Merlinka
Sign in to saveVjeran Miladinović (1 October 1958 - 22 February 2003), also known as Merlinka, was a transgender sex worker and actress best known for the 1995 film Marble Ass, directed by Želimir Žilnik. Merlika identified as both gay and a crossdresser, and is believed to have been the first openly trans person in the Balkans.
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- Family name
- Miladinović
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Serbia
- Place of birth
- Črnomerec
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- Croatian
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- date of death
- 2003-03-23
- date of birth
- 1958-10-14
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- Merlinka
- cause of death
- transfemicide
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Vjeran Miladinović (1 October 1958 - 22 February 2003), also known as Merlinka, was a transgender sex worker and actress best known for the 1995 film Marble Ass, directed by Želimir Žilnik. Merlika identified as both gay and a crossdresser, and is believed to have been the first openly trans person in the Balkans.
== Life == Merlinka was born in Zagreb and during her childhood lived in an orphanage, was homeless, and lived with distant family. After high school, she came to live in Belgrade.
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