Portrait of Giani Esposito

Giani Esposito

Acting

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.

Born: August 23, 1930

Place of Birth: Etterbeek, Belgium

Filmography

1967
1966
1966
The Sea Pirate

as Napoléon

