This lady was something special for all of us who are from the former Yugoslavia. When I read this sad news of her death, it was as like a part of my youth had disappeared. Rest in peace revered Mira. My sincere condolences to her family.
I met her, a few years ago. She is so sweet and feminine and beautiful, and somehow has this ringing air of a little girl at age 62. I decided I would meet her again..but alas. Bless your heart, dear. I was crossing a room and I looked over at her and she said, "beautiful" in her thick accent. I walked over and took her hand and smiled. Her hand was soft and cool. It was easy to smile with her, because she was smiling up at me like I was Santa Claus. Strange way to describe it, but it really felt like a little girl smile, and it was so beautiful and stirring to see. I have thought about her since then, still moved by that smile. She is a singer (and actress of course) that eventually fled Croatia during their war for independence after her receiving threats for being non-partisan, non-political, non-nationist, and acting in theatres on both sides. She is a contralto, a rare voice type, which helped her in dramatic roles, and yet, again, when she spoke to me in this chesty warm female voice she still sounded like like a happy little girl. I am upset. I really wanted to see you again, sing to you, Mira. As I get more grey in my beard and on my body, I am reminded by that smile to -be- young. Bless you dear, thank you for that smile. Thank you for letting me hold your hand.
non-partisan? do you know who partisans were? You probably mistaken them with opposite - nationalism. She was non-nationalist, she was croatian married to serbian director from croatia, during the yugoslav war, she just couldn't handle all the hate she was exposed to by croatian media, nationalists etc. Even in serbia she probably wasn't accapted as croatian...her being simply could not reconcile with what was happening in both serbia and croatia at the time. All that affected her a lot, so they moved to usa..she did various jobs there, even as a waitress, before she started acting career in usa, although she was one of the most recognized actresses in former Yugoslavia, and one of the best of her generation.. The irony is that after all these years and her death, she is recognized as the diva of Yugoslav film, both in croatia and serbia. And as one of the many directors she worked with, Rajko Grlić, said: "She had a great career and a life that, in addition to all that, did not caress her. She was, and will remain so forever: a real heroine."
@@shonebx I realized that, but still doesn't make sense, partisan mean member of any irregular military force, but these were forces/army loyal to the government. Anyway, I wouldn't connect her with anything related to the war...she was certainly just an artists. She never judged people by their origin, nationality, race...To classify her as a sympathizer of any army or militant group is simply absurd. :-)
You are right about her child-like smile and persona.Growing up in Yugoslavia, I rememered her as one of the best actresses and in the same time courage person.Sadness that she is gone but she will finally find the peace, which her very name means...Mira=Peace.
you should watch her in european-yugoslaw films,she is on of the greatest actresees...She covered the roles both in the field of drama and comedy as well...Her american career is small in comparison of what type of roles she played in artistic scence...
@@ardeenroydiamante I don't know,you can try to find in google,since serbian is my motherlanguage,I watch without english subtitles,but I am sure that the most of these films are today with english or german subtitles available
Babylon 5 was my saving grace in my youth. And Mira as Delenn was a great part of it. Such an awesome actress. When Mira passed I actually cried for her.
This breaks my heart all over again. How I wish I could meet her at a convention 15 years from now and tell her how much I loved her work, how much joy she brought me.
Showed me again how short life is. Use everyday as if it was your last and be kind to others this makes you give thanks, and you are happy in the things you do and say because they are from the heart. I seen that in her.
This is hard to watch so soon after her passing. She was such an amazing artist and it's serendipity that her homeland going through turmoil allowed us to enjoy her talents in the U.S.
Unfortunately, non-Croatian, non-Balkanian viewers never seen the best tv show ever, Smogovci :) Thank you for making my childhood happier :) Smogovci will always be in my heart
Mira Furlan is truly a Sci-Fi Icon! She looks absolutely fabulous! Delenn will always be one of my many favorite Babylon 5 characters! Awesome interview!
Can't believe she's gone so young. Loved her character of Delenn. B5 was such a fantastic show. She has gone to join many others from B5 beyond the rim. God bless you sweet lady😥
My heart did break when they were talking about her going to conventions in 30 or 40 years. I only started watching Lost now and to be introduced to a great character and actor and then all of a sudden they are just gone, it’s just really sad
She mentions her autobiography. She was working on it when she passed. Here is a quote: "I look at the stars. It's a clear night and the Milky Way seems so near. That's where I'll be going soon." Bless her and her family. Maybe we’ll see her again, somewhere beyond the rim...
