Giani Esposito
Acting • Born 1930-08-23 – Died 1974-01-01
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. Source: Article "Giani Esposito" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
30 credits
Les Misérables
Movie • 1958
Marius de Pontmercy
Paris Belongs to Us
Movie • 1961
Gerard Lenz
Skipper Next to God
Movie • 1951
A Jewish passenger (uncredited)
Leathernose
Movie • 1952
A young guest
Matrimonial Agency
Movie • 1952
(uncredited)
One Hundred Francs Per Second
Movie • 1953
Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)
My Husband Is Marvelous
Movie • 1953
Un journaliste (uncredited)
The Hussars
Movie • 1955
Pietro
Poison Ivy
Movie • 1953
Le capitaine du bateau
Reproduction interdite
Movie • 1957
Claude Watroff
The Decameron
Movie • 1971
Normandy - Neman
Movie • 1960
Lemaître
Black Dossier
Movie • 1955
Jean de Montesson
Bad Liaisons
Movie • 1955
Pierre Jaeger
French Cancan
Movie • 1955
Prince Alexandre
That Is the Dawn
Movie • 1956
Sandro Galli
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
Movie • 1964
Ettore
Le Bel Âge
Movie • 1960
Claude
Forgive Our Trespasses
Movie • 1956
Vani
Towards Ecstasy
Movie • 1960
Jérôme
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
Movie • 1964
Ettore
Cross of the Living
Movie • 1962
Yan
Quai des blondes
Movie • 1954
un tueur
The Sea Pirate
Movie • 1966
Napoléon
The Big Hit of Surcouf
Movie • 1966
Napoléon
La princesse vous demande
Movie • 1969
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
TV • 1967
Mario Cortese
Cinépanorama
TV • 1956
Self
Discorama
TV • 1959
Self
Reflets de Cannes
TV • 1954
Self