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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.

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Early life

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.[1] In 1980 she starred in and co-directed Three Deadly Sins with Lyubomir Sharlandzhiev.

She died in Sofia, Bulgaria from cancer.

Filmography

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