" I am Grey, I stand between the Candle and the Star. We are Grey, We stand between the Darkness and the Light. " - Ambassador & Grey Council Member Delenn. Well Mira, you are Light now and Shine with the Stars in the Sky. Thank you. You will be Missed and Remembered.
2:15 He: 30, 40 years from now ... She: you`re very optimistic .... As if Delenn would have known...: She died just about 10 years after this interview.
An Inteligentna interviewer would have asked about her formativne Years in Theatre. She was Well established in Zagreb and Belgrade before the Balkan breakup wars.
She's Croatian & if I recall correctly I think I read that her husband is Serbian. So when the sh** hit the fan in Yugoslavia & they started receiving death threats they decided it was time to get the he** out of Dodge & immigrated to America.
@@leslieshafer6343 She actually was not Croatian, but her husband is Serbian. That's why they received threats and her flat was taken away in Zagreb, she was kicked out from Croatia because of staying in Belgrade when war started.
@@leslieshafer6343 Nothing about conflict, this is not the place and time for that. I was just clarifying details qbout Mira, referring to Your note. Nothing else.
@@УрбанаГерила She was Croatian.. born to a Croatian-Jewish mother and a father of Slovene-Croat ..but she was firstly Yugoslavian..and like all non nationalist she suffer and was target but nationalist in 1991
I do like what she is supposed to have said at one early B5 con when asked for a comment. She said, "Moose and Squirrel." If you :D at that one you're old like me.
Who knew? #RIPMiraFurlan! Delenn is my favorite character she played! Sooo tragic died way too young seriously! Miss her dearly & hope she made it #BeyondTheRim with Andreas, Richard, Stephen, Michael, Jerry, Tim & Jeff!
R.I.P. Mira. Mira Furlan was born in Zagreb, Croatia (former Yugoslavia). During the war of the 90s 20. century, our newly composed patriots - peasants robbed her apartment in Zagreb and fired her at the National Theater. All the media wrote about her in a very bad light - some even wrote feuilletons in 3 sequels. The saddest thing is that among the team that attacked her was the so-called " Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Medicine " - a rather arrogant and uneducated phenomenon. No less ugly is the fact that the author of that ugly gossip about her in 3 sequels got time on national TV to talk about her death. Degutant and uncivilized - this was not the case even in the blackest communism. She's really been through hell in her life. Once more " Laka ti zemlja, Miro". This is my favorite role of her ( in the Zagreb dialect) - movie "In jaws of life": ua-cam.com/video/Ve6AIeFPKKs/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/cZ7kzbDRuuQ/v-deo.html She teaches an inexperienced girl how to find a man: "It's seen on your nose that you falls in love instantly as soon as someone on the street asks you what time it is".
This is the first time I have heard her speak apart from playing Ambassador Delenn on Babylon 5 and I find it interesting that she speaks the same way as she did on the show, that somehow she created a special accent for the show, even though the other Minbari didn't speak that way.
Rest In Peace Mira Furlan.
This lady was something special for all of us who are from the former Yugoslavia. When I read this sad news of her death, it was as like a part of my youth had disappeared. Rest in peace revered Mira. My sincere condolences to her family.
The world has lost something special.
Dude, back in "Europe" her movies were gold!!!
She was such a perfect Delenn in every way. So very sad.
Mira Furlan becomes her character. She was an amazing actress. Rest in Blessed Peace.
I met her, a few years ago. She is so sweet and feminine and beautiful, and somehow has this ringing air of a little girl at age 62. I decided I would meet her again..but alas. Bless your heart, dear.
I was crossing a room and I looked over at her and she said, "beautiful" in her thick accent. I walked over and took her hand and smiled. Her hand was soft and cool. It was easy to smile with her, because she was smiling up at me like I was Santa Claus. Strange way to describe it, but it really felt like a little girl smile, and it was so beautiful and stirring to see.
I have thought about her since then, still moved by that smile.
She is a singer (and actress of course) that eventually fled Croatia during their war for independence after her receiving threats for being non-partisan, non-political, non-nationist, and acting in theatres on both sides.
