Nadya Nozharova

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Nadya Nozharova
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Nadya Nozharova, image from 1942. Source: Bulgarian Archives State Agency
Born
Nadya Mateeva Nozharova

(1916-11-21)21 November 1916
Pleven, Bulgaria
Died18 April 2014(2014-04-18) (aged 97)
Belle Terre, New York, United States
NationalityBulgarian
Occupation(s)Singer, actress, entrepreneur, philanthropist
Spouse(s)Angel Sladkarov (1936-1940)
Count of Navarro (1940-1949)
Sid Farber (1953-1985)
Yuriy Farber (1985-2014)

Nadya Mateeva Nozharova (1916-2014), also known as Countess Nadya de Navarro Farber [1] was a Bulgarian operetta singer and actress, [2] [3] American entrepreneur, philanthropist and Spanish countess. [4]

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Biography

Early life and career

Nadya Nozharova was born in Pleven, Bulgaria on 21 November 1916. Her father was a tradesman for electrical materials. She studied at the American girls' school in Lovech, before she returned to Pleven and in 1934 started her career at the operetta theatre Angel Sladkarov with which she toured in Bulgaria.

After the disassembly of the theatre group, Nozharova played in the Odeon, Bulgaria, and Corporate Theatres. [2] She subsequently moved to Germany, where she studied singing. Nozharova returned to Bulgaria in 1942 and starred in the film Izpitanie (English: Trial). [5] [3]

Family

After she started playing at the operetta theatre Angel Sladkarov in 1936, Nozharova married its namesake in the Troyan Monastery. [2] In 1940 they divorced [6] and the same year she married the Papal count de Navarro, a Spanish diplomat in Vatican City, from who she received the title "countess". They lived in Monte Carlo.[ citation needed ]

Following her second husband's death in 1949, Nozharova moved to the US and in 1953 married Sid Farber, who owned a building and real-estate company. [3] The couple built a faux Moorish-style castle as a holiday home on St Croix in the US Virgin Islands. [7] After his death in 1985, she received a large estate and married Yuriy Farber. [1]

Charity

In the United States, she supported several organizations for assistance to Jewish and Venezuelan immigrants: the Red Cross in Monaco, the American Hospital in Paris, and the Princess Grace hospital in Monaco. [4]

Death

Nozharova died on 18 April 2014 on Long Island and was survived by her husband Yuri Farber, her daughter Evgenia and three grandchildren. [4]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Бончев, Марин (7 April 2009). Надя Ножарова – актриса или жертва. в. "24 часа" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Коларова, Диана (14 October 2010). "Надя Ножарова, графиня дьо Наваро". dianakolarova.blogspot.com (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "In Memory of Countess Nadia de Navarro-Farber". dignitymemorial.com. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "In memoriam Надя Ножарова (графиня Надя де Наваро Фарбър) (1918–2014)". Българска национална филмотека (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Ценкова, Искра. Нещо за очите, нещо за ушите, та и за сърцето.... сп. "Тема" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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