The curious thing is that Peneva’s grandson is half Italian and cried over Botusha. Her daughter went there to seek her fortune years ago, and she and the child’s father had a long relationship before they decided to become parents. More than once, the on-screen Pepi shared that she went through the 9 circles of hell in raising her daughter. As a single mother, her money was not enough for anything, but she never regretted that she chose to raise her alone, writes “Weekend”. She was glad now that Theodora was well provided for, though she had never felt a father’s caress.
For many years, the identity of the father of the Peneva heiress was a mystery.
It was only after his death that the star of “An Orchestra Without a Name” lifted the curtain and decided to reveal who he was. “When I got pregnant, the man had a family, that’s why I didn’t dare to divorce him. I just wanted him to recognize our daughter. This is Ivan Dimitrov Ivanov, at the time of the Soviet Union he was the construction secretary of the district committee of the BKP”, Zhivka admitted after years of silence. The fact is that her daughter does bear the names of her father, although she never knew him.
Her mother was extremely proud that Teodora was very respected and successful in Italy. She did not visit often because she did not want to impose herself on the young people. However, she willingly welcomed them home and gave her heart for her first grandchild. Although she has long since retired, the actress still yearned for the stage.
Laughingly, she joked with her friends that she was no longer suitable for the roles of beauties, as they used to take her for, but she still hoped that a director would invite her to be a screen mother, grandmother or mother-in-law. Some time ago, Zhivka shared that her pension is not enough and she supports herself financially by buying tickets at the Ruse theater and helping out hourly in one of the churches in the Danube city.
