1. Oleg Vidov was born in either the Leninsky District, Moscow Oblast or Vidnoye, Moscow Oblast to Varvara Ivanovna Vidova, a teacher and a school principal, and Boris Nikolaievich Garnevich, an economist and a Finance Ministry deputy.
11 Facts About Oleg Vidov
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Oleg Vidov spent his childhood in Russia, Mongolia and East Germany where his mother was assigned to work.
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Oleg Vidov graduated in 1966 and continued his active movie career.
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Oleg Vidov was noticed by foreign directors and was given permission to perform in such films as Hagbard and Signe and Battle of Neretva, as well as a joined Soviet-Italian-American production Waterloo.
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Oleg Vidov denied it, claiming that his father-in-law was in fact a professor of Russian history who worked at university, although he admitted that Brezhneva was a close friend of his wife.
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Soon Oleg Vidov started dating a VGIK student Malvina Vishnya, which led to public scandal.
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In 1983 Oleg Vidov was given permission to live and work in Yugoslavia with his second wife, a Yugoslavian actress.
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Oleg Vidov was then able to emigrate to the US under a refugee visa from the US embassy in Rome obtained with the help of the International Rescue Committee.
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In 2007 Oleg Vidov co-founded Malibu Beach Recovery Center, a well-respected alcohol and drug treatment program based on the principles of neuroscience in Malibu, California.
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Oleg Vidov served as chairman of the board, and his wife Joan as CEO, until June 2014 when they sold the center to a medical investment branch of Wells Fargo Bank.
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Oleg Vidov died on May 15,2017, from complications following a battle with cancer at his Westlake Village, California, home at the age of 73.