Nevena Kokanova
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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
Credits
Ladies' Choice (1980)
as Golyamata etarva
Dangerous Charm (1984)
as Boryana Krasteva
Tobacco (1962)
as Irina
Love (1972)
as Irina
Galileo (1968)
as Marina
Canary Season (1993)
as Aunt Addie
Taste of Almonds (1967)
as Gerda
Detour (1967)
as Neda
Crystals (1982)
as Slava
Men on a Business Trip (1969)
as Dancheto
Tango (1969)
as Havadzhieva
Karambol (1966)
as Ана Мартинова
The Best Person I Know! (1973)
as Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva
The Peach Thief (1964)
as Lisa
Circles of Love (1972)
as The woman with almond eyes
The Steep Path (1961)
as Elena
Salvation (1984)
as Bakardzhieva
The Boy Turns Man (1972)
as Tinka
The Weddings of Ioan Assen (1975)
as Maria
Before and After the Victory (1967)
as Medicinskata sestra
Don't Go Away! (1976)
as Tinka
The Three Deadly Sins (1980)
as Dona
Be Happy, Ani! (1961)
as Ani
Yazovetzat (—)
Actor
Little Tiger (1973)
as The Mother
Memories of the Twin Sister (1976)
as Nevena
Matriarchy (1977)
Actor
Queen of Turnovo (1981)
as Smilova
Constantine The Philosopher (1983)
Actor
Rootless Tree (1974)
as Daughter-in-law
The Inspector and the Night (1963)
as Jana
The Longest Night (1967)
as Woman-Doctor
The Last Bachelor (1974)
as Fany
The Warning (1982)
Actor
This Fine Mature Age (1985)
as Elena
On a Quiet Evening (1960)
as Boyka
Autumn Sun (1982)
as Tinka
My Father, the Painter (1974)
as the mother
Evenings in Antim's Inn (1988)
Actor
A Human Heart (1972)
as Lena
Dangerous Flight (1968)
Actor
A Strange Duel (1971)
as Bozhanova
Среднощна среща (—)
as Ана
Botschafter morden nicht (1970)
as Maria
Cyclops (1976)
as Zoya
Forest People (1985)
Actor
Sunstroke (1977)
Actor
Years for Love (1957)
as Ema