Jacques Tati

Jacques Tatischeff

Born October 9, 1907· Le Pecq, Yvelines, France

† Died November 4, 1982

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Born into a family of Russian, Dutch and Italian ancestry and trained as a picture framer by his grandfather after leaving school, he completed military service with the cavalry before discovering his comic talent while playing rugby, where he entertained teammates with physical mime routines that evolved into his celebrated Impressions Sportives. His stage career accelerated after a 1935 performa…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources