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Bojan Zirovic was born on 26 January 1971 in Zrenjanin, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Dara of Jasenovac (2020), TV teatar (1956) and Montevideo: Taste of a Dream (2010).

Nada Sargin was born on 19 January 1977 in Zrenjanin, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Tomorrow Morning (2006), Kalup (2020) and Trag divljaci (2022). She is married to Lazar Bodroza. They have one child.

Vladimir Aleksic was born on 14 November 1977 in Zrenjanin, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Bullets Over Marseille (2021), Ginger: More Than a Game (2011) and The Machine (2023).

Dejan Karlecik was born on 24 May 1988 in Zrenjanin, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Klan (2020), Civil Servant (2019) and Mocvara (2020).

Mostly forgotten today, radio comic Joe Penner was a major craze back in Depression-era 1933 and 1934. There was no heavy social significance to his work and certainly no subtlety -- just a lot of slapstick silliness that helped audiences forget their troubles and get happy.

Born József Pintér in Hungary, he arrived as a child in New York City. He changed his name to Joe Penner and became fairly successful on the vaudeville and burlesque circuits as a Lou Costello-like patsy. His catchphrase "Wanna buy a duck?" started here. The story goes that in his routine he would customarily go out on stage with some sort of prop and say to his straight man, "Wanna buy a..." whatever the prop was. No laughs basically until one day when he went out on stage with a wooden decoy and said, "Wanna buy a duck?" The house went wild. Penner would parlay this one simple line into a major radio career. He was introduced to the air waves by Rudy Vallee and enjoyed a meteoric rise, quickly becoming a household name with his unabashed "anything for a joke" antics and other one-liners like "You naaaaasty man!" One of the earliest roles of voice talent Mel Blanc on national radio was as the voice of Goo-Goo, the duck that figured in Penner's famous catchphrase. Egghead, the forerunner of the Elmer Fudd character, was partly based on Penner too, which used a similar voice and mannerisms. Penner was one of the first to have a regular radio series regularly broadcast from Los Angeles.

His popularity and ability at singing novelty songs helped move him into minor leads in Hollywood "B" musical films during the 30s. Often the movies had college themes such as College Rhythm (1934), Collegiate (1935) and Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938). His talents were limited but the call seemed to be there. His best known film The Boys from Syracuse (1940), based on the Broadway musical, had him playing dual roles while hamming it up with Martha Raye.

Had he not died so young (of a heart attack at age 36 in 1941), Penner probably would have suffered an early decline anyway simply due to the repetitive nature of his shtick and faded into supporting character roles.

Olivera Balasevic was born on 29 April 1959 in Zrenjanin, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress and costume designer, known for An Early Frost (2010), Specijalna redakcija (1989) and Pop Cira i pop Spira (1983). She was previously married to Djordje Balasevic.

Sanja Radisic was born in 1984 in Zrenjanin, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for The Bridge at the End of the World (2014), Civil Servant (2019) and Beleznica profesora Miskovica (2021).

Stevan Minja was born on 26 September 1926 in Zrenjanin, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Journey of Honor (1991), Written Off (1974) and Mrtvacima ulaz zabranjen (1965). He died on 8 April 1999 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.

Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács was born on 1 June 1936 in Petrovgrad [now Zrenjanin], Vojvodina, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was a director and writer, known for Mérsékelt égöv (1970), Forbidden Relations (1983) and Ha megjön József (1976). He was married to Judit Elek. He died on 7 September 2014.

Tímea Fülöp was born on 23 August 1994 in Zrenjanin, Serbia. She is an actress, known for Zuhanórepülés (2007), Momak i devojke (2023) and Shakespeare 37 (2021).

She attended the Drama Workshop "Centar" in her native Zrenjanin, and graduated from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad in the class of Professor Petar Banicevic.

Ristic Krajnov was employed at the "Tosa Jovanovic" National Theatre, and has been employed in the Drama Ensemble of the Serbian National Theater since 2007. She has been awarded multiple times for her acting achievements. She was also hired as an acting assistant at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad.

She is married to her colleague Jugoslav Krajnov

Vojislav Borisavljevic was born on 5 May 1947 in Zrenjanin, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was a composer and actor, known for Vise od igre (1976), The Last Guerrilla (1974) and Barking at the Stars (1998). He died on 23 February 2021 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Biljana Sovilj was born on 14 January 1967 in Zrenjanin, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is a production designer and art director, known for Montevideo: Taste of a Dream (2010), Little Night Music (2002) and Take a Deep Breath (2004).

Kristina Kockar was born on 26 May 1989 in Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia [now Serbia]. She is an actress and director, known for Kija & Djani: Lako ti je biti veran kad te niko ne gleda (2020), The Ljubav & Mrznja (2018) and Aviondzije (2021). She was previously married to Slobodan Radanovic.

Ivan Jagodic was born on 7 May 1936 in Zrenjanin, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Malogradjani (1983), Neozbiljni Branislav Nusic (1986) and Dimitrije Tucovic (1973). He died on 13 July 2010 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Romana Caran was born on 2 July 1979 in Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia [now Serbia]. She is an actress, known for South Wind (2018), The Fourth Man (2007) and Klan (2020).

Jovan Toracki was born on 26 March 1962 in Farkazdin near Zrenjanin, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Montevideo, Bog te video! (2012), Stitches (2019) and Ubice mog oca (2016).

Ugljesa Sajtinac was born in 1971 in Zrenjanin, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a writer, known for Huddersfield (2007), Proba (1997) and Rokopisac (2020).

Andjelka Davidovac was born on 7 January 1950 in Stajicevo near Zrenjanin, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Trophy (1979), TV teatar (1956) and Bela ladja (2006).

Jadranka Nanic was born on 1 June 1973 in Zrenjanin, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an assistant director and actress, known for Dug iz Baden - Badena (2000), Djeca Kozare and Moja Generacija Z (2019). She was previously married to Slobodan Z. Jovanovic.

Ildi Ivanji was born on 6 September 1933 in Zrenjanin, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She was a writer and composer, known for Crni sneg (1966), Bog je umro uzalud (1969) and Covek sa cetiri noge (1983). She died on 24 June 2021 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Hajnalka Varady-Fiser was born on 21 January 1947 in Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia. She was an actress, known for Sex-partijski neprijatelj br. 1 (1990), Parlog (1974) and Mrtvi se ne vracaju (1983). She died on 16 June 2003.

Sandra Meduza was born in 1997 in Zrenjanin, Serbia.

Kosta Jokic was born on 3 January 1996 in Zrenjanin, Serbia. Kosta is a director and editor, known for Fair Play (2023), Hellraiser (2022) and Dara of Jasenovac (2020).

Jovica Jasin was born in 1949 in Zrenjanin, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Barking at the Stars (1998), Misija majora Atertona (1986) and Dani AVNOJ-a (1983).