She is a contralto, a rare voice type, which helped her in dramatic roles, and yet, again, when she spoke to me in this chesty warm female voice she still sounded like like a happy little girl.
I am upset. I really wanted to see you again, sing to you, Mira. As I get more grey in my beard and on my body, I am reminded by that smile to -be- young. Bless you dear, thank you for that smile. Thank you for letting me hold your hand.
non-partisan? do you know who partisans were? You probably mistaken them with opposite - nationalism.
She was non-nationalist, she was croatian married to serbian director from croatia, during the yugoslav war, she just couldn't handle all the hate she was exposed to by croatian media, nationalists etc. Even in serbia she probably wasn't accapted as croatian...her being simply could not reconcile with what was happening in both serbia and croatia at the time. All that affected her a lot, so they moved to usa..she did various jobs there, even as a waitress, before she started acting career in usa, although she was one of the most recognized actresses in former Yugoslavia, and one of the best of her generation..
The irony is that after all these years and her death, she is recognized as the diva of Yugoslav film, both in croatia and serbia. And as one of the many directors she worked with, Rajko Grlić, said: "She had a great career and a life that, in addition to all that, did not caress her. She was, and will remain so forever: a real heroine."
@@FictiveImagination Thank you for the correction. Non-nationalist is a better term. I meant no diminishment of her courage.
I think Joshua stated a different meaning of 'partisan' - as in political ideology, not related to partisan warriors from the second world war :)
@@shonebx I realized that, but still doesn't make sense, partisan mean member of any irregular military force, but these were forces/army loyal to the government. Anyway, I wouldn't connect her with anything related to the war...she was certainly just an artists. She never judged people by their origin, nationality, race...To classify her as a sympathizer of any army or militant group is simply absurd. :-)
You are right about her child-like smile and persona.Growing up in Yugoslavia, I rememered her as one of the best actresses and in the same time courage person.Sadness that she is gone but she will finally find the peace, which her very name means...Mira=Peace.
The first time I saw her was Babylon 5. I fell in love with her voice first. Then her smile. Wonderful lady!
you should watch her in european-yugoslaw films,she is on of the greatest actresees...She covered the roles both in the field of drama and comedy as well...Her american career is small in comparison of what type of roles she played in artistic scence...
She is a contralto :)
@@nikolaacimovic8854 is there a link for English subtitled movies
@@ardeenroydiamante I don't know,you can try to find in google,since serbian is my motherlanguage,I watch without english subtitles,but I am sure that the most of these films are today with english or german subtitles available
her eyes :
Vanserijski covek, zena, lepota, talenat, sirina... Danas smo tuzni sto odlazi.
I savršen engleski, kao da joj je materiji jezik.
Prelijepa, pamatna, draga.
Veliki gubitak😢💕
RIP Mira Furlan, gone too soon. Such a voice! Such a smile!
Rest in peace Mira... Your contribution to scifi and television will never be forgotten ❤️
Babylon 5 was my saving grace in my youth. And Mira as Delenn was a great part of it. Such an awesome actress. When Mira passed I actually cried for her.
She was a real lady. Her voice, her movements, her appearance. RIP Mira, you are missed..
That ladies smile could ignite a world .
I will still love Babylon 5 in 30 years!
I've just discovered Babylon 5 it is timeless!
her voice is so remember-able and her beauty is ageless.
Mira is beautiful on the inside as well, that is most important to me. Entil zha!
She was amazing and always will.
Rest in peace, dear Mira 🙏♥️
Rest in Peace, Mira.
This breaks my heart all over again. How I wish I could meet her at a convention 15 years from now and tell her how much I loved her work, how much joy she brought me.
Showed me again how short life is. Use everyday as if it was your last and be kind to others this makes you give thanks, and you are happy in the things you do and say because they are from the heart. I seen that in her.
Pocivaj U Miru !🙏❤
Rest in peace, Dearest Mira Furlan. She was a real angel living on Earth and now is an angel in heaven. Amen.❤
She has the best smile.
This is hard to watch so soon after her passing. She was such an amazing artist and it's serendipity that her homeland going through turmoil allowed us to enjoy her talents in the U.S.
I love her when she is acting as Delenn!
Unfortunately, non-Croatian, non-Balkanian viewers never seen the best tv show ever, Smogovci :)
Thank you for making my childhood happier :)
Smogovci will always be in my heart
I never heard of it, even I am from the Balkans.
