Valeri Frid was born on January 13, 1922 in Tomsk, Tomsk uyezd, Tomsk Governorate, RSFSR [now Tomsk Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer and actor, known for Flug durchs Feuer (1980), Wie Zar Peter seinen Mohren verheiratete (1976) and Jeder zehnte (1984). He died on September 7, 1998 in Moscow, Russia.
