{{short description|Bulgarian actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Ружа Делчева<br/>Ruzha Delcheva | image = Ruzha Delcheva.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Ruzha Delcheva in ''A Dog in a Drawer'' (1982) | birth_name = Ruzha Nikolova Delcheva | birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|08|02}} | birth_place = Stara Zagora, Bulgaria | death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|11|26|1915|08|02}} | death_place = Sofia, Bulgaria | occupation = Film and Theatre Actress | other_names = | years_active = 1938–1989 | spouse = Alexander Tihov | website = | awards = }}

'''Ruzha Delcheva''' ({{langx|bg|Ружа Делчева}}, 2 August 1915 &ndash; 26 November 2002) was a Bulgarian stage and film actress.

She is probably best known for her memorable performance as Madam Zlata, costarring with Georgi Partsalev in the TV musical ''The Phoney Civilization'' (1974) directed by Hacho Boyadzhiev. She is also known for her numerous roles on the stage of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre most notably as Masha in ''Three Sisters'' by Anton Chekhov, Kostanda in ''Mother-in-law'' by Anton Strashimirov, Regina in ''The Little Foxes'' by Lillian Hellman and Beatrice in ''The Duchess of Padua'' by Oscar Wilde.<ref name="UBA"/>

Between 1968 and 1970, Ruzha Delcheva was a chairwoman of The Union of Bulgarian Actors (UBA).<ref name="UBA">[http://www.uba.bg/internal_en.php?sec=1#ruja_delcheva The Union of Bulgarian Actors (UBA) - Official page]</ref> In 2000, she was decorated with the high government prize the Order Of The Balkan Mountains.

==Selected filmography== {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- ! rowspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! colspan="3" style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! rowspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! rowspan="2" style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | English title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Bulgarian title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Transliteration |- | rowspan="1" | 1938 | ''Strahil Voivode'' | ''Страхил войвода'' | ''Strahil voyvoda'' | Ivana | short<br/>directed by Josip Novak |- | rowspan="1" | 1940 | ''They Were Victorious'' | ''Те победиха'' | ''Te pobediha'' | Rada | |- | rowspan="1" | 1956 | ''Item One'' | ''Точка първа'' | ''Tochka parva'' | the chairwoman | |- | rowspan="1" | 1957 | ''Years of Love'' | ''Години за любов'' | ''Godini za lyubov '' | Maria | |- | rowspan="1" | 1969 | ''Tzar Ivan Shishman'' | ''Цар Иван Шишман'' | ''Tzar Ivan Shishman'' | Teodora Sara | |- | rowspan="1" | 1974 | ''The Phoney Civilization'' | ''Криворазбраната цивилизация'' | ''Krivorazbranata tsivilizatsiya'' | Zlata | TV musical directed by Hacho Boyadzhiev |- | rowspan="1" | 1982 | ''A Dog in a Drawer'' | ''Куче в чекмедже'' | ''Kuche v chekmedzhe'' | Andro's grandmother | |- | rowspan="1" | 1985 | ''This Fine Age of Maturity'' | ''Тази хубава зряла възраст'' | ''Tazi hubava zryala vazrast'' | | directed by Hacho Boyadzhiev |}

==References== {{reflist|2}}

===Sources=== * {{cite book|last=Gencheva|first=Galina|title=Bulgarian Feature Films encyclopedia|year=2008|publisher=Publishing house "Dr Ivan Bogorov"|location=Sofia|isbn=978-954-316-069-3|ref=refFilmArchive}} * {{cite book|last=Kovachev|first=Pencho|title=50 Golden Bulgarian Films|year=2008|publisher=Publishing house "Zahariy Stoyanov"|location=Sofia|isbn=978-954-09-0281-4|ref=refGoldenFilms}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0216664|Ruzha Delcheva}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Delcheva, Ruzha}} Category:Bulgarian film actresses Category:Bulgarian stage actresses Category:Bulgarian television actresses Category:1915 births Category:2002 deaths Category:People from Stara Zagora