Sergei Karnovich-Valua was born on April 18, 1899 in Shadrinsk, Shadrinsk uyezd, Perm Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kurgan Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for
Dvenadtsataya noch (1955),
Granatovyy braslet (1965) and
Neokonchennaya povest (1955). He died on January 4, 1985 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].