Later on, she participated in the drama courses and lessons of Sava Ognyanov and Elena Snezhina.

Her first debut was in 1917, a movie called Lyubovta e Ludost or in English Love Is Madness.

[1] She actively participated in most of Vasil Gendov's movies as an actress, producer and assistant director between 1917 and 1937.

She was also the author of That, Which is Unspoken in the History of the Bulgarian film, a memoir book.

Gendova also became a founding member of the Bulgarian Film Actors Union in 1934.