Nevena Kokanova

Nevena Kokanova

1938-12-12 – 2000-06-03 (age 61) 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.

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Known For

The Warning
Galileo
Galileo

1968

as Marina

Canary Season
Canary Season

1993

as Aunt Addie

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Dangerous Charm
Dangerous Charm

1984

as Boryana Krasteva

Dangerous Flight
Be Happy, Ani!
Be Happy, Ani!

1961

as Ani

Ladies' Choice
Ladies' Choice

1980

as Golyamata etarva

My Father, the Painter
My Father, the Painter

1974

as the mother

Detour
Detour

1967

as Neda

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Tango

1969

as Havadzhieva

Tobacco
Tobacco

1962

as Irina

Men on a Business Trip
Men on a Business Trip

1969

as Dancheto

Matriarchy
Love
Love

1972

as Irina

The Inspector and the Night
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
The Peach Thief
The Peach Thief

1964

as Lisa

Before and After the Victory
Before and After the Victory

1967

as Medicinskata sestra

The Best Person I Know!
The Best Person I Know!

1973

as Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva