Nevena Kokanova (Bulgarian: Ревена Коканова) (12
December 1938 â€" 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-Garden Trespasser. She
started her career at age 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, Bulgaria from cancer.
December 1938 â€" 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-Garden Trespasser. She
started her career at age 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, Bulgaria from cancer.
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