Semyon Lyvovich Ferdman PAR, better known by his stage name Semyon
Farada (Russian: СемÑ'н Львович Фердман, СемÑ'н
Фарада, born December 31, 1933, Nikolskoye village of Moscow
Oblast, USSR â€" died August 20, 2009 in Moscow) was a Soviet and
Russian stage and film actor.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.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" (Russian: шарада,
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.
Farada (Russian: СемÑ'н Львович Фердман, СемÑ'н
Фарада, born December 31, 1933, Nikolskoye village of Moscow
Oblast, USSR â€" died August 20, 2009 in Moscow) was a Soviet and
Russian stage and film actor.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.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" (Russian: шарада,
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.
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