Manja Tzatschewa Explained

Manja Tzatschewa
Birth Name:Maria Trifonova Tzatschewa
Birth Date:February 10, 1897
Birth Place:Lovech, Bulgaria
Death Place:France
Occupation:Actress
Yearsactive:1917–1926

Manja Tzatschewa (Bulgarian: Маня Цанчева) (February 10, 1897  - circa 1966) was a Bulgarian-born actress, who starred in many German silent films during the 1920s.

Biography

Maria Trifonova Tzatschewa (Bulgarian: Мария Трифонова Цачева) was born on February 10, 1897, in Lovech, Bulgaria.[1]

In 1918, she played the Chinese girl Nang Ping in the film Mr. Wu, directed by Lupu Pick.[2] The following year she starred opposite Conrad Veidt and Max Landa in The Japanese Woman.[3] Her first major motion picture role was in The Pearl of the Orient in 1921.

She was married to German director Manfred Noa. Her younger sister Tzwetta Tzatschewa was also an actress, working in German cinema. Manja Tzatschewa died in 1966.

Filmography

References

  1. https://bg.listvote.com/lists/film/actors/маня-цачева-1890486/movies bg.listvote.com
  2. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273848/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm imdb.com
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=hxWBCgAAQBAJ&dq=manja+Tzatschewa+georg+basilk+and+conrad+veidt&pg=PA64 Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography, John T. Soister