Nadya Nozharova

Nadya Mateeva Nozharova (1916–2014), also known as Countess Nadya de Navarro Farber was a Bulgarian operetta singer and actress, American entrepreneur, philanthropist and Spanish countess.

Biography

Early life and career Nadya Nozharova was born in Pleven, Bulgaria on 21 November 1916. Her father was a tradesman for electrical materials. She studied at the American girls' school in Lovech, before she returned to Pleven and in 1934 started her career at the operetta theatre Angel Sladkarov with which she toured in Bulgaria.

After the disassembly of the theatre group, Nozharova played in the Odeon, Bulgaria, and Corporate Theatres. and the same year she married the Papal count de Navarro, a Spanish diplomat in Vatican City, from who she received the title "countess". They lived in Monte Carlo.

Following her second husband's death in 1949, Nozharova moved to the US and in 1953 married Sid Farber, who owned a building and real-estate company. After his death in 1985, she received a large estate and married Yuriy Farber.

Charity In the United States, she supported several organizations for assistance to Jewish and Venezuelan immigrants: the Red Cross in Monaco, the American Hospital in Paris, and the Princess Grace hospital in Monaco.

Death Nozharova died on 18 April 2014 on Long Island and was survived by her husband Yuri Farber, her daughter Evgenia and three grandchildren.

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