Giani Esposito

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. Source: Article "Giani Esposito" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1930-08-23 · Etterbeek, Belgium
- Died
- 1974-01-01
Known for
- The Decameron (1971)
- Les Misérables (1958) — Marius de Pontmercy
- French Cancan (1955) — Prince Alexandre
- Paris Belongs to Us (1961) — Gerard Lenz
- That Is the Dawn (1956) — Sandro Galli
- Black Dossier (1955) — Jean de Montesson
- The Hussars (1955) — Pietro
- The Sea Pirate (1966) — Napoléon
- Normandy - Neman (1960) — Lemaître
- Bad Liaisons (1955) — Pierre Jaeger
- Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc (1964) — Ettore
- Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise (1964) — Ettore
- The Big Hit of Surcouf (1966) — Napoléon
- Reproduction interdite (1957) — Claude Watroff
- Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre (1967) — Mario Cortese
- Poison Ivy (1953) — Le capitaine du bateau