Nevena Kokanova

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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.

Films Featuring Nevena Kokanova

Galileo

19686.3

The Steep Path

196110.0

Crystals

19829.0

The Peach Thief

19647.1

Before and After the Victory

19676.0

Dangerous Charm

19848.3

Detour

19677.6

Tobacco

19625.6

Evenings in Antim's Inn

Evenings in Antim's Inn

1988

Matriarchy

19777.4

Autumn Sun

198210.0

Cyclops

19769.0

Sunstroke

19779.3

Tango

19697.0

A Human Heart

197210.0

The Weddings of Ioan Assen

19758.3

Men on a Business Trip

19697.8

Canary Season

19939.7

Ladies' Choice

19807.9

The Inspector and the Night

19638.3

The Boy Turns Man

19727.0

Rootless Tree

19747.0

Taste of Almonds

19679.0

Love

19726.4

Karambol

19668.5

Be Happy, Ani!

19618.5

Don't Go Away!

19767.4

Little Tiger

19739.0

Memories of the Twin Sister

19768.5

Salvation

19849.0

The Longest Night

196710.0

The Best Person I Know!

19737.2

Queen of Turnovo

19818.5

This Fine Mature Age

19857.0

Forest People

19857.5

Years for Love

19576.3

Constantine The Philosopher

198310.0

Circles of Love

197210.0

Dangerous Flight

19688.0

A Strange Duel

19717.0

The Three Deadly Sins

19807.0

The Warning

19826.5

Botschafter morden nicht

19707.0

The Last Bachelor

19747.7

My Father, the Painter

19746.4

On a Quiet Evening

19607.0

Yazovetzat

8.5

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