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Nevena Kokanova

Actor
Born December 12, 1938Died June 3, 2000 (61 years)
Nevena Kokanova (Bulgarian: Невена Коканова) (12 December 1938 – 3 June 2000) was a Bulgarian film actress. She was known as the "first lady of Bulgarian cinema." Her mother was from a well-known Austrian aristocratic family, and her father was a political prisoner.

Kokanova was born in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria and is most renowned for her role as Lisa in The Peach Thief. She started her career at 18 as an apprentice actor with the Yambol Theater in Yambol, Bulgaria.

In 1975 she was a member of the jury at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1980 she starred in and co-directed Three Deadly Sins with Lyubomir Sharlandzhiev.

She died in Sofia.
Known For
  • Opasen char
  • The Peach Thief

Filmography

1993
Canary Season · as Aunt Addie
1987
Dom za nashite deca (TV Series) · as Veronika Aldanova
1984
Opasen char · as Boryana
1981
Tarnovskata tzaritza · as Smilova
1980
Dami kanyat · as Golyamata Etarva
1977
1976
Ne si otivay! · as Tinka
1975
1974
1974
Darvo bez koren · as Daughter-In-Law
1974
Bashta mi boyadzhiyata · as The Mother
1973
1973
Nay - dobriyat chovek, kogoto poznavam · as Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva
1972
Obich · as Irina
1972
Momcheto si otiva · as Tinka
1969
Mazhe v komandirovka · as Dancheto
1968
Galileo · as Marina
1967
S dakh na bademi · as Gerda
1967
Detour · as Neda
1964
The Peach Thief · as Lisa
1963
1962
Tyutyun · as Irina

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