Nevena Kokanova
Acting • Born 1938-12-12 – Died 2000-06-03
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.
Filmography
49 credits
Galileo
Movie • 1968
Marina
The Steep Path
Movie • 1961
Elena
Crystals
Movie • 1982
Slava
The Peach Thief
Movie • 1964
Lisa
Before and After the Victory
Movie • 1967
Medicinskata sestra
Dangerous Charm
Movie • 1984
Boryana Krasteva
Detour
Movie • 1967
Neda
Tobacco
Movie • 1962
Irina
Evenings in Antim's Inn
Movie • 1988
Matriarchy
Movie • 1977
Autumn Sun
Movie • 1982
Tinka
Cyclops
Movie • 1976
Zoya
Sunstroke
Movie • 1977
Tango
Movie • 1969
Havadzhieva
A Human Heart
Movie • 1972
Lena
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
Movie • 1975
Maria
Men on a Business Trip
Movie • 1969
Dancheto
Canary Season
Movie • 1993
Aunt Addie
Ladies' Choice
Movie • 1980
Golyamata etarva
The Inspector and the Night
Movie • 1963
Jana
The Boy Turns Man
Movie • 1972
Tinka
Rootless Tree
Movie • 1974
Daughter-in-law
Taste of Almonds
Movie • 1967
Gerda
Love
Movie • 1972
Irina
Karambol
Movie • 1966
Ана Мартинова
Be Happy, Ani!
Movie • 1961
Ani
Don't Go Away!
Movie • 1976
Tinka
Little Tiger
Movie • 1973
The Mother
Memories of the Twin Sister
Movie • 1976
Nevena
Salvation
Movie • 1984
Bakardzhieva
The Longest Night
Movie • 1967
Woman-Doctor
The Best Person I Know!
Movie • 1973
Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva
Queen of Turnovo
Movie • 1981
Smilova
This Fine Mature Age
Movie • 1985
Elena
Forest People
Movie • 1985
Years for Love
Movie • 1957
Ema
Constantine The Philosopher
Movie • 1983
Circles of Love
Movie • 1972
The woman with almond eyes
Dangerous Flight
Movie • 1968
A Strange Duel
Movie • 1971
Bozhanova
The Three Deadly Sins
Movie • 1980
Dona
The Warning
Movie • 1982
Botschafter morden nicht
Movie • 1970
Maria
The Last Bachelor
Movie • 1974
Fany
My Father, the Painter
Movie • 1974
the mother
On a Quiet Evening
Movie • 1960
Boyka
Yazovetzat
Movie
Среднощна среща
Movie
Ана
Home for Our Children
TV • 1986
Veronika Aldanova