{{short description|Bulgarian actress}} {{distinguish|text=athlete Mariyana Dimitrova}} {{Infobox person | name = Mariana Dimitrova | native_name = Мариана Димитрова | native_name_lang = bg | image = MarianaDimitrova.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Mariana Dimitrova in San Diego | birth_name = Мариана Димитрова | birth_date = May 28, 1954 | birth_place = Kozarevetz, Bulgaria | death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|06|01|1954|05|28|df=yes}} | death_place = San Diego, California | other_names = | occupation = actress | years_active = 1978–2005 | spouse = | partner = | website = }} '''Mariana Dimitrova''' ({{langx|bg|Мариана Димитрова}}) (1954–2005) was a Bulgarian actress born on May 28, 1954, in the small village of Kozarevetz, Veliko Turnovo region.

== Life and career == She graduated from the Bulgarian film academy. Her second husband was the prominent Bulgarian director Eduard Zahariev. From 1997 to 2005 she lived in San Diego, California.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}}

She played different roles in more than 30 Bulgarian movies, some of the most memorable ones in ''Manly Times'', ''Ladies' Choice'' and ''My Darling, My Darling''. She also took part in the Old Globe Theatre play ''Pentecost''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110728155000/http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com/?id=191 Globe’s ‘Pentecost’ is political theatre at its best]</ref> and in an episode of ''Six Feet Under''.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/six-feet-under/dancing-for-me/episode/418724/cast.html?tag=episode_header;cast Six feet under Dancing For Me Cast List] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129112946/http://www.tv.com/six-feet-under/dancing-for-me/episode/418724/cast.html?tag=episode_header%3Bcast |date=2010-11-29 }}</ref> She wrote two books published in Bulgaria: ''American Syndrome''<ref>[http://www.pe-bg.com/?cid=3&pid=6473 Американски синдром (една актриса разказва)]</ref> and ''Curious Travelers''. She committed suicide on June 1, 2005, by jumping from the eighth floor of a building.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bulgarian Actress Death in US "Second Suicide Attempt" - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency |url=https://www.novinite.com/articles/48307/Bulgarian+Actress+Death+in+US+%22Second+Suicide+Attempt%22 |website=www.novinite.com |access-date=28 January 2021 |date=June 3, 2005}}</ref>

== Filmography == # ''Bird of Prey'' (1995) (Хищна птица) # ''My Darling, My Darling'' (1986) (Скъпа моя, скъпи мой) # ''Green Fields'' (1984) (Зелените поля) # ''Elegy'' (1982) (Елегия) # ''Ladies' Choice'' (1980) (Дами канят) # ''Almost a Love Story'' (1980) (Почти любовна история) # ''Be Blessed'' (1978) (Бъди благословена) # ''Manly Times'' (1977) (Мъжки времена) # ''Fairy Dance'' (1976) (Самодивско хоро) # ''Doomed Souls'' (1975) (Осъдени души)

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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0227406|Mariana Dimitrova}}

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