Valentin Grudinin was born on February 6, 1924 in Dmitrievsk-Makeyevka, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for
Koroleva benzokolonki (1963),
Za dvoma zaytsiamy (1961) and
Kogda payut solovy (1957). He died on November 24, 2004 in Kiev, Ukraine.