Stepan Shagaida

Stepan Shagaida
Born Stepan Vasilievich Shagardin
(1896-01-09)January 9, 1896
Belogolovy
Died January 12, 1938(1938-01-12) (aged 42)
Kharkiv
Occupation actor
Years active 1922–1937

Stepan Vasilievich Shagaida (Ukrainian: Степан Васильович Шагайда, real name Stepan Shagardin, January 9, 1896, the village Belogolovy (now Ternopil region, Ukraine) - January 12, 1938, Kharkiv) was a Ukrainian Soviet theater and film actor.

Biography

He served in the Red Army from 1920 until 1922.[1] His stage career began during the years of the Russian Civil War in the regimental Drama Theatre of the 45th Infantry Division.

In 1922, he studied at the Drama Studio theater Berezil (now Kharkiv Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Academic Drama Theatre). He began acting in films in 1924. In 1928, he became an actor of the Odessa and Kiev studios.[1] He appeared in the films of Les Kurbas and Alexander Dovzhenko (The writer and director of Aerograd (1935)).

At the end of 1937 he was arrested along with many Ukrainian film makers and shot in early 1938.[2]

Selected filmography

  • 1924 - Vendetta as Deacon Gordiy Svyatoptitsyn
  • 1926 - Vasya reformer as Mitya Kutsy
  • 1932 - Ivan as Ivan's father
  • 1935 - Aerograd as Stepan Glushak
  • 1937 - Rich Bride as hairdresser Sidor Vasilyevich Balaba

References

  1. 1 2 Степан Шагайда (Степан Шагадин) - биография
  2. ↑ П. Медведик, Л. Щербак. Шагайда Степан Васильович // Тернопільський енциклопедичний словник. — Тернопіль: видавничо-поліграфічний комбінат «Збруч», 2004—2010. — ISBN 966-528-197-6, том ІІІ, 2008
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