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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.
As actor
Canary Season
Evenings in Antim's Inn
This Fine Mature Age
Forest People
Dangerous Charm
Salvation
Constantine The Philosopher
Crystals
Autumn Sun
The Warning
Queen of Turnovo
Ladies' Choice
The Three Deadly Sins
Matriarchy
Sunstroke
Cyclops
Don't Go Away!
Memories of the Twin Sister
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
Rootless Tree
The Last Bachelor
My Father, the Painter
Little Tiger
The Best Person I Know!
A Human Heart
The Boy Turns Man
Love
Circles of Love
A Strange Duel
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