Ginka Stancheva(1932-2023)

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".