When they realize their feelings are more than a fleeting infatuation, the two move into an apartment in Pernik
Love! So many years have passed and I can say for sure that our relationship with Anya Pencheva was love. We loved each other very much, but at some point it became incredibly beautiful and I got scared. I asked to break. She had everything ahead of her: children, building her career and I felt tired. Anya, life wanted her, and I was a middle-aged man – 43 years old.
This is what the great Stefan Danailov shared about his great love for actress Anya Pencheva to journalist Georgi Toshev in his book “Game of Life”.
Just a few days ago, the premiere of the biography took place in the Odeon cinema, as well as the documentary about the Master – “Lambo from Sofia”, by Georgi Toshev, Emma Konstantinova and Boris Pintev.
Much has been written about the great love between Anya (nee Anushka) and Danailov. But for the first time, the actor admits things about her intimate world that relate specifically to her, as well as the other women in her life.
At the time, Lambo was the most photographed Bulgarian artist. He switches from one film to another with ease. In just two years he shot eight, including ‘Warm’, ‘Out of Nothing’ and ‘Ladies Invite’. It was during this period that he met Anya. The culprit is stuntman Dimitar Kehaiov. Lambo, in his typical style, plays another joke. Their eyes meet. “If a girl can imagine Stefan, I’ll say: It was like having against you
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He was beautiful and he knew it. And his modesty was unknown to him, ”Anya says about their first meeting in the book.
He is very strong as a person. She seems fragile, naïve even, but she has character. He creates a special comfort around her. And her smile can melt you. I was going through midlife crisis, I did a lot of work in film, theatre, television, radio, stage. All was calm at home. Mary, my wife and I had surprised him in the middle of family life: making sure he was okay, had everything he needed, seeing friends, no surprises. And suddenly Anya appears! Something inside me began to awaken. She makes me feel alive, excitedStefan Danailov tells Georgi Toshev.
When they realize that the feelings between the two are more than a fleeting infatuation, Anya and Stefan live in Pernik in the apartment of actor Iliya Georgiev. Pencheva’s parents are
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Lambo gathers courage and leaves the family home in Sofia. He doesn’t hide from his wife Maria that he has a serious crush, and asks for time before deciding how he will continue his life. After that, however, the actor wishes to part ways.
It was too beautiful, we traveled a lot, we laughed, we loved each other a lot. At one point it was so incredibly good that I was scared. Everything was ahead of her: to have a family, children, to build a career. At some point, I saw myself old, tired and Anya wanted her life. It’s hard to explain, but we broke up. However, we have kept in touch over the yearsexplains the Master.
After this decision, he never regrets that he did it himself. So it got better. His life is now rich, exciting, he has a wonderful family, children, grandson. And I went back to MariaLambo says. His wife Mary takes it for granted. According to the actor, he had a knack for not showing what was in his soul about him.
It’s painful. I am strong in my emotions, I show them, I don’t hold back, I quickly forget the bad. I release, pass. For me happiness is a moment, I’m looking for love. Only there is reconciliationStefan concludes wisely.
Maria, the actor’s only wife, remained his companion and faithful advisor in the difficult years of fame and oblivion, political intrigues and acting stunts. My first memory of Mary is when she bites into a cigarette and laughs devilishly. I’m coming home on leave from the barracks. I come home, and there my sister and Kondov invited friends. Mary is with her husband Vili Tsankov. I notice it, after all I am a connoisseur. Elegant dress. Different. I live. But I don’t even imagine how life will bring us togethersays Lambeau.
The fateful encounter occurs shortly after Lambeau has been fired from the barracks. The accident looks like a scene from a movie. They were both embarrassed and he invited her to a party. She took it that she came. We have not separated from each other. Chemistry! We lived together. I didn’t care about anything except waking up next to her, recalls the actor. According to social rules, the two illegally live under the same roof. The watchful neighbors complain that they don’t have an official signature on the civil part, and walk away. They invite their friends Zaza and Lubo as witnesses. They quickly sign in the heavenly councils. After that, Lambo got on the plane and went to Varna, where he starred in the film “The Sea”.
Dad got along well with Mary. They were close in their own way. However, this didn’t work out with the rest of the family.
My surname
he didn’t accept it. Never
I didn’t understand why
Perhaps there was a little jealousy, recalls Danailov. Maria herself for a long time tried to get pregnant with this love, but she still lost. I wasn’t jealous of him because I know my price. He’s a light man, but they don’t heal. I can’t be warned, if someone wants to screw up, he always will. This is not resolved with scandals and quarrels, but with love. My mother used to say, “It’s important for a man to come home.” i believe in this, says Maria in an interview in 2010. She accepts, without making a scene, Stefan and his son from the actress Irene Krivoshieva. Maria learns about Vladimir from her ex-husband Vili Tsankov. She listens to him coldly and never asks her husband for an explanation. Mary accepts and forgives.
Sometimes I think about cheating. No matter how you apologize, you did it. Guilt is something I still carry. I have sins and vices, but they weren’t deep enough to put pressure on my conscience. I don’t remember cheating on Mary. But I can’t deny any of my actions and hobbiesLambeau admitted during his lifetime.
In the life of the great actor there are many women
And he always speaks of it with love. But each time she made it clear that she Mary was off the charts because she was the most important person to him. Without his support, care and love, he would never have achieved what generations of Bulgarians will remember him for.
The only one who can be compared with Maria from Stefan in love is Anya Pencheva. Stefan calls her: “My girlfriend man”.
He knew the power of her dangerous charm. And she didn’t hesitate to use it. And it wasn’t easy and I was horrified at the thought that I could destroy someone’s family, Anya tells more about their love. For one of her meetings with him, the actress was shaking with excitement like never before. She was in the company of her son Vladimir. Both are saddened when they learn about Stefan Danailov’s bad diagnosis. So the Lord God has decided. It is better than fighting, Vladi says. For Anya, Lambo’s heir skinned him, it looks like young Danailov. He talks a lot, hugs tight like his fatherPencheva says with a smile.
For the meeting with Stefan, they packed her carefully, as she enters the intensive care unit. I was bloated like an astronaut. He gestured like he always did, winking at me with two curved fingers, like when he started singing to me. I kissed him and sat next to him. I told him I had been here for a while, as we and Vladi had been waiting for a long time “for his vain father to get drunk.” However, the tension gripped me the most. I looked at his eyes: they had disappeared and I understood that he was there and he wasn’t there. A bit like leaving the stage before the curtain falls. In a moment he sighed and squeezed my hand tightly. I told him: “Come on darling, your son is waiting for you. He skinned you”, to which he snorted pleased. I stroked him and got up. I left. I promised to come back.
I left like a church – I walked backwards, I didn’t want to turn away from him,
Anya Pencheva recalls her last visit to her great love Stefan Danailov.
“Game of Life” is a book about and by Stefan Danailov. About love and lack of love, about the enormous desire to meet others, for cinema and theatre. A personal story that becomes the story of a heterogeneous society of freaks, now on the verge of extinction, says talented journalist Georgi Toshev about his work.
The documentary film about the life of the actor – “Lambo from Sofia” was also shown at the premiere of “Game of Life”. It focuses on little-known facts from the life of Stefan Danailov. The tape shows some of the actor’s favorite places in his hometown. Meeting his driver Misho, his elementary school classmates, fellow students of the Theater Academy and colleagues such as Tsvetana Maneva and Elena Raynova aroused great interest. Vice-President Iliyana Yotova, Deputy Minister of Culture Dr. Plamen Slavov and representatives of the municipality came to view the tape.
The events were dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the birth of the great actor Stefan Danailov.
