Manja Tzatschewa

Manja Tzatschewa (February 10, 1897 – circa 1966) was a Bulgarian-born actress, who starred in many German silent films during the 1920s. Biography Maria Trifonova Tzatschewa was born on February 10, 1897 in Lovech, Bulgaria. In 1918, she played the Chinese girl Nang Ping in the film Mr. Wu, directed by Lupu Pick. The following year she starred opposite Conrad Veidt and Max Landa in The Japanese Woman. Her first major motion picture role was in The Pearl of the Orient in 1921. She was married to German director Manfred Noa. Her younger sister Tzwetta Tzatschewa was also an actress, working in German cinema. Manja Tzatschewa died in 1966.