Leontina Arditi

Full Name : Leontina Samuilova (Arditi) Stoyanova Birth Place & Date : Born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1929

Leontina Arditi was the only child to her parents Samuil Moisey Arditi, born in Belogradchik in 1902, and Mariika Samuil Arditi, born in 1906 in Sofia. Leontina’s family had very little money but tried to give her whatever she wanted anyways. Leontina was a professional violinist, but dropped that to become a

famous actress. She is one of the first women to perform a one-woman performance. Leontina also has another talent which is writing. She wrote an autobiography titled ‘”Sahraneni Broenitsi”.

This is what Bulgaria looked like in the 1940’s during Leontina’s lifetime.

This is a picture of Leontina and some of her jewish friends in the streets of Sofia when she was a little girl in 1943.

Bulgaria was one of the poverty stricken countries during the 1940’s. Bulgaria lost both of the World Wars when they were involved. The country was made up of Jews mainly, and most of them ended up moving all over the area of Europe to escape Hitler and the concentration camps.

Bogdan Filov was the leader of Bulgaria during the 1940’s. He was a very effective leader throughout this time period. During this time Bulgaria was involved in both of the World Wars. These wars left the country in poverty , also the people had to recover from the torture they went through for being Jews.This is a photograph of the soldiers who fought in the world wars.

This is a picture of Bulgaria’s currency in the 1940’s.

Bulgaria had a stable economy during the 1940’s until the second world war. This war caused the economy to slightly crash. Bulgaria, for a period of time, became a merchant based economy, because of the economic downfall.

This is a picture of Leontina playing the violin. When she became an adult

she played the violin professionally before getting involved with acting.

. This is a picture of Leontina and her grandmother on their way to a Jewish summer camp.

.This is a photo of Leontina’s father, Samuil Moisey Arditi .

This is a photograph of Mariika Samuil Arditi, Leotinas’ mother.

Leontina Arditi was Born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1929

Leontina married Dilo Arditi in the late 1950’s.

Leontina played her first acting role in 1952 after graduating from a performing arts college.

Leontinas’ first child Tanya was born in 1963.

Tanya developed a

serious cardiac

malfunction

Leontinas’ granddaughters, Leontina and Maria, the twins, were born on October 13th, 1982.