Todor Kolev (actor)

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Todor Kolev Тодор Колев
Born	Todor Petrov Kolev (1939-08-26)26 August 1939 Shumen, Bulgaria
Died	15 February 2013(2013-02-15) (aged 73) Sofia, Bulgaria
Occupation(s)	Film and Theatre Actor Singer and Showman
Years active	1965–2013
Political party	Union of Democratic Forces (1989-1991) Independent (1991-2013)

Todor Petrov Kolev (Bulgarian: Тодор Колев; 26 August 1939 – 15 February 2013) was a leading Bulgarian film and stage actor, singer, comedian and TV presenter.

Born in

During the Communist rule, he was temporarily exiled from Sofia to Sliven for a joke he made in public that there were three Toshkos who made Bulgarians laugh ("Toshko" is the diminutive form of the name Todor in Bulgarian): the Communist leader Todor Zhivkov, the clown Toshko Kozarev and himself. However, in his biography Varnenskoto Sofianche Ot Shumen, Todor Kolev denies having ever said this.

Todor Kolev was a host of the late night TV show "Kak Shte Gi Stignem with Todor Kolev" (1994-1998) and "Free Entry" (1998-1999).

He died on 15 February 2013 in Sofia, after serious illness of lung cancer.

Filmography

References

Sources

• Gencheva, Galina (2008). Bulgarian Feature Films encyclopedia. Sofia: Publishing house "Dr Ivan Bogorov".
  ISBN 978-954-316-069-3
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• Kovachev, Pencho (2008). 50 Golden Bulgarian Films. Sofia: Publishing house "Zahariy Stoyanov".
  ISBN 978-954-09-0281-4
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• Todor Kolev at
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