Konstantin Kotsev(1926-2007)

Konstantin Kotsev is famous Bulgarian actor , a favorite of several generations. He was born on June 4, 1926 in Istanbul, Turkey. He graduated National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in 1957. A year earlier he starred in the film "Two Victories." Then he played in " On a Small Island ", " Inspector and the Night ", and "Escape to Ropotamo", directed by Rangel Vulchanov, " The Penleve Case ", directed by Gueorgui Stoyanov, " White Room " and "There is Nothing Better Than a Bad Weather", directed by Metodi Andonov, " Heat ", directed by Vladinir Yanchev, "The Swedish Kings", directed by Lyudmil Kirkov, " The Tied Balloon ", directed by Binka Zhelyazkova and others. His last cinema role was in "Rhapsody in White", directed by Tedi Moskov. He was one of the founders and longtime actors of Satirical Theater "Aleko Konstantinov" . He had played in the Burgas Drama Theater "Adriana Budevska"(1958-1959) and in the Theatre "Sofia" (1984-1990). Among his stage performances are one-man show "Diary of a Madman" by Gogol ; Zhevakin in "Marriage" by Krutitski; "Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man" by Alexander Ostrovsky; Tartuffe in "Tartuffe " by Moliere . He had played in the plays by Yordan Radichkov: "January" and "Turmoil" and in the play by Nikola Rusev "The Old Man and the Arrow", directed by Metodi Andonov . In the last years of his life he had fall ill with Alzheimer's disease and died on August 4, 2007 in Sofia, Bulgaria.