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Nevena Kokanova
Born 1938-12-12Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Canary SeasonAunt AddieEvenings in Antim's InnRoleForest PeopleRoleThis Fine Mature AgeElenaSalvationBakardzhievaDangerous CharmBoryana KrastevaConstantine The PhilosopherRoleThe WarningRoleCrystalsSlavaAutumn SunTinkaQueen of TurnovoSmilovaLadies' ChoiceGolyamata etarvaThe Three Deadly SinsDonaSunstrokeRoleMatriarchyRoleCyclopsZoyaMemories of the Twin SisterNevenaDon't Go Away!TinkaThe Weddings of Ioan AssenMariaThe Last BachelorFanyRootless TreeDaughter-in-lawMy Father, the Painterthe motherThe Best Person I Know!Uchitelkata Nikolina BonevaLittle TigerThe Mother