Giani Esposito
Actor
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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Filmography
Les Misérables
as Marius de Pontmercy 1958
French Cancan
as Prince Alexandre 1955
Paris Belongs to Us
as Gerard Lenz 1961
That Is the Dawn
as Sandro Galli 1956
The Hussars
as Pietro 1955
Black Dossier
as Jean de Montesson 1955
The Sea Pirate
as Napoléon 1966
Normandy - Neman
as Lemaître 1960
Bad Liaisons
as Pierre Jaeger 1955
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
as Ettore 1964
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
as Ettore 1964
The Big Hit of Surcouf
as Napoléon 1966
Poison Ivy
as Le capitaine du bateau 1953
Reproduction interdite
as Claude Watroff 1957
Le Bel Âge
as Claude 1960
Matrimonial Agency
as (uncredited) 1952