Biography:

Bohdan Dmytrovych Chufus ( January 22, 1950 , Starunya village, Ivano-Frankivsk region – January 2, 2026 ) was a Ukrainian theater and film actor, TV presenter, and singer . [ 1 ] People’s Artist of Ukraine ( 2009 ).

His first specialty was paramedic , and he worked as a doctor in his native village for two years.

He entered the Kiev Karpenko-Kary Theater Institute (A. Skybenko’s course), where he graduated with honors ( 1975 ). He was sent to work at the Sevastopol Academic Russian Drama Theater named after A. Lunacharsky ( 1975 ). From 1977 to 2005 he worked at the Odessa Drama Theater , where he was awarded the high title of Honored Artist of Ukraine ( 1994 ).

Since 2005 , he has worked on Odessa Television . For this diligence and civic publicity [ 2 ] [ 3 ] in 2009 , Bohdan was awarded the title of People’s Artist of Ukraine . On the stage of theaters, he played hundreds of brilliant, characteristic roles , including… a female one. This is about reincarnation into the image of old Elizoveta Frantsivna in I. Pikovsky’s comedy “Golden Times”. He starred in a number of films. “Moon in the Forest” (1977), “Comedy Cocktail” (2003). Performer of Ukrainian folk songs [ 4 ] .

He died on January 2, 2026 [ 5 ] .

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