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- Baba Vanga, born Vangeliya Pandeva Dimitrova, in Strumica, North Macedonia, then the Ottoman Empire, in 1911, was a mystic, clairvoyant, and herbalist. Vanga lost her sight when she was 12. She was swept away by a mighty tornado. Later she was found alive, covered with dirt and stones, with sand in her eyes. She became blind as a result. In 1925 Vanga was brought to a school for the blind in the city of Zemun, in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, where she spent three years, and was taught to read Braille, and to play the piano. In 1927 she started making minor predictions about local phenomena. Her powers of foreseeing, clairvoyance, deepened and expanded after she turned 30. She attracted believers with her ability to heal and soothsay, fortune telling, a great number of people visited her, hoping to get a hint about whether their relatives were alive, or seeking for the place where they died. One of them was the Bulgarian Tzar Boris III. Another was Adolf Hitler. In 1942 Vanga married Dimitar Gushterov, a Bulgarian soldier, and moved to Petrich, Bulgaria, where she soon became well-known for her gifts and predictions. After the Second World War, Bulgarian politicians and leaders from different Soviet Republics, including Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev, sought her counsel. Several researchers have studied the phenomenon of Vanga in the attempt to establish whether she has any extraordinary capabilities. One of the first studies was initiated by the Bulgarian government and is described in the documentary "Fenomen" (1977). Fulfilling Baba Vanga's last will and testament, her house in Petrich was turned into a museum, which opened for visitors on May 5, 2008.
- One of the most talented actors from Bulgaria. He was born in Sofia in 1942. In 1962 he graduated from famous Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts as an actor. His first appearance in the movies was in 1956 when he was a only a teenager. With the well known series Na vseki kilometar he gained international reputation.
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Trevor Martin was born on 17 November 1929 in Enfield, Middlesex, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Babel (2006), Three Golden Nobles (1959) and Doctor Who (1963). He was married to Hermione Gregory and Janet Moreton. He died on 5 October 2017 in Bulgaria.- Actor
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Bulgarian stage and film actor, singer and showman. He graduated from "Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts" as an actor, just as many talented actors from Bulgaria did. Began his career in 1965, Kolev was best known for his roles in comedies like "Opasen Char", "Gospodin Za Edin Den" and "Dvoynikat" as well as for his songs and shows. His unique kind of acting won general approval in his country. In some ways, pretty much reminds Charlie Chaplin.
After the collapse of communism, he get involved in politics for a while and was a Member of Parliament.
Todor Kolev suffered from Lung Cancer for several years and died at the age of 73.- Actress
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Nevena, born in Dupnitsa on December 12, 1938, is keenly aware of the inequities of the world from a very young age. Her father Bogdan is a military officer in the Kingdom of Bulgaria. When the Communist-led Fatherland Front government takes power in the 40's, it consolidates its victory by persecuting the government and military elite of wartime Bulgaria as "enemies of the people". Her father spends several years in the labor camp. Even after his release, the stigma of being an "enemy's" daughter will haunt her throughout her life. With her family unable to live in Sofia, Nevena spends her childhood in the village of Kumarica, where she draws relentlessly and develops a passion for acting. After being fascinated by tales of a film shoot happening nearby, she is recruited as an extra and given a single line in the 1956 film "Two Victories". The experience is the final push that convinces the 18-year old Economics Institute graduate to audition for the National Institute for Theatrical Art in Sofia. In her audition, she gives a contemporary, unorthodox take on the study "woman sees a mouse in the room", which runs counter to the theatrical dogma of the time. That, possibly coupled with the stain on her father's name, contributes to her rejection. In her moment of discouragement, she received an offer for an apprentice position in the troupe of the country theatre. Nevena begins her stage career with classical ingénue roles, playing a bare-footed Juliet to great acclaim, fascinating critics with her unpolished, organic talent. She is cast in her first major screen role opposite Lyubomir Sharlandziev in the 1957 film "Years of Love". Lyubomir falls in love with her at first sight, and the 19-year old, inexperienced Nevena marries her first on-screen romantic partner. Her husband is not only an actor, he's a director. He directs Nevena in a multitude of plays, first in Gabrovo, then in Ruse, all the while acting as her unofficial acting tutor, constantly honing her skill. The screen adaptation of the novel "Tobacco" is a long and dramatic story. Author Dimitar Dimov is under tremendous pressure to rewrite portions of his work, to soften the impact of the characters within, while director Nikola Korabov has the uneasy task of reducing a 1500-page novel to a 150-page script. Kokanova has been in a few films already and Korabov hopes to have her play Irina, the female lead - a strong, independent, self-aware and ultimately self-destructive character. There is pressure from the Artistic Council of Cinematography to have another actress cast. Nevena is young, inexperienced, unschooled, provincial, and an undesirable to the Communist Party, which at the time exerts a tremendous amount of censorship and influence over anything produced in the country. There is even talk of bringing in a foreign actress to play Irina, but Dimov is against it. In the end, despite a tremendous amount of difficulty and at great risk to his career, Korabov secures Kokanova for the role. She has reservations herself, feeling unequal to the task of filling the shoes of the strong and experienced literary character that is Irina, but she is made for the screen and she becomes more confident with every shooting day that passes. "Tobacco" is presented at Cannes in 1963, with giants such as Federico Fellini, Alfred Hitchcock, Gregory Peck and Burt Lancaster in attendance. French poet Andre Morois kisses her hand on the red carper with the words "You affected me!" The criticism and envy leveled at her is quelled. The tremendous success of "Tobacco" makes her a household name in Bulgaria. Her second iconic film role will be anything but effortless. Vulo Radev, having been director of photography in several of her films, makes his directorial debut with a film version of Emilian Stanev's novel "The Peach-Garden Trespasser". Set just after WWI, the film is about a Serbian prisoner of war who sneaks into a Bulgarian colonel's private garden, meeting his wife there by chance and starting a torrid love affair with her. Nevena's beauty and her recent success fan the flames of envy and Radev has to put his reputation on the line and assume a tremendous financial risk to cast her. Moreover, she is in the middle of a theatrical engagement in the Satirical theatre in Sofia under director Metodi Andonov, at the same time that she is desperately needed to film "The Peach-Garden Trespasser" in Veliko Tarnovo. With Andonov's help, Kokanova manages to shoot for the film while still performing nightly in Sofia. Despite the tremendous risk of her being fired from the theatre, she is driven by car to Veliko Tarnovo (some 4 hours) after every performance in Sofia. She is filming until noon the following day, when she is driven back to be on stage again at 8 pm. Needless to say, this puts a tremendous physical strain on the young actress, who has very little time for sleep. By