Stoyanka Mutafova(1922-2019)
- Actress
Stoyanka Mutafova was born on February 2,1922 in Sofia . Her father , Constantine Mutafov was a playwright at the National Theatre "Ivan Vazov" . In 1941, she graduated from the First Sofia Girls' High School . Then she graduated from Classical Philology in Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and the State Theatre School in Sofia. From 1946 to 1949, she worked in Theater in Prague , and from 1949 to 1956 at the National Theatre. She is a founding member of the State Theatre of Satire "Aleko Konstantinov" , where she worked from 1956 to 1991. Mutafova has 3 marriages. In 1946, she married her first husband, the Czech director Robert Rosner, when she was 23 years old, and he - 51. After marriage she went to live in Vienna , and then moved to Prague . In Prague Mutafova finishes second higher education at the theater department of the Prague Conservatory. Her second husband was Leonid Grubeshliev , by profession a journalist and translator. From this marriage is the only daughter of the actress - Maria Grubeshlieva - Muky. The third husband of Mutafova was the actor Neycho Popov. About him she says that he is the big love of her life. They have seen each other for the first time at the National Theatre, where she began to work as an actress, and he was a student at the National Academy. Stoyanka Mutafova is awarded with the order " St. St. Cyril and Methodius ", I grade in 1962; with the Honorary title "Honored Artist" in 1963; with the "National Order of Labour" , gold in 1972; with the Honorary title " People's Artist " in 1977; with the title Honorary citizen of Sofia in 2000; with the Order " Stara Planina " - 2002; with the title Honorary citizen of the town Burgas in 2002; with the Theater Award " Asker " in 2002; with the Sign " Golden Age " in 2012; with the title Honorary citizen of the town Sredets in 2012; With the Award "Golden Kukerikon" on the name of Georgi Kaloyanchev in 2013; with the Award "Golden blend" of "Jameson" for the role of grandmother Mariyka in the series " Capital citizen more" 2013; with the Award "Bulgaria You" in 2015; with the Citation for "Contribution to the culture and the enrichment of world theater" in 2015.
