Semyon Farada
Semyon Lvovich Ferdman PAR, better known by his stage name Semyon Farada (December 31, 1933, Nikolskoye village of Moscow Oblast, USSR – August 20, 2009, in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor.
Semyon Farada

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- Name
- Semyon Farada
- Birth Name
- Semyon Lyvovich Ferdman
- Born
- 31 December 1933
- Birthplace
- Nikolskoye, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR
- Died
- 20 August 2009
- Place of death
- Moscow, Russia
- Occupation
- Actor
- Spouse
- Maria Politseymako
- Awards
- People's Artist of Russia (1999)
- Full name
- Семён Львович Фердман.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union and Russia.
- Education
- Bauman Moscow State Technical University.
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Semyon Lvovich Ferdman PAR, better known by his stage name Semyon Farada (December 31, 1933, Nikolskoye village of Moscow Oblast, USSR – August 20, 2009, in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor.
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Biography
Biography
Semyon Farada studied at Bauman Moscow State Technical University. The recorded working language is Russian. Employment is recorded with Mosconcert and Taganka Theatre. Distinctions recorded are People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Honored Artist of the RSFSR and The Crystal Turandot.
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Key facts
• Name — Semyon Farada • Honorific Suffix — PAR • Birth Name — Semyon Lyvovich Ferdman • Born — 31 December 1933 • Birthplace — Nikolskoye, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR • Died — 20 August 2009 • Place of death — Moscow, Russia • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1968—2000 • Spouse — Maria Politseymako • Children — 1 • Awards — People's Artist of Russia (1999)
Early life
Early life
Ferdman was born into the Jewish family of army officer Lev Ferdman and pharmacist Ida Shuman. His father died when Semyon was 14. Later he tried to pursue a military career but failed the physical test at the Tank Forces School. He applied to Bauman Moscow State Technical University (then MVTU) and barely passed the exams; after three years in the classes he was drafted into the Baltic Fleet where he served for four years. The navy noticed Ferdman's artistic talent and assigned him to the Garrison Theatre in Baltiysk. There, while playing the part of a long-haired anarchist on stage, he was the only Baltic Fleet sailor allowed to wear long hair.
Career
Career
The navy provided Ferdman with recommendations to Moscow theatre directors, but he obeyed his mother's will and completed his courses at Bauman University, graduating in 1962. He worked as a mechanical engineer until 1969, and played as an amateur with Mark Rozovsky company based at Moscow University. Ferdman first appeared on screen in 1967. His stage name Farada was a nickname that emerged in one of his early filming tours of Central Asia. A studio manager refused to insert a Jewish surname, Ferdman, into film credits, and when Ferdman pressed him to "just invent some charade" (sharada), found nothing better than Sharada Farada. Farada stuck with the actor. In 1972, after authorities shut down the Rozovsky theatre, Yury Lyubimov recruited Farada to work at the Taganka Theatre with whom he remained until his death. Farada played in more than 70 films, notably with directors Mark Zakharov, Eldar Ryazanov and Aleksey German. A stroke in June 2000 after the funeral of his friend, playwright Grigory Gorin, forced Farada to retire from acting. He was married to actress Maria Politseymako and was father of actor Mikhail Politseymako, who both supported him in his final years.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Acting • The Very Same Munchhausen (Тот самый Мюнхгаузен, 1979) as Commander-in-Chief • The Garage (Гараж, 1980) as Trombonist • Charodey (Чародеи, 1982) as Guest from South • The House That Swift Built (Дом, который построил Свифт, 1982) as Governor • Formula of Love (Формула любви, 1984) as Margadon • After the Rain, on Thursday (После дождичка в четверг, 1985) as Shah Babadur • How to Become Happy (Как стать счастливым, 1986) as Kolobok • Gardemarines ahead! (Гардемарины, вперёд!, 1988) as director of Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation • Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation (Частный детектив, или Операция «Кооперация», 1989) as Mafioso • Voice acting • Entrance to the Labyrinth (Вход в лабиринт, 1989) as Pontyaga • Adventures of Captain Vrungel (Приключения капитана Врунгеля, 1989) as Giulico Banditto
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