Giani Esposito
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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Full filmography
- Cinépanorama (1956) as Self
- Discorama (1959) as Self
- Reflets de Cannes (1954) as Self
- Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre (1967) as Mario Cortese
- The Decameron (1971)
- Les Misérables (1958) as Marius de Pontmercy
- French Cancan (1955) as Prince Alexandre
- Black Dossier (1955) as Jean de Montesson
- The Big Hit of Surcouf (1966) as Napoléon
- Quai des blondes (1954) as un tueur
- The Sea Pirate (1966) as Napoléon
- Paris Belongs to Us (1961) as Gerard Lenz
- The Hussars (1955) as Pietro
- Reproduction interdite (1957) as Claude Watroff
- Poison Ivy (1953) as Le capitaine du bateau
- Normandy - Neman (1960) as Lemaître
- That Is the Dawn (1956) as Sandro Galli
- One Hundred Francs Per Second (1953) as Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)
- Leathernose (1952) as A young guest
- Le Bel Âge (1960) as Claude
- Cross of the Living (1962) as Yan
- Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc (1964) as Ettore
- La princesse vous demande (1969)
- Towards Ecstasy (1960) as Jérôme