Jacques Esterel was born on June 5, 1917 in Bourg-Argental, Loire, France. He was a costume designer and actor, known for Die unheimlichen Hände des Dr. Orlak (1960), Chéri, fais-moi peur (1958) and Mädchenfalle (1957). He died on April 14, 1974 in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, France.