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.
Vera Ignatieva | |
|---|---|
| Вера Игнатиева | |
 A Portrait Photo of Vera Ignatieva | |
| Born | 15 April 1875 |
| Died | 13 December 1972 (aged 97) |
| Known for | Theatrical actress |
| Spouse | Geno Kirov |
Biography edit
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.
Major Theater Roles edit
- Lyuba in Ludetina by Victor Krilov
- Dorina in Tartuffe by Molière
- Luisa in Intrigue and Love by Friedrich Schiller[2]
- Rosina in The Barber of Seville by Pierre Beaumarchais[3]
Major Film roles edit
- Pod Igoto (1952)
- Parva Tochka (1956)[4]
References edit
- ^ "Поклон пред паметта на Вера Игнатова - ярка българска актриса от миналото". PlovdivNow. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- ^ Petkova, Petya (2020-04-15). "На 15 април 1875 г. е родена българската артистка Вера Игнатиева!". Patrioti Net (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2021-04-27.
- ^ Научноинформационен център "Българска енциклопедия". Голяма енциклопедия "България". Том 186. (In Bulgarian). София: Книгоиздателска къща „Труд“. 2012.
- ^ "45 години от смъртта на Вера Игнатиева". calendar.dir.bg. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 2021-04-27.