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 Weddings of Ioan Assen
Love
Love

1972

as Irina

Canary Season
Canary Season

1993

as Aunt Addie

Tobacco
Tobacco

1962

as Irina

Be Happy, Ani!
Be Happy, Ani!

1961

as Ani

Queen of Turnovo
Queen of Turnovo

1981

as Smilova

Rootless Tree
Rootless Tree

1974

as Daughter-in-law

Memories of the Twin Sister
Karambol
Karambol

1966

as Ана Мартинова

On a Quiet Evening
On a Quiet Evening

1960

as Boyka

The Boy Turns Man
The Boy Turns Man

1972

as Tinka

The Peach Thief
The Peach Thief

1964

as Lisa

Taste of Almonds
Taste of Almonds

1967

as Gerda

Little Tiger
Little Tiger

1973

as The Mother

This Fine Mature Age
Yazovetzat
Salvation
Salvation

1984

as Bakardzhieva

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Tango

1969

as Havadzhieva

The Last Bachelor
The Last Bachelor

1974

as Fany

Matriarchy