Nevena Kokanova
Acting
1938-12-12 · Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
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
Canary Season
1993 · Movie
Evenings in Antim's Inn
1988 · Movie
Home for Our Children
1986 · Series
Forest People
1985 · Movie
This Fine Mature Age
1985 · Movie
Salvation
1984 · Movie
Dangerous Charm
1984 · Movie
Constantine The Philosopher
1983 · Movie
The Warning
1982 · Movie
Crystals
1982 · Movie
Autumn Sun
1982 · Movie
Queen of Turnovo
1981 · Movie
Ladies' Choice
1980 · Movie
The Three Deadly Sins
1980 · Movie
Sunstroke
1977 · Movie
Matriarchy
1977 · Movie
Cyclops
1976 · Movie
Memories of the Twin Sister
1976 · Movie
Don't Go Away!
1976 · Movie
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
1975 · Movie
The Last Bachelor
1974 · Movie
Rootless Tree
1974 · Movie
My Father, the Painter
1974 · Movie
The Best Person I Know!
1973 · Movie
Little Tiger
1973 · Movie
Love
1972 · Movie
The Boy Turns Man
1972 · Movie
A Human Heart
1972 · Movie
Circles of Love
1972 · Movie
A Strange Duel
1971 · Movie
Botschafter morden nicht
1970 · Series
Men on a Business Trip
1969 · Movie
Tango
1969 · Movie
Dangerous Flight
1968 · Movie
Galileo
1968 · Movie
Taste of Almonds
1967 · Movie
Detour
1967 · Movie
Before and After the Victory
1967 · Movie
The Longest Night
1967 · Movie
Karambol
1966 · Movie
The Peach Thief
1964 · Movie
The Inspector and the Night
1963 · Movie
Tobacco
1962 · Movie
The Steep Path
1961 · Movie
Be Happy, Ani!
1961 · Movie
On a Quiet Evening
1960 · Movie
Years for Love
1957 · Movie
Yazovetzat
Movie
Среднощна среща
Movie