Nevena Kokanova

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Born12 December 1938
Died3 June 2000(2000-06-03) (aged 61)
Невена Коканова
Nevena Kokanova
Nevena Kokanova in 1973
Born12 December 1938
Died3 June 2000(2000-06-03) (aged 61)

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. [1]

Kokanova was born in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria and is most renowned for her role as Lisa in The Peach Thief. She started her career at age 18 as an apprentice actor with the Yambol Theater in Yambol, Bulgaria.

Career

In 1975 she was a member of the jury at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival.[2] In 1980 she starred in and co-directed Three Deadly Sins with Lyubomir Sharlandzhiev.

She died in Sofia, Bulgaria from cancer.

Filmography

References

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