Nevena Kokanova
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.
49 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 49
Home for Our Children
1986
Dangerous Charm
1984
Tobacco
1962
Galileo
1968
Canary Season
1993
Ladies' Choice
1980
Sunstroke
1977
The Inspector and the Night
1963
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
1975
Before and After the Victory
1967
Don't Go Away!
1976
Detour
1967
Crystals
1982
My Father, the Painter
1974
Taste of Almonds
1967
Matriarchy
1977
The Peach Thief
1964
The Boy Turns Man
1972
Be Happy, Ani!
1961
The Three Deadly Sins
1980
Love
1972
Botschafter morden nicht
1970
Autumn Sun
1982
The Last Bachelor
1974
Rootless Tree
1974
Little Tiger
1973
The Steep Path
1961
This Fine Mature Age
1985
Years for Love
1957
The Warning
1982
The Best Person I Know!
1973
The Longest Night
1967
Cyclops
1976
Karambol
1966
Dangerous Flight
1968
A Strange Duel
1971
Forest People
1985
Circles of Love
1972
Queen of Turnovo
1981
Constantine The Philosopher
1983
On a Quiet Evening
1960
Salvation
1984
A Human Heart
1972
Tango
1969
Memories of the Twin Sister
1976
Evenings in Antim's Inn
1988
Men on a Business Trip
1969
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