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Nevena Kokanova

Nevena Kokanova

Actor · Born 1938-12-12 · Dupnitsa, Bulgaria

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Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Galileo (1968) — Marina
  2. The Peach Thief (1964) — Lisa
  3. Dangerous Charm (1984) — Boryana Krasteva
  4. The Weddings of Ioan Assen (1975) — Maria
  5. Ladies' Choice (1980) — Golyamata etarva
  6. Tobacco (1962) — Irina
  7. Detour (1967) — Neda
  8. The Boy Turns Man (1972) — Tinka
  9. Matriarchy (1977)
  10. Men on a Business Trip (1969) — Dancheto
  11. Love (1972) — Irina
  12. Don't Go Away! (1976) — Tinka
  13. The Best Person I Know! (1973) — Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva
  14. Before and After the Victory (1967) — Medicinskata sestra
  15. My Father, the Painter (1974) — the mother
  16. Canary Season (1993) — Aunt Addie
  17. The Inspector and the Night (1963) — Jana
  18. Rootless Tree (1974) — Daughter-in-law
  19. Be Happy, Ani! (1961) — Ani
  20. The Last Bachelor (1974) — Fany
  21. Home for Our Children (1986) — Veronika Aldanova
  22. Sunstroke (1977)
  23. Karambol (1966) — Ана Мартинова
  24. Memories of the Twin Sister (1976) — Nevena
  25. The Longest Night (1967) — Woman-Doctor
  26. Queen of Turnovo (1981) — Smilova
  27. Forest People (1985)
  28. Years for Love (1957) — Ema
  29. The Warning (1982)
  30. Yazovetzat
  31. The Steep Path (1961) — Elena
  32. Crystals (1982) — Slava
  33. Autumn Sun (1982) — Tinka
  34. Cyclops (1976) — Zoya
  35. Tango (1969) — Havadzhieva
  36. A Human Heart (1972) — Lena
  37. Taste of Almonds (1967) — Gerda
  38. Little Tiger (1973) — The Mother
  39. Salvation (1984) — Bakardzhieva
  40. This Fine Mature Age (1985) — Elena

Directed

  1. The Three Deadly Sins (1980) — Director