Nevena Kokanova
Known for: Acting
Born: December 12, 1938
Died: June 3, 2000
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
47 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
9.7
Canary Season
1993NR
Evenings in Antim's Inn
1988
8.3
Home for Our Children
1986
7.5
Forest People
1985
7.0
This Fine Mature Age
1985
9.0
Salvation
1984
8.3
Dangerous Charm
1984
10.0
Constantine The Philosopher
1983
6.5
The Warning
19829.0
Crystals
198210.0
Autumn Sun
1982
8.5
Queen of Turnovo
1981
7.9
Ladies' Choice
1980
7.0
The Three Deadly Sins
19809.3
Sunstroke
1977
7.4
Matriarchy
1977
9.0
Cyclops
1976
8.5
Memories of the Twin Sister
1976
7.4
Don't Go Away!
1976
8.3
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
1975
7.7
The Last Bachelor
1974
7.0
Rootless Tree
1974
6.4
My Father, the Painter
1974
7.2
The Best Person I Know!
1973
9.0
Little Tiger
1973
6.4
Love
1972
7.0
The Boy Turns Man
197210.0
A Human Heart
1972
10.0
Circles of Love
1972
7.0
A Strange Duel
1971
NR
Botschafter morden nicht
1970
7.8
Men on a Business Trip
19697.0
Tango
1969
8.0
Dangerous Flight
1968
6.3
Galileo
1968
9.0
Taste of Almonds
1967
7.6
Detour
1967
6.0
Before and After the Victory
1967
10.0
The Longest Night
1967
8.5
Karambol
1966
7.1
The Peach Thief
1964
8.3
The Inspector and the Night
1963
5.6
Tobacco
1962
10.0
The Steep Path
1961
8.5
Be Happy, Ani!
1961
7.0
On a Quiet Evening
1960
6.3
Years for Love
1957
8.5
Yazovetzat
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