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 wellknown 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 codirected Three Deadly Sins with Lyubomir Sharlandzhiev She died in Sofia