the end of the 60's, Kokanova is the most prolific Bulgarian film actress and a fashion icon. She's offered four roles in East Germany and accepts a terrific role in Italian director Liliana Cavani's "Galileo" in 1969. The next decade, spent on stage and on screen, is a happy one for Kokanova, resulting in some of her best work. She appears in films such as "The Boy Turns Man" (1972) opposite Filip Trifonov, "The Weddings of King Ioan Asen" (1975), the last film appearance of Apostol Karamitev and "Ladies' Choice") (1980), an ensemble comedy alongside Stefan Danailov, Tzvetana Maneva, Doroteya Toncheva and Maria Statulova. However, this decade ends with a crushing blow. In July of 1979, while directing "Three Deadly Sins", her husband Lyubomir dies of a heart attack. Devastated, she occupies herself with caring for their daughter Teodora and completes the film in his stead. In the stagnation and standstill that descends on the arts after the fall of Communism in 1989, and without any work prospects, she retreats to a village in the Balkan Mountains, rebuilding a small cottage and claiming sanctuary there. Kokanova continues to act, marking a belated 60th birthday in 1999 with a performance in the theatre "Revival". Days later, she is honored in the Hall of Cinema by a concert in her honor. Highlight reels of her great movie roles are shown and toasts are made to her health. Unbeknownst to everyone except her, these toasts are futile. She has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer several years earlier. By the end of 1999, she is a shadow of her former self, but ready to face her final challenge, her ultimate role, with grace and resolve. Nevena Kokanova, the radiant, lovely, loved, irreplaceable first lady of Bulgarian cinema, died on June 3, 2000 at the age of 62, immortalized on the silver screen and in the heart of a nation.- Petar Ivanov Popyordanov , known as Chocho Popyordanov, is Bulgarian theater and cinema actor. He was born on June 11, 1964 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is a son of Ivan Popyordanov (born on 1938) - a longtime Chief of the cinema center Boyana Film Studios. He was also Chief of Bulgarian National Television in 1998. The Mother of Petar Popyordanov Katya was a doctor. The father's family originated from Veles, Vardar Macedonia. Chocho great-grandfather was a first cousin of the Macedonian revolutionaries - Chieftain Mile and his younger brother Jordan Popyordanov-Ortse, leader of Thessaloniki bombers. In 1989, Petar Popyordanov graduated National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in "Acting" in the class of Professor Krikor Azaryan and Todor Kolev. He studied at the Czech Republic one year. He has played in the troupes of Theatre "Sofia", Little City Theatre "Off the Channel" and in 1994 - in the National Theater. His most famous theater roles were in performances "Outcasts," "Midsummer Night's Dream," "At the foot of Vitosha Mountain," "The Tempest," "The man who makes the rain," "Kimono", "Decameron," "Ghosts in Naples, "" Hedda Gabler. " Chocho Popyordanov has involved in cinema productions, including "Yesterday" (1988), "Rio Adio" (1989), " The Love Summer of a Schlep " (1990), "Vampires, ghouls" (1992) "Canaries Season" (1993), "Frontier" (1994), "Spanish fly" (1998), "After the end of the world" (1998), "Danube bridge" (1999), "Sombrero blues" (1999), " Wolf Hunt" (2000). Petar Popyordanov has won numerous nominations and awards, including a nomination for "Asker" in 1996 and 1997 and the prize "Golden Bayar" in Belgium for Best Actor in the film "Border". He had also a presence on the small screen, starring in the TV show "UFO Club" on "Channel 1". In 2007 he began his participation in the series "Outcasts" for "Channel 1" of Bulgarian National Television. He has nephews Helen and Peter Koshnicharski. Albeit posthumously Chocho Popyordanov became a father of adopted him months earlier daughter Ekaterina Petrova Popyordanova. He died on May 5, 2013 in Boyana, Sofia Province, Bulgaria.
- Ivan Georgiev Ivanov is born on December 16, 1951 in Asenovgrad, Bulgaria. He graduated "acting" in National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in the class of Professor Dimitrina Gyurova . Ivan Ivanov has played on the stages of Youth Theatre and Bulgarian Army's Theater until 1983 . The movie "Everything is Love" is the film, after which the actor Ivan Ivanov became a sex symbol of Bulgarian cinema. Besides Rado of "Everything is love," he is Assen in "Avalanche" ( 1982 ); Vas / Christo in the "Combine" (1982 ) and Trajan in "Measure of Remand" (1983 ). He starred in films of directors like Borislav Sharaliev ( "Boris I", 1985 ), Zako Heskiya ( "Night with the white horses", 1985), Ivan Andonov ( "Dreamers", 1987 ) and others. After the TV series "Burn, burn light" (1994) the actor released his first book of short stories and poems - "This life, that life." Then come two more - "Answer" and "Seven Hours Difference." By the first few years of the 21st century Ivanov has been engaged in dubbing movies and serials. In Bulgarian National Television he is voiced in the miniseries "Masada," in the films "Les Miserables" (the role of Jean-Paul Belmondo), "Love in the Clouds" (the role of Keanu Reeves) and others; for bTV he is voiced the role of Tim Daly in the series "The Fugitive." He is married to Petya Silyanova.Ivan Ivanov and Petya have a son - Stefan better known by his rap moniker Wosh MC and also the eldest son - George, who has managed as a metropolitan lawyer (judge).
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Janine M. Clark was born on 23 November 1967 in Lynwood, California, USA. She was a production manager and producer, known for Descent Into Darkness (2002), Antibody (2002) and Daybreak (2000). She died on 11 September 2001 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Boris Lukanov was born on June 15, 1936 in Lovech, Bulgaria. He played in amateur theater school and amateur theater group at the community center in Lovech . His first role was Leopold Schubert in the play " Fault " by Boris Lavrenov, directed by a teacher in Bulgarian language and literature Trifon Hinov. He graduated in "acting" at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in the class of Professor Stefan Surchadzhiev in 1959. He worked as an actor in Tolbouhin Theater (1960 - 1961), Varna Theater (1961 - 1982) and the National Theater " Ivan Vazov ". He is a freelance actor since 2000. He prefers appearances in plays from the classics writers - Gorky, Chekhov, Turgenev, Shakespeare, Leonov and others. He worked with the best directors, including Stancho Stanchev, Oleg Yefremov , Assen Shopov, Vili Tsankov , Encho Halatchev , Alexander Morfov and others. He is a member of the Union of Bulgarian Actors and the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers. He participated in 48 Bulgarian feature films. He played the roles of prominent and important personalities from different eras: Jovan Ristic ( " Legend of Paisii ", 1963), Professor Alexander Tsankov ( " On the trail of the missing ," 1979), Dr. Alexander Peev ( " Alone among wolves ", 1979), Lieutenant-General Ivan Marinov ( " Blow ", 1981), Gyorche Petrov ( " Measure according to Measure ", 1981), Dr. Krystju Krastev ( " Case 205 / 1913 ", 1984), Kavhan Etkh (" Boris I ", 1985), Stefan Stambolov (" Dreamers ", 1987), the father of Dali (" Is , "1991). He participated in Spanish and French production, which starred Michael Quinn and Christopher Lambert . He was awarded with the First prize of Review of Bulgarian drama and theater (19 75); Award for acting by the Union of Bulgarian Actors (1976), Best Actor Award in the play "Prosecutor" (1977), Best Actor Award for the role of Dr. Alexander Peev in the movie " Alone among wolves " (1979) and Award for Best actor in a TV movie (1980). He is Honored Artist (1977). He received the Order of Cyril and Methodius, Order "Red Banner of Labor". He was proclaimed honorary citizen of the city Lovech. Academy "Asker" awarded him with the prize for outstanding contribution to theater "Asker 2016".
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Rangel Vulchanov was one of the few Bulgarian directors who had not studied in Moscow. He graduated from a vocational high school and the Theatrical Institute, worked as assistant director five years; in 1956 was Sharaliev's second unit director in Two Victories. After the critique of On a Small Island, he also was employed as a second-unit director in 1958 in Stars, a co-production between Bulgaria and East Germany that was directed by Konrad Wolf. Rangel Vulchanov was a director of nearly 20 Bulgarian movies and script-writer of another 8 films. He also performed in several movies as well as on the theatre stage in Bulgaria. Rangel Vulchanov was elected best Bulgarian film director of the 20th century. He was a member of the European Film Academy and a laureate of many Bulgarian and international awards. Rangel Vulchanov was an original maker who used his imagination to make experiments in his films. In The Unknown Soldier's Patent Leather Shoes (1979), shot through the view of a seven-year old child, the renowned director takes us through the one-time Bulgarian village and its ancient traditions all the way to the Buckingham Palace. The movie is a mixture of fabulous scenes and great sense of humor and the characters of the classical rural Bulgaria stand engraved in our memory. One of the brightest roles of Rangel Vulchanov at the theatre stage was in Lazaritsa mono play written by the classic of the Bulgarian literature Yordan Radichkov. Rangel Vulchanov was quite ill during the last years of his life. However, he managed to write three books. One of them was entitled "We will all die, and now Cheers!"- Petar Slabakov was a Bulgarian Theatre and Film actor. He was born at April 23, 1923 in Lyaskovetz, Bulgaria. He studied by correspondence industry economics in Varna. He had worked as tractor-driver and founder. He joined up Bulgarian army against German troops in World War II as volunteer. He had worked in the troupes of the country theaters as an apprentice in the beginning, and after an exam - as a professional actor. He played many roles in the theaters of Varna (1953 - 1957), Burgas (1957 - 1960), Plovdiv (1960 - 1963), and then in the Sofia's theater "Trudov front" (1963 - 1965), in Pernik's theater (1965 - 1966). He was an actor in Boyana Film Studio two years (1966 - 1967). After that, he played in "Sofia" theater (1972 - 1979), and in Satirical Theater (1980 - 1991). On the theatrical stage Petar Slabakov will be remembered best for his memorable appearance in The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare (Lanes), The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov (Lopahin), The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorki (Luka), etc. Petar Slabakov was one of the most important Bulgarian cinema actors. He appears in films such as Captive Flock (1962) by Ducho Mundrov, "Shibil" by Zahari Zhandov, "Tsar and General" by Vulo Radev, "Stars in Her Hair, Tears in Her Eyes" by Ivan Nitchev, "Eternal Times" by Asen Shopov, "A Roof" by Ivan Andonov and many others. He was one of the initiators of the establishing of the "Ecoglasnost" in 1989, which were one of the first opposition societies against the communist regime in Bulgaria. He was elected to the National Assembly of Bulgaria twice - in 1990 - 1991 and in 1995 - 1997.
- Djoko Rosic (born Dzhordzhe Mirko Rosic) was born on 28 February 1932 in Krupanj, which was then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, to a Bulgarian mother and a Serbian father. In 1951 he emigrated to Bulgaria and graduated in Economy, but completed also courses in Radio Journalism. After that he worked for 17 years as a journalist for the Bulgarian National Radio. He has acted in Bulgarian, Hungarian and Serbian films. He has been called "the legendary cowboy". He has acted in more than 110 films, The Eighth (1969), Aesop (1970), My Father the House-Painter (1974), Ivan Kondarev (1974), Captain Petko Voivode (1981), Khan Asparouh (1981), The Judge (1986), Time of Violence (1988), After the End of the World (1988), Tuvalu (1999), Zift (2008), Prima Primavera (2009), to name but a few. He received the Cyril and Methodius, 1st degree state order. In February 2010 the Ministry of Culture discerned the Golden Age Award to him for his outstanding merits to Bulgarian films. He was married to Lilyana Lazarova. He died on February 21, 2014 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Stage and film actor, best known for his roles in comedy movies. He was an important figure of the Golden age of Bulgarian Cinema (i.e. 1970s and 1980s). He began his career in the middle of the 1950s and made his feature length debut in 1958. He never got married or had children.
- The Bulgarian actor Filip Trifonov was born on May 4, 1947. From 1969 to 1973 he studied acting at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in the class of Apostol Karamitev. Even before he finished his education in 1971 Filip Trifonov made his cinema debut in the film "The Test" (directed by Georgi Djulgerov). He played the main role - character Lio. Then he played the title role in "The Boy goes" (directed by Lyudmil Kirkov). Philip Trifonov has participated in over then 30 films, including "The Hare Census" (directed by Eduard Sachariev), "As a Song" (directed by Irina Aktasheva and Hristo Piskov), "Wardrobe" (based on the novel of Stanislav Stratiev; directed by Georgi Djulgerov), "Tool Is Bagpipe?" (directed by Asen Shopov), "Orchestra without a Name" (directed by Lyudmil Kirkov), "Avalanche"(directed by Irina Aktasheva and Hristo Piskov),"Forget this Case" (directed by Krasimir Spasov), "Echelons" (directed by Borislav Punchev), "Life on Demand" (directed by Kosta Bikov), "Protect Small Animals" (directed by Haim Koen),"AkaDaMuS" (directed by Georgi Djulgerov),"Rio Adio" (directed by Ivan Andonov), "Ivan and Alexandra" (directed by Ivan Nichev), "Walking with the Angel" (directed by Ivan Pavlov), "Madame Bovary from Sliven" (directed by Emil Tzanev), "Rhapsody in White" (directed by Tedi Moskov), "Bay Ganyo goes through Europe" (directed by Ivan Nichev). On stage, Philip Trifonov's debut was in the role of Andzor in "The process will take place" by A. Chheidze In Blagoevgrad Theatre in 1973. He worked in Blagoevgrad Theatre, Theatre "Sofia", "Boyana studios 2;. In 1992 he created together with director Nikolai Gunderov Natural Theatre "Trifonof & Gunderov." His performances are "Opening" and "Audience" by V. Havel and "Second Hand", "West Germany - my fatherland", "She", written by him.
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Binka Zhelyazkova was born on July 15, 1923 in the town of Svilengrad, Bulgaria. She studied theater at the National Theater Institute in Sofia. Her career as a film director began in 1957 when she co-directed her first feature film Life Goes Quietly By... with her husband Hristo Ganev.
At the end of the 1950s Binka Zhelyazkova was one of the few women in the world making feature films. Her style was influenced by Italian Neo-Realism and the French New Wave, as well as Russian Cinema.
During her career she directed seven feature and two documentary films. Four of her nine films were banned from distribution and reached audiences only after the end of communism. She was the director of the Bulgarian section of Women in Film, an organization created in 1989 after the international women in film conference, KIWI, in Tbilisi, Georgia. She stopped making films after 1989, which coincided with the fall of the communist regime in Bulgaria. For some time after that she remained active in the women in film organization but soon completely withdrew from public life.- Actor
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Ivan Andonov graduated from the National Academy of Theater and Film Art in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1956. He is one of the most important Bulgarian cinema actors. Since 1965 he is a director and designer in animation. The films 'Difficulty', 'Esperanza' and 'Melodrama' bring him international awards and recognition. His début in features is in 1974 as a director of 'Difficult Love'. 'The Roof' won the Critic's Award in Varna, Bulgaria in 1978. 'White Magis' won Silver Prize in Cadiz, Spain. 'Dangerous Charm' won Grand Prix in Chianchiano, Italy, 1985 and Special Prize of the Jury in Chamrousse, France, in 1988. 'Dreamers' won First Prize in Varna, Bulgaria. 'Yesterday' won the Viewers, Award in Varna, Bulgaria, Grand Prix in San Remo, Italy, 1989, and Best Director Award in Moscow, 1989.- George Ganchev, whose birth name is Gheorghi Petroushev, was born on 29 August 1939 in Plovdiiv. In the early 1960s he emigrated from Bulgaria. He graduated from the British Fencing Academy and the Hollywood Theatrical Institute. In the period 1973 - 1988 he was engaged in directing, play-writing, film and play producing in Great Britain and the United States. Ganchev claims to be the author of seven Hollywood screen plays and plays produced in Hollywood, to have written books and poetry. In 1970 and 1974 he became world champion in professional fencing. He also performed as actor, has been a basketball player. Published in Bulgaria is his autobiography "George". According to his own public statements, his hobbies are horses, music, and poetry. He became actively engaged in Bulgaria's political life after 10 November 1989. Leader of the Bulgarian Business Bloc /BBB/ since its establishment on 24 November 1990. George Ganchev ran for president in the January 1992 election and received 17 percent of the vote, which ranks him third among the candidates in the first round. Chair of the Committee on Radio, Television and the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency in the 37th National Assembly (Dec. 1994-Apr. 1995). In the presidential election of 2001, he received 3.38 percent of the vote. Ganchev speaks English. Divorced, with two daughters who live in the United States.
- Georgi Georgiev-Getz (Georgi Ivanov Georgiev) was born in the village Razpopovtsi, today the town of Elena, Bulgaria. He graduated in "acting" in the class of Professor Filip Filipov at National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria (1949-1953). He has made a theatrical specialization in Moscow (1955-1956). He was a construction worker and contributor to newspapers. In 1953-91, he was at the National Theater in Sofia. He was a board member of Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers. He created bright images drawn from classical and contemporary Bulgarian dramaturgy. Part of his movies are "We Were Young", "Eighth", "A Peasant on a Bicycle", "Matriarchy", "Father". One of his best and well-known film roles is the role of Jordan in "A Peasant on a Bicycle." For this role he was awarded at the Varna and Moscow International Film Festivals. Nickname "Getz" was acquired by his colleague Dimitar Bochev (so called men named Georgi). After he retired, he continued to play with traveling theaters. He obtained stroke during a performance in Stara Zagora Drama Theater. He was rushed to a local hospital. His condition was deteriorating. After three days they operated him in Sofia, but it was too late and Getz died without regaining consciousness. He died on September 2, 1996 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Vladimir Smirnov was born on 22 June 1941 in Chernogorsk, Khakasskaya AO, Krasnoyarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Khakassia, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Sbogom, priyateli! (1970), Front ohne Gnade (1984) and Pervorossiyanye (1967). He was married to Bogdana Marinova and Silvia Spassova. He died on 10 August 2000 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Katya Paskaleva played in 46 pictures in less than four decades. Her name turned into a synonym of the Bulgarian cinema. Her female characters are not glossy beauties, they win us over through the melancholic grace of Madonnas. She broke up the relief of Bulgarian cinema femininity and recreated the most arduous epitome filmed in Bulgaria ever - the one of Maria-the-mother and Maria-the-daughter in The Goat Horn (1972, director Metodi Andonov).
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Christo Christov (11 April 1926 - 16 April 2007) was a Bulgarian film director and screenwriter. Before entering the theatre and film industry, Christov earned a medical degree in 1952. He graduated in Drama Directing at National Academy of Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria (1959) after studying theater direction. Between 1958 and 1966, Christov was a stage designer and director at the Plovdiv Theater. Between 1966 and 1967, Christov worked at Mosfilm Studios as an apprentice to several film directors, including Marlen Khutsiev and Mikhail Romm. Christo Christov made two of the seminal films in his country's cinema, Iconostasis (1969, in collaboration with Todor Dinov) and Last Summer (1974). Christo Christov was a professor in film and TV directing at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria. He was a member of European Film Academy. He directed 19 films between 1969 and 1997. In 1973, he was a member of the jury at the Eighth Moscow International Film Festival. His film Cyclops (1976) was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival. His film The Barrier (1979) won the Silver Prize at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1981, his film The Truck (1980) was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival. His film Reference (1985) was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. In addition to his work in theater and film, Christov also works in television. From 1974 to 1982, he served as the Chairman of the Union of Bulgarian Film Workers.- Director
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Lyudmil Kirkov was a Bulgarian film director. Kirkov was among the prominent Bulgarian film and theatre directors from the last decades of the 20th century. He directed some of the most popular Bulgarian films of that time, most notably The Swedish Kings (1968), The Boy Turns Man (1972), A Peasant on a Bicycle (1974), Matriarchy (1977) and A Nameless Band (1982). He received the Silver Prize for the film Balance (1983) at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. In the 1975, Kirkov was nominated for the Golden Prize at the Ninth Moscow International Film Festival for the film A Peasant on a Bicycle.- Ivan Laskin was born on 10 March 1970 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He was an actor, known for Nai-vajnite neshta (2001), Dunav most (1999) and Staklenata reka (2010). He was married to Miroslava Gogovska. He died on 6 January 2019 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Todor Zhivkov was born on 7 September 1911 in Pravets, Bulgaria. He died on 5 August 1998 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Kosta Tsonev was a Bulgarian actor of Greek heritage starring in theatre, TV and cinema. He was born on 10 June 1929 in the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia. He studied at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts. He has been married three times: twice to Anahid Tacheva and then to his present wife Elena. He has a son, famed newsreader Dimitar Tsonev, and a daughter. His second oldest brother was the late Vasil Tsonev, a dry witted satirist who wrote many books, which have been published in several languages. His oldest brother was the late Iwan Tsonev (Iwan Zoneff) who moved to Australia in 1950 where he became one of the biggest property developers in South Australia during the mid 60 showing the diverse talents of the 3 brothers in each of their chosen fields. The father of the three brothers was a simple house painter. In 2001, Tsonev turned to politics and was elected to the National Assembly of Bulgaria as a representative of the former National Movement Simeon II. He was reelected in 2005. He is known for The Commander of the Detachment (1959), Freedom or Death (1969), The Indispensable Sinner (1971), The Weddings of King Ioan Assen (1975), The Swimming Pool (1977), The Conversion to Christianity & Discourse of Letters (1982), Crazy Day (2004) and My Father the House-Painter (1974). He died on January 25, 2012 in Sofia.
- Kiril Gospodinov is a Bulgarian actor . He was born on May 24, 1934 in Grozdyovo, Varna, Bulgaria. He worked 35-40 was successfully in theater and in cinema . He had applied (together with the future great Bulgarian cinema star Nevena Kokanova) in National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria , but did not accept , because he had not a high school diploma. 30-year-old he was invited in Yambol Drama Theater. Kiril Gospodinov will be remembered with great performances in the films " Monday Morning " (1966), " Swedish kings " (1968), " Birds and Hounds " (1969), " Night of the White Horses ," " Three Reservists" (1971) " Bon Chance, Inspector! ", " Friday night " (1986), " The boy is going ." By far the most famous is his starring role in the movie " Past-Master " and its sequels. He had won many awards, including "Golden Rose" for the film " Three Reservists " (1971) and Best Theater Actor in the play "Man -eater" by Ivan Radoev. He died on April 17, 2003 in Varna, Bulgaria.
- Apostol Milev Karamitev (1923-1973) was a Bulgarian actor, popular throughout the 50-s,60-s and 70-s. He graduated the Italian elementary and the Italian high school "Alfredo Oriani" in his native town Burgas. Very young he was fluent in Italian, French and German languages. He graduated from The National Theater's School in 1948 under the guidance of Boyan Danovski. Later he get higher education in Academy of Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria and became a teacher in acting and directing there. Karamitev also specialized in Moscow, Saint Peters burg, Prague and Warsaw. His debut in cinema was in the movie Utro nad Rodinata(1951)-"Dawn over the Fatherland"(Eng). Selecting his projects with care, Apostol has worked regularly and steadily, mainly in Bulgaria, and rarely abroad, while managing to become a national icon and international symbol of Bulgaria. One of his famous role was that of the twin-brothers Radosvet and Radostin in the B&W classic Lyubimetz 13(1958)-"Favorite 13"(Eng). He is known internationally for Ritzar bez Bronya(1966)-"Knight Without Armor (Eng)-winner of "San Marco" Award in Venice, Italy.For his outstanding performance in Tova se Sluchi na Ulitzata (1956)-It Happened in the Street (Eng.), Apostol won "Best Actor"at Karlovi Vari International Film Festival. Later Byalata Staya(1968)-"The White Room (Eng.) was his top performance in his acting career. This movie won "Best Feature Movie" in Bombay, India in late 60-s. He died during the production of Svatbite na Yoan Assen (1975)-"The marriages of The King Yoan Assen The Second of Bulgaria"(Eng.) at the age of 50, a month after his anniversary.
A willingness to take on risky subject matter and to appear in films that experiment with narrative form and visual style is one of the most striking aspects of his filmography. - Bogomil Nikolaev Raynov was a Bulgarian writer and professor in aesthetics , functionary of the Bulgarian Communist Party . He was born on June 19, 1919 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He was a son of the writer, philosopher and artist, academician Nikolai Raynov. From 1953 to 1960 he was an culture's attache in the Bulgarian Embassy in Paris ; at that time he had purchased various works of art displayed at the National Art Gallery . He was a member of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party; Deputy Speaker and Deputy Chairman of Union of Bulgarian Writers. He was a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences. Along with Svetlin Rusev he had participated in the selection and purchase of paintings for the National Gallery for Foreign Art . He had cooperated in "Journal of Women", "Student progress", "Svetlostruy", "Literary Life", "literary Critic", "Art criticism". For the first time his works were published in 1936 in the newspaper "Woman's Newspaper". He had scientific publications in the fields of aesthetics, art history and cultural studies . He is the author of numerous monographs on art, history of theosophy , criminal and spy novels whose protagonist is Emil Boev. His novels are very popular, and are issued several times in large quantities. In one of his recent books - "Lyudmila" he has provided interesting information about the process in Bulgarian cultural and political life in the 80th of the 20th century, which had happened in behinds the scene and about the attempt to break the narrowness and to open the door to the world of free culture. He had the titles "A National Figure of Culture (1971), Hero of Socialist Labor (1976). He was a winner of "Dimitrov's Prize" (1952, 1969). In 2006 he was awarded the state prize "St. Paisiy Hilendarsky". Bogomil Raynov was a highly controversial figure in Bulgarian culture. Longtime deputy chairman of the Union of Bulgarian Writers and a member of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party, he had played a big role in the imposition of socialist realism in Bulgarian literature and ideological defeat of many "ideologically misguided" Bulgarian writers. He died on June 8, 2007 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Mariana Evstatieva-Biolcheva is a Bulgarian film director. Mariana Evtimova Evstatieva-Biolcheva was born on August 29, 1939 in Gabrovo, Bulgaria. She graduated in "film and TV directing" at the Higher theatrical, TV and Film Institute in Lodz, Poland (1971). She has worked in the Boyana Film Studios since 1971 to 1992. Since 1996 he has been taught at the New Bulgarian University and in 2002 he was a president of the Art Council of the Bulgarian National Television . She is an author of more than 30 documentaries and popular, and around 20 feature and television films. Her films 'Moments in a Matchbox' and 'A Husband for Mum' won Silver Awards at Moscow Film Festival. She was a professor of "film and TV directing" in New Bulgarian University. She is a wife of Professor Boyan Biolchev .- Director
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Peter Donev was born on July 11, 1926 in Brenica, Bulgaria. He graduated from State college school of cinematography and cameras in Sofia (1952). He has worked in Studios for popular science films - Vreme Studios. Then he was in management and conversion scenarios. In 1958, he wrote the script of Poor Street and offers it to the director Hristo Piskov . The film is approved for production and released on screens in 1960. This is one of the classic films of Socialist realism. Then Peter Donev has made a number of films as a screenwriter and director. His most popular film remains Bon chance, Inspector! (1983) - criminal comedy with Velko Kynev, Tatyana Lolova, Kamelya Todorova and Joseph Surchadzhiev. He has finished his career with the film "Maggie" (1989). He received the order "Cyril and Methodius" (1976).He died on November 13, 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Director
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Vulo Radev (1 January 1923 - 28 March 2001) was a Bulgarian film director, writer and cinematographer. Radev was born in a village Lesidren. In 1953, Radev graduated from the filming faculty of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. His first film, a documentary, appeared in 1952. Radev later filmed Citizens of Dimitrovgrad (1956), On the Eve (1959, adapted from I. S. Turgenev's novel), and Tobacco (1962). In his first own film, The Peach Thief (1964, adapted from Emiliyan Stanev's novella), Vulo Radev expresses his anguish for modern man (along the lines of Godart and Antonioni) through the love story between the Serbian Officer Ivo, a prisoner of war at the concentration camp of the Bulgarians, and Lisa, the wife of the city's commander - a great love story amidst the inhuman hatred of war. The critics praise the excellent artistic knowledge; sensitivity in conception and structure of the subject matter; as well as excellent guiding of actors. As a chamber piece, the drama was made in the style of the then popular realistic psychological literature. Radev used the same style in his next film The King and The General (1966), a story of the conflict between King Boris III and General Zaimov, who tried in the beginning of the World War II to prevent both Bulgarian's alliance with Germany and its entry into the war against Soviet Union. Radev broke a number of conventions in this film too. Other films directed by him include The Longest Night (1967), Doomed Souls (1975, adapted from Dimitar Dimov's novella), and The Black Angels (1970). In 1981, he directed Adaptation, a film addressing issues of insanity. Radev received the Dimitrov Prize in 1969.- Make-Up Department
Dimitar Koklin was born on September 3, 1938 in Sofia in the family of Alexander Koklin. His father was an emigrant from Russia's "White Army" during the Civil War in Russia (1917-1922). The father went to settle in Bulgaria in 1920. His family is of noble ancestry. Dimitar Koklin finished the School of Crafts in Sofia. In Boyana Film Studios he recorded on course for beauticians. After completion of the training, she won the competition and began working as an assistant makeup artist. Koklin worked in Film Studios since 1959. He realized their concepts as a makeup artist in over 40 Bulgarian movies. The first film in which he was makeup artist was "We Were Young", directed by Binka Zhelyazkova. He has his work in dozens of films As a specialist in makeup and special effects. He worked with many Bulgarian film directors such as Lybomir Sharlandzhiev, Zahari Zhandov, Grisha Ostrovski, Metodi Andonov, Borislav Sharaliev, Georgi Djulgerov, Gueorgui Stoyanov, Zako Heskiya, Ludmil Staikov, Vulo Radev, Plamen Maslarov, Hristo Piskov and Irina Aktasheva, Svetoslav Ovtcharov, Ivaylo Hristov. Koklin was wanted for numerous foreign film productions. Dimitar Koklin worked at the largest theaters in the country - at the National, Youth and Satire Theater and for their work in the Theatre "Bulgarian Army" in 2000 was awarded the "Golden hammer". More than a decade Dimitar Koklin worked with the actors in TV performances " Canaletto ", " Outcasts " and " Slavi's Show ". He defined his work as an alloy of pedantry and fantasy. Already established master of makeup Dimitar Koklin transmit the secrets of the craft to their students. He died on November 3, 2014 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Director
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Lyubomir Sharlandzhiev was a Bulgarian film director and actor. He graduated from the Sofia Academy of Dramatic Art after studying theater direction. He was in training in Moscow in the classes of Mikhail Rom. His debut in cinema is the film A Chronicle of Sentiments (1962). The films by Lyubomir Sharlandzhiev strove to examine what goes on inside people, and to discover more than superficial glance can reveal. In Crack-up (1966), he showed a spiritual crisis of a newspaperman who had to resort to fraud to put across a beneficial project. In Prosecutor (1968), he explored the dilemma of a man who is supposed to sign a warrant for the arrest of a friend he knows to be innocent. This film was released after the fall of communist regime in November 1989. In The Odor of Almonds (1967), based on the scenario by the one of most experienced scriptwriters Pavel Vezhinov, he presented two love story of three couple, two no equilateral marital triangles. In later films, such as The Best Man I know (1973) Sharlandzhiev resorted to sheer moralizing. Nevena Kokanova was cast in her first major screen role opposite Lyubomir Sharlandziev in the 1957 film "Years of Love". Lyubomir falls in love with her at first sight, and the 19-year old, inexperienced Nevena marries her first on-screen romantic partner. He directs Nevena in a multitude of plays, first in Gabrovo, then in Ruse, all the while acting as her unofficial acting tutor, constantly honing her skill. Lyubomir Sharlandzhiev had many national prizes for his films. In 1980 he received Gran Prix of Union of Bulgarian filmmakers "Golden Camera" for his achievement in the Bulgarian film art.- Writer
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Valeri Nissim Mevorah, better known by his pen-name, Valeri Petrov, was born on April 22, 1920, in Sofia to a Jewish father and Bulgarian mother. Besides poems, novels and translations from Russian, Italian and English, Petrov authored numerous film scripts and plays - both for adults and for children. During World War II, he took part in the resistance against the pro-Nazi regime in Bulgaria and remained close to left-wing political thought through his life. In 1970, he clashed with the communist regime in Bulgaria after refusing to sign an official petition denouncing the awarding of the Nobel Prize to Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn. As a result, Petrov was not allowed to publish for years, so he turned to translating. Petrov was held in high esteem in his country and after the collapse of the totalitarian regime in 1989, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature by Bulgaria's Writers' Union.- Ginka Konstantinova Stancheva was a Bulgarian stage and film actress. She was born on June 15, 1932 in Sofia. In 1955, she graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in the class of Professor Stefan Surchadzhiev and began her career in the Blagoevgrad Drama Theater with the role of Blaga in "The Seedlings Bloom" by Slavcho Krasinski. She worked there until 1958. From 1958 to 1992 she played on the stage of the National Youth Theatere . From 1993 to 1998, she worked with the Barbukov theatre company and the municipal Renaissance Theatre. Stancheva played many stage roles, including Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet", Olivia in "Twelfth Night" and the Queen in "Richard II" (all by William Shakespeare); Mila in "The Skirts of Vitosha" by Peyo Yavorov; Maria in "Beautiful Lady" by Doncho Tsonchev; Anna in "Above All, Love" by Damyan Damyanov; Esmeralda in "Hunchback of Notre Dame" by Victor Hugo; Katya in "Humiliated and Offended" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Mary in "Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain; Dasha in the "Barbarians" by Maxim Gorky; and Sister Yankova in "Roses for Dr. Shomov" by Dragomir Asenov.
She also appeared in radio and television. She garnered fame in 1957 for her performance in the film "Earth", directed by Zahari Zhandov. The film competed at the Cannes Film Festival. Stancheva starred in 19 films, including "Lyubimetz 13", " Specialist Everything", and "Night of the White Horse". She also appeared in Bulgaria's soap opera, "Family Kalinkovi". In 1984, she participated in the dubbing, for Bulgarian TV, of the popular Spanish children's series "Blue Summer". - Georgi Rusev was born on May 7, 1928 in village Kostenetz bathroom , Bulgaria. He is the son of a priest, a settler from Macedonia . In 1952 he graduated from National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria with a degree in acting in the class of Professor Filip Filipov . He began his acting career at the Plovdiv Drama Theatre ; continued for several years in Sofia Youth Theatre and finally settled in Pernik Theater between 1966 and 1990. Since 1977 he had been a Chief Manager of the Pernik Drama Theatre "Bojan Danovski". Georgi Rusev was among the founders of the Little City Theatre "Off the Channel" in 1990. In recent years, he had taken roles in Theatre 199 , in the private theater "Alternative" and in the National Theatre . Besides the theater, Rusev played in the cinema. He debuted in 1966 in the movie " The beginning of a vacation ." His interest in the cinema ignited the scripts by Georgi Mishev . He had involved in many of the emblematic Bulgarian movies from the 1970th and 1980th . Unforgettable by their color are his roles (usually negative characters) in the movies "A Peasant on a Bicycle " and " Matriarchy ", directed by Lyudmil Kirkov; " Ladies Choice ", "Dangerous Charm ", and " Yesterday ", directed by Ivan Andonov; " The Hare Census ", directed by Eduard Sachariev; " Examinations at any time "," 13th bride of the prince ", directed by Ivanka Grybcheva. In 1977, he was awarded with the title " People's Artist "; in 2006 he was awarded with the honorary award " Asker " for Lifetime Achievement; in 2008 he was awarded with the Order of " St. St. Cyril and Methodius "with the necklace. He died in Sofia on 1 April 2011 after a serious illness, aged 82.
- Zhivko Margaritov Garvanov is Bulgarian actor . He was born Harmanli, Bulgaria on June 20, 1934. He graduated National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in 1959 with a degree in "acting in the class of Professor Filip Filipov. After the Academy, along with classmates Violeta Bahchevanova, Lily Raynova, Assen Kisimov, Vulcho Kamarashev and Vasil Stoychev he was appointed in the troupe of the Burgas Drama Theater "Adriana Budevska." It was a legendary period of this theater. Garvanov had a possibility to work with such directors as Leon Daniel, Vili Tzankov, Yuliya Ognyanova. Then he has moved to Sofia Drama Theater "Tears and Laughter", in which he has stayed until the end of his life. He has taken part in many Bulgarian movies. Garvanov died on July 21, 1998 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Tatiana Lolova was born on 10 February 1934 in Sofia. She graduated in Acting from National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia in 1955, then played a year at Ruse Drama Theatre and became one of the founding members of the State Theatre of Satire (1956-1978). In 1978-1989 joined the company of Sofia Theatre. In her early career she was more popular for her radio than her stage performances, but the advent of TV made her a real celebrity. Starring in over 50 features and TV series with, among others, An Incredible Story (1964); Birds and Greyhounds (1969); The Five of the Moby Dick (1970); Indian Summer (1973); Stars in the Hair, Tears in the Eyes (1977); Warmth (1978); Good Luck, Inspector! (1983); Dangerous Charm (1984); After the End of the World (1998); The English Neighbour (2011); House Arrest (2011).
- Evstati Dimitrov Stratev was born on February 11, 1934 in Shumen, Bulgaria. He is the son of another Bulgarian famous actor - Dimitar Stratev. Evstati Stratev graduated in "acting" at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art in 1959. Besides his roles in the Drama Theaters, he was a very popular Bulgarian cinema actor. He had taken participation in forty five Bulgarian movies and TV films. He died on November 22, 1984 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Nikolai Dimitrov Binev is a Bulgarian theater and cinema actor. He was born on July 5, 1934 in Sliven, Bulgaria. He graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaraia in the class of Professor Krusty Mirsky. He was very famous for his numerous films and theatrical incarnations, as well as the work in the Youth Theatre, named in 2006 to his name. In the last years of his career, he participated in productions by foreign directors and starred with popular foreign actors such as Catherine Deneuve (in the film "East - West"). Nikolai Binev was invited to the troupe of a lot of Bulgarian theaters, but remains faithful to the Youth Theatre and for their entire life plays only at its scene. He participated in a number of adaptations and audio dramatizations of children's stories. In 2004, the Youth Theatre and the wife of actor - Domna Ganeva , issued CD "Nikolai Binev singing". The album includes arias from operas by Verdi and Cimarosa , songs from the musical "Yesterday" by Lyubomir Denev and children's songs "Dr. Doolittle", " To put it mildly ", " Knob sleep ", "A Tale of Boy Star", "Dwarf-Long Nose," "New Clothes of the King" by Valeri Petrov and Georgi Genkov , and other performances of the Youth Theatre. Nikolai Binev has been awarded twice with the Prize " Asker " - for leading actor in 1995 and for lifetime achievement in 2000. He is a winner of the Awards "Golden Rose", "Golden Pen", "Golden Muse", Union of the Bulgarian actors and the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers' Awards; Best Actor Award for the movie " Night with the White Horses " - 1985. He died on December 8, 2003 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Severina Draganova Teneva is a Bulgarian actress . She was born in Sofia, Bulgaria on September 30, 1945. She graduated National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in 1967 with a degree in "acting". The actress Severina Teneva has participated in productions of Plovdiv Drama Theater and Pazardzhik Drama Theater. She had taken participation in Bulgarian cinema (14 films). Unfortunately the actress died young from cancer, 38 years old. She was a daughter of Dragan Dimitrov Tenev, 1919-1999, Bulgarian lawyer, writer, journalist and art critic, who is also known by his broadcasts on Bulgarian National Television. Her grandmother was Severina (Ruza Draganova Teneva, 1882-1953) - the first Bulgarian poetess. Her grandfather was Dimitar Tanev - artist. Severina Teneva died on November 12, 1983 in Sofia, Bugaria.
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Petya Dubarova was born on April 25, 1962 in Burgas. He began writing poetry at a very early age by her first publications in the newspapers " Septemvriyche " and " People's Youth", magazines " Native Speech " and " Youth ". Her spiritual mentors were poets Hristo Fotev and Grigor Lenkov . She studied at the English language school in Burgas, which is her dream - Petya says he loves the English language. She repeatedly gave readings of their works in front of their classmates. Despite the early glory, which defines her as "the youngest among the greatest artists of Bulgaria" , Dubarova remained loyal and good friend, diligent schoolgirl and naughty girl. She was very sociable and cheerful and had many friends. In 1978 she took part in the film directed by Georgi Djulgerov " Swap ". Year before the end of his life, Petya was overwhelmed by heavy thoughts associated with despair and disappointment with humanity. On December 4, 1979, under 18 years Petya committed suicide at his home in Burgas with sleeping pills. After her surprising and mysterious death slide various rumors about the causes of suicide. Even today there is a version in which the poet committed suicide because of a botched Komsomolsk charge of sabotage. The prosecution is damaged sprinkler occasion of automated line during secondary school brigade factory. With tragic choices girl shared the fate of many Bulgarian famous poets - Penyo Penev, Dimitar Boyadzhiev , Peyo Yavorov , Andrey Germanov , Veselin Andreev , Rosen Bosev and Hristo Banking . Poetry Petya is marked by its desire for a better, more honest, more dedicated world an unlimited, even boundless gifts of kindness, happiness and smiles. Her only book of poetry "Me and the Sea" was published posthumously in 1980, and a few years later by printing out the book "The blue magic" in which collected all her creativity, her personal letters and diary.- Director
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Vasil Dimov Gendov (Vasil Dimov Hadzhigendov) is a Bulgarian director , actor and playwright . He is the author of the first Bulgarian film " Bulgarian is gallant " (screened on January 13, 1915 old style), a comedy in the style of Max Linder. Vasil Gendov was born on November 24, 1891 in Sliven, Bulgaria. In the period 1905 - 1907 he is a student-intern at Theatre " Tears and Laughter " and the National Theatre . His debut was in the role of Robert Pfeiffer in the play "Educators" by O. Ernst. He graduated Theater School "Otto" in Vienna , specialized in Berlin , in the movie house "AIKO". In the period 1910 - 1912 he was an actor in the troupe of Rose Popova . In 1921, he with his wife Zhana Gendova created Sofia Itinerant Theater, where he was the chief manager, director and actor. He was a founder of Bulgarian Film Arts, creator of the first Bulgarian film production cooperative "Yantra film." Gendov initiated the establishment of the first Union of Actors in Bulgaria (1919 - 1920), the Union of Filmmakers in Bulgaria ( 1931), and the Museum of Bulgarian Cinematography (1948). He is the creator of the first Bulgarian feature film "Bulgarian is gallant ," as a screenwriter , director and actor. Vasil Gendov was at center of cinematographic life in the twenties. This tireless and ambitious film maker seemed to be the most persistent in endeavoring to build a national cinema. Vasil Gendov made films in which he played leading parts, contributed regularly to the press, fought for the cause of the handful of pioneers of the Bulgarian cinema and tried to organize them professionally. His inexhaustible spirit radiated something of the enchantment of the first years of Bulgarian cinema. He created and produced "The Revolt of the Slaves" - the first Bulgarian sound film. This is the first film about national hero Vasil Levski. The production was shot in 1932 in Karlovo. Gendov is the author of the memoirs "Thorny Path of a Bulgarian film". He died on September 3, 1970 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Stoyan Stoev was born on November 25 1941 in Harmanli, Bulgaria. He graduated National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria with a degree in acting in 1965. He began to work in Burgas Drama Theatre, and then - in the Army Theatre in Sofia . He was awarded at "Golden Rose" National Film Festival in Varna for the role of Zahari Stoyanov in "Notes on Bulgarian Uprisings". When he was invited in "Notes ..." he is almost 35 years old and in a conversation pleaded resignation that his whole professional life will pass only on stage. But Borislav Sharaliev sees his incredible resemblance to Zahari Stoyanov and so the actor debuted straight with a starring role in the series. Then he already starred in many other films, playing regularly in the Army Theatre. His colleagues say that for Stoyan Stoev was a big blow secrets to the Soviet Union and Bulgaria, which revealed Gorbachev's perestroika. He died on January 24, 2000 in Sofia, Bulgaria. After his death. The newspaper "Culture" published the following obituary: "Stoyan Stoev left the stage. He did it somehow quietly and gently. He was a very good actor and a very good man. His talks with the viewer had confidence dramatically candid with love and understanding to people. Many are his roles that are remembered and he is due to the creative glory of the Bulgarian army Theatre, whose stage play thirty".
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Lyubomir Pipkov was born on September 6, 1904 in Lovech, Bulgaria. He is a son of the composer Panayot Pipkov. Lyubomir Pipkov is a representative of the so-called "second generation" of Bulgarian composers, one of the founders of the "Society of Bulgarian Composers for Contemporary Music "(1933). His varied creative realization as a composer, writer and poet, publicist and public figure, educator and artist with a bright social position and progressive for the time belief has made him as a leading figure in the musical culture and Bulgarian intellectual elite in the twentieth century. He studied piano in the class of Ivan Torchanov and H. Wiesner. He graduated from Ecole Normale de Musique Paris (France), in the composition class of Paul Duke and N. Boulanger, and in the piano class of Yves Lefebure. After his final return to Bulgaria in 1932, he had worked as an accompanist and chorus master at the Sofia Opera and was actively involved in the work of the newly established "Contemporary Music" society. After 1944 he is a Chief of the Sofia Opera (1944-48). Since 1948 he is a professor of vocal ensembles in Music Academy "Pancho Vladigerov"). He was a founder and first editor of the magazine "Music" (1948) (since 1953 - "Bulgarian music"). He participated in many congresses and international juries. He was a Chairman of the Union of Bulgarian Composers (1945-54). He was a Honorary member of the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers (1974). He was posthumously honored with the title of Corresponding Member of Arts of the German Democratic Republic (today Germany). He had composed in all genres of their time creatively rethinking their imagery and musical language. He composed three operas; vocal-orchestral works; 4 symphonies and other symphonies for string and chamber orchestra; voice and chamber orchestra; chamber music; choral, solo songs, children's songs, folk song for voice and piano; film music and more. Among his choral masterpieces are "Levels", "Spring Wind", "Yellow Butterfly", "Nani my Nani, Damyancho", "Muted Songs" cycle for female choir and others have permanently entered the repertoire of Bulgarian choirs and established reputation of Bulgarian choral art of authoritative international forums. He died on May 9, 1974 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Peyo Yavorov was born on 1 January 1878 in Chirpan, Kingdom of Bulgaria. He was a writer, known for Dve hubavi ochi (2001). He was married to Lora Karavelova. He died on 29 October 1914 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Vera Mutafchieva was a Bulgarian writer, novelist. Vera Petrova Mutafchieva was born on March 28q 1929 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She is a daughter of the historian Professor Petar Mutafchiev, a member of the Academy of Sciences since 1937. She graduated history at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" (1951). The creative way of Vera Mutafchieva began in 1952with the studies on the history of Bulgaria in the Ottoman era. There are over 35 her books of fiction in numerous editions, some have been translated into 12 languages. Among the most famous of her artistic works are: "Chronicle of the Time of Unrest," "The Case Jam," "Last Shishmans", "Process 1973", "The Knight", "A card Game for two hands", "Tale Double Bottom", " Book about Sofronii "; " Alcibiades Small " and " Alcibiades Great "," Image Impossible", "The youth of Rakovski "," Foretold by Pagane "," bombs " , " Unity is strength " ," I, Anna Komnene "; collections of essays "And Clio is the Muse" , "White World", "Reactions", "And scary is, mother, and cheerfully" , "Habit Balkans" , "Let's say goodbye to the XX century", a collection of interviews "For now." Her career Vera Mutafchieva ends with the memoirs - "Unraveling my Father", "Family saga"; three parts "Occurrences" and the concluding "Fables". Selected her writings have been published in 12 volumes in 2008. She is the author of the play "The Way" played in the Youth Theatre and the play of Vasil Levski "The Process" which has not been staged. He is the screenwriter of "Khan Asparuh" and the movie "Minority". On the base of her novel " A card Game for two hands" is written the screenplay for the movie "Tough Love" (1974). She was awarded with the Grand Prix "Golden Rose" for the screenplay of "Khan Asparuh" at Film Festival in Varna (1982). She died on June 9, 2009 in Sofia.
- Andrey Mirchovski was born on 25 October 1953 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He was an actor, known for Yan Bibiyan (1985). He died in 1992 in Sozopol, Bulgaria.
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Bulgarian director and screenwriter Ivan Cherkelov was born in Lovech in 1957. He graduated from the High Institute of Theater Arts in 1982, with a degree in film directing. He received the Burgas Municipality Award during Sofia Film Fest On The Beach for Christmas Tree Upside Down and the Jury's Special prize in Karlovy Vary and he was also nominated for the Grand prize in Cottbus.- Director
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Sharaliev graduated from the St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia University and the VGIK, Moscow. He has worked at Boyana Film Studio, Bulgaria and had been a member of the Parliament from 1972 to 1980. He was a Chair of the Board of the directors of Boyana Film Studio. He was the winner of a numerous Grand Prix at national and international film festivals. He is known for A Song about the Man (1954), Knight without Armor (1966), A Shooting Day (1969), Farewell, Friends! (1970), The Indispensable Sinner (1971), The Apostles (1976), All Is Love (1979), The Thrust (1981), Boris I: The Conversion to Christianity & Discourse of Letters (1985), Plyontek (1991).