Vasyl Symchych was born on January 8, 1915 in Sredniy Beryozov, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Queen of the Gypsies (1976), Did Livogo Kraynogo (1973) and Zakhar Berkut (1971). He died on March 1, 1978.