1. Valentin Iosifovich Gaft was a Soviet and Russian actor.
12 Facts About Valentin Gaft
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Valentin Gaft was a People's Artist of the RSFSR.
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Valentin Gaft took a great interest in theater while in school and took part in the school theater amateur performance.
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Valentin Gaft graduated from the School-Studio at the Moscow Art Theatre.
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Valentin Gaft started his work for the cinema in 1956 in the Mikhail Romm's film Murder on Dante Street.
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In 1994, Valentin Gaft played Woland in Yuri Kara's film The Master and Margarita, which was only released in 2011.
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Valentin Gaft was married to the actress Olga Ostroumova from 1996 until his death.
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Valentin Gaft was the author of sharp and popular epigrams against many theatrical and movie figures.
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Valentin Gaft converted to Orthodox Christianity in 1990; his wife persuaded him to get baptized.
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In 2015 to the Ukrainian internet publishing "Gordon", Valentin Gaft proudly announced that he was a Putinist.
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In 2016, Valentin Gaft was banned from entering Ukraine, for "statements contradicted the interests of our national security".
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Valentin Gaft died on 12 December 2020 in Moscow at the age of 85.