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Bohdan Stupka in 2009
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Born |
Bohdan Sylvestrovych Stupka 27 August 1941 Kulykiv, General Government, Nazi Germany |
Died | 22 July 2012 Kyiv, Ukraine |
(aged 70)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1961-2012 |
Spouse(s) | Larysa |
Awards |
Bohdan Sylvestrovych Stupka (Ukrainian: Богдан Сильвестрович Ступка; 27 August 1941 – 22 July 2012) was a popular Ukrainian actor and the minister of culture of Ukraine. He was born in Kulykiv, General Government to Ukrainian parents. In 2001 he was a member of the jury at the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival. At the 26th Moscow International Film Festival he won the award for Best Actor for his role in Our Own.
Stupka has played more than a hundred roles in films and over fifty in theaters. Stupka has been awarded the title Artist of Ukraine and People's Artist of the USSR.Hero of Ukraine (The Order of the State) (2011).
Bohdan Stupka was buried on Baikove Cemetery in Kyiv.
His son Ostap Stupka is also an actor.