Stepan Shagaida was born on January 9, 1896 in Belogolovoye, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Belogolovy, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for The Country Bride (1938), Chelovek iz Lesa (1927) and Karmelyuk (1931). He died on January 12, 1938.