book of stories by
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In her career that spanned four decades, she performed in more than 400 roles on the stage. Today, she is celebrated both as a great actress and a talented short story. Grgurova's stories include
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