Stepan Vasilievich Shagaida (Ukrainian: Степан Васильович Шагайда, real name Stepan Shagardin; January 9, 1896 in the village Belogolovy (now Ternopil region, Ukraine) – January 12, 1938 in 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
• 1931 - Karmelyuk as Karmelyuk
• 1932 - Ivan as Ivan's father
• 1935 - Aerograd as Stepan Glushak
• 1937 - Rich Bride as hairdresser Sidor Vasilyevich Balaba

References

External links

• Stepan Shagaida at IMDb

На других языках

[ru] Шагайда, Степан Васильевич