Name
Giani Esposito
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1930-08-23
Deathday
1974-01-01 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
Etterbeek, Belgium
Biography
Giani Esposito (23 August 1930 – 1 January 1974) was a French film actor and singer-songwriter.
Esposito was born from the union of a French mother with an Italian father in Etterbeek (Belgium), and he died from viral hepatitis in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. He appeared in 50 films between 1951 and 1973.
As singer-songwriter, between 1958 and 1973, he recorded numerous albums marked with spirituality and poetry. His biggest success is The Clowns (Les Clowns, 1957), several covers by Raymond Devos, Jeanne-Marie Sens, Hervé Vilard and Bernard Lavilliers.
He was married with the French actress Pascale Petit and they had a girl, Doushka Esposito (born in 1963), today singer, and younger, under the name of Douchka, she was ambassadress of Walt Disney's productions on the French television.
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- 1958 Les Misérables as Marius de Pontmercy
- 1961 Paris Belongs to Us as Gerard Lenz
- 1951 Skipper Next to God as A Jewish passenger (uncredited)
- 1952 Leathernose as A young guest
- 1952 Matrimonial Agency as (uncredited)
- 1953 One Hundred Francs Per Second as Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)
- 1953 My Husband Is Marvelous as Un journaliste (uncredited)
- 1955 The Hussars as Pietro
- 1953 Poison Ivy as Le capitaine du bateau
- 1957 Reproduction interdite as Claude Watroff
- 1971 The Decameron
- 1960 Normandy - Neman as Lemaître
- 1955 Black Dossier as Jean de Montesson
- 1955 Bad Liaisons as Pierre Jaeger
- 1955 French Cancan as Prince Alexandre
- 1956 That Is the Dawn as Sandro Galli
- 1964 Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc as Ettore
- 1960 Le Bel Âge as Claude
- 1956 Forgive Our Trespasses as Vani
- 1960 Towards Ecstasy as Jérôme
- 1964 Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise as Ettore
- 1962 Cross of the Living as Yan
- 1954 Quai des blondes as un tueur
- 1966 The Sea Pirate as Napoléon
- 1966 The Big Hit of Surcouf as Napoléon
- 1969 La princesse vous demande
- 1967 Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre ( 1 episode ) as Mario Cortese
- 1956 Cinépanorama ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1959 Discorama ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1954 Reflets de Cannes ( 1 episode ) as Self