RIP MIRA ❤️
best female actress of lost! Authenic and convincing in every scene! High praise!
I swear to God her smile could light up Westminster. Still gorgeous, still kind... God, I love her.
Mira Furlan is truly a Sci-Fi Icon! She looks absolutely fabulous! Delenn will always be one of my many favorite Babylon 5 characters! Awesome interview!
She's barely aged a day, very beautiful woman.
So true I remember her when I was a kid in the movies back home Jugoslavija 80’s she was one off the best
Can't believe she's gone so young. Loved her character of Delenn. B5 was such a fantastic show. She has gone to join many others from B5 beyond the rim. God bless you sweet lady😥
My heart did break when they were talking about her going to conventions in 30 or 40 years. I only started watching Lost now and to be introduced to a great character and actor and then all of a sudden they are just gone, it’s just really sad
A true kind spirit who was taken way too soon; her passing is a loss for the world. Rest in peace, and blessings to her family.
Rest in Peace, you brought life and soul to one of the best scifi characters of all time as Delenn, thank you so much, Mira Furlan.
Mira is such a talented actress. Such a joy to watch.
she's still lovelier than ever. I love her smile and laughter.
Satai Delenn will forever live in our hearts. Entil'Zha.
She will be missed, and she is loved by her fans and friends. Our best wishes go out to her family.
Kako vrijeme prolazi, njezina ce zvijezda sjati sve jace.
As time goes by, her star will shine even brighter.
The most beautiful woman in the world!!!! =D
yes she is
Yes beautiful and smart!!
Kakva prelepa žena
I can't help but smile watching this interview. Wish I could have met her at a con.
💔 divna i jedinstvenaa ... neponovljiva Mira
Mira Furlan is Drop Dead Gorgeous, a real european goddess in all senses. Mira is the croatian Elizabeth Hurley. I love Mira so much.🤩😍😘🥰
She's really attractive and smart.
R. I. P. 😪😪
HAVE A NICE TRIP MIRA!WE LOVE YOU ALL!
She was a huge part of maybe my favorite show ever.
So delighted to see this - she's gorgeous, and I miss seeing her on TV. Will look forward to her book :)
She's so beautiful!
I heart her so much. She was so kind when I met her in Atlanta.
She mentions her autobiography. She was working on it when she passed. Here is a quote: "I look at the stars. It's a clear night and the Milky Way seems so near. That's where I'll be going soon."
Bless her and her family. Maybe we’ll see her again, somewhere beyond the rim...
" I am Grey, I stand between the Candle and the Star. We are Grey, We stand between the Darkness and the Light. " - Ambassador & Grey Council Member Delenn. Well Mira, you are Light now and Shine with the Stars in the Sky. Thank you. You will be Missed and Remembered.
Thank you so much for this. She is an amazing actress. I will have to check if her autobiography is out yet. I would love to read it!
This interviewer going on and on about "Lost"... next he'll extensively interview William Shatner about "Rescue 911".
Well I guess because LOST is considered science fiction.
Perhaps because "Lost" was his introduction to her as an actress. Lost was recent. B5 wasn't.
The foreshadowing of tragedy in this interview is very sad indeed.
RIP Mira! You will never be forgotten
Rest in peace, beautiful Mira.
"Do not force us to engage your ship"
"Why not?"
Best bad arse response to a threat.
Nice lady, and a great actress..
Babylon 5 always one of the best and Mira looks so much like my mother it's scary haaha
RIP Mira 😪
I love Mira's smile. I love it so much.
Such a crush on her, when i was a young man
She was a class act! A pleasing voice and demeanor!
Wasn't the "mid-90s". They fled the former Yugoslavia in 1991, and her first appearance in B5 was in early 1993.
I am 50 yrs old and I would love to meet her. Sci Fi fans never get old.
That European accent... makes her character so unique.. :)))
2:15 He: 30, 40 years from now ...
She: you`re very optimistic ....
As if Delenn would have known...: She died just about 10 years after this interview.
Interviewer only wants to talk about Lost. I wanted to hear her talk about B5. He cut her off and redirected to Lost several times.
I agree
Probably because LOST is considered science fiction
@Aslan T Vorlon I caught that too. She was in the pilot movie which shot in 1992 and release in February of 1993.
Yeah, even when she said it was mostly B5 fans he really did not seem to care.
