Semka Sokolović-Bertok
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Semka Sokolović-Bertok (b. 22 December 1935 in Sarajevo; d. 4 March 2008 in Zagreb) was a Yugoslavian-born Croatian actress. She also was a competitive chess player in her youth.
In addition to her work at a theatre in Zagreb she appeared in numerous film roles. Among others, she performed in the 1967 TV film Kineski zid (an adaptation of the Max Frischs play the Die chinesische Mauer). She also had a supporting role in La Corta delle bambole notte di vetro (1971, directed by Aldo Lado), starring Ingrid Thulin and Mario Adorf.
In the TV movie Roko i Cicibela (Roko and Cicibela, 1978, directed by Stipe Delić) she played the female lead role. Sokolović-Bertok also starred as a teacher in the satirical film Majstori, majstori! (1980, directed by Goran Marković). Her last film was Grbavica (2006, directed by Jasmila Žbanić) before her March 4, 2008 death.
