Peeter Jakobi
Estonian actor (1940-2014)
Peeter Jakobi (15 October 1940 — 21 September 2014) was an Estonian actor.
Jakobi was born in Tallinn. In 1968 he graduated from the Tallinn State Conservatory's Performing Arts Department. From 1973 until 2008, he was an actor at the Rakvere Theatre. Besides theatre roles he has played also in several films.
From 1966 until 1973, he was married to actress Katrin Karisma. The couple had a son, Ivo.
“Peeter Jakobi” enters the record as estonian actor (1940-2014). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Peeter, Jakobi and Estonian can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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