An Inteligentna interviewer would have asked about her formativne Years in Theatre. She was Well established in Zagreb and Belgrade before the Balkan breakup wars.
Bog te blagoslovi, GOD bless you!
Neka ti je laka crna zemlja! Hvala za sve
Mira, ti si ljudski savršena💞😍🌟
she looks great. cant believe bruce is 68!
Najbolja glumica naših prostora, prelepa karitmatična žena.
Awww when he says 30-40 years from now I couldnt help but aww
So her character's accent on B5 was her real accent? Mind Blown.
She's Croatian & if I recall correctly I think I read that her husband is Serbian. So when the sh** hit the fan in Yugoslavia & they started receiving death threats they decided it was time to get the he** out of Dodge & immigrated to America.
@@leslieshafer6343
She actually was not Croatian, but her husband is Serbian. That's why they received threats and her flat was taken away in Zagreb, she was kicked out from Croatia because of staying in Belgrade when war started.
@@УрбанаГерила I'm certainly not up on the more intricate details of the conflict. So thank you for the information.
@@leslieshafer6343
Nothing about conflict, this is not the place and time for that. I was just clarifying details qbout Mira, referring to Your note. Nothing else.
@@УрбанаГерила She was Croatian.. born to a Croatian-Jewish mother and a father of Slovene-Croat ..but she was firstly Yugoslavian..and like all non nationalist she suffer and was target but nationalist in 1991
I do like what she is supposed to have said at one early B5 con when asked for a comment. She said, "Moose and Squirrel." If you :D at that one you're old like me.
R.I.P.💔
Love you MIra. R.I.P
Damn, she didn't age much, if at all. Truly amazing.
Who knew? #RIPMiraFurlan! Delenn is my favorite character she played! Sooo tragic died way too young seriously! Miss her dearly & hope she made it #BeyondTheRim with Andreas, Richard, Stephen, Michael, Jerry, Tim & Jeff!
Even if she looked nothing like Delen, her voice is unmistakable.
R.I.P. Mira. Mira Furlan was born in Zagreb, Croatia (former Yugoslavia). During the war of the 90s 20. century, our newly composed patriots - peasants robbed her apartment in Zagreb and fired her at the National Theater. All the media wrote about her in a very bad light - some even wrote feuilletons in 3 sequels. The saddest thing is that among the team that attacked her was the so-called " Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Medicine " - a rather arrogant and uneducated phenomenon. No less ugly is the fact that the author of that ugly gossip about her in 3 sequels got time on national TV to talk about her death. Degutant and uncivilized - this was not the case even in the blackest communism. She's really been through hell in her life. Once more " Laka ti zemlja, Miro". This is my favorite role of her ( in the Zagreb dialect) - movie "In jaws of life":
ua-cam.com/video/Ve6AIeFPKKs/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/cZ7kzbDRuuQ/v-deo.html
She teaches an inexperienced girl how to find a man: "It's seen on your nose that you falls in love instantly as soon as someone on the street asks you what time it is".
She doesn't look a day older since B5. What a beautiful woman
DAMN GIRL ! DELENN OF THE FAMILY MIR. VALEN GO WITH YOU AND LIGHT YOUR WAY.
She's so awesome 😁
if anyone intersted to know about Yugoslavia where Mira Furlan came from check out the documentary called "The weight of chains"
Or read a Book by Letica.
I almost cried when Roussea died. Then I found Babylon 5 and had 5 seasons of Mira!
Thanks for the spoiler!
Rest in peace Mira.
Funny how he focused on Lost, when 11 years later it's Babylon 5 that's still around and relevant.
RIP. she was a true BADASS will be missed.
Delenn! First Alien I ever fell in love with.
Mira is totally awesome!!! So sad we lost her..🙁
Babylon 5---it stays
Even today, she really looks like Delenn! I'd love to meet her someday
Still looks and sounds like Delenn, even after all these years.
Read the autobiography! ❤️
I miss you, Mira. Very much.
I saw her at Wizards as well:(( Me, "OH look, thats Mira Furlan!!!" My girlfriend, "Who?"
This is the first time I have heard her speak apart from playing Ambassador Delenn on Babylon 5 and I find it interesting that she speaks the same way as she did on the show, that somehow she created a special accent for the show, even though the other Minbari didn't speak that way.