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Vera Ignatieva

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Vera Ignatieva
Вера Игнатиева
A Portrait Photo of Vera Ignatieva
Born(1875-04-15)15 April 1875
Died13 December 1972(1972-12-13) (aged 97)
Known forTheatrical actress
SpouseGeno Kirov

Vera Ignatieva-Kirova (Bulgarian: Вера Игнатиева, 15 April 1875 – 13 December 1972) was a Bulgarian stage and film actress. She was also the spouse of Geno Kirov.

Biography

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Vera Ignatieva was born on 15 April 1875, in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. She graduated in the pedagogic high-school in Plovdiv. She later became a teacher in Pazardzhik. From 1895 until 1898 she studied dramatic art in the conservatory in Vienna. In 1898, she returned to Bulgaria and made her acting debut in Salza i Smyah as the role of Maria Zhana.

Vera Ignatieva specialized in Paris, Berlin, Vienna, and Moscow. She played in the Tear and Laughter Salza i Smyah troupe at the National Theater in Sofia from 1904 to 1923.

She is known as one of the first Bulgarian female actresses with a formal professional education.

She died on 13 December 1972 in Sofia.[1]

Major Theater Roles

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Major Film roles

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  • Pod Igoto (1952)
  • Parva Tochka (1956)[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Поклон пред паметта на Вера Игнатова - ярка българска актриса от миналото". PlovdivNow. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  2. ^ Petkova, Petya (2020-04-15). "На 15 април 1875 г. е родена българската артистка Вера Игнатиева!". Patrioti Net (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  3. ^ Научноинформационен център "Българска енциклопедия". Голяма енциклопедия "България". Том 186. (In Bulgarian). София: Книгоиздателска къща „Труд“. 2012.
  4. ^ "45 години от смъртта на Вера Игнатиева". calendar.dir.bg. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 2021-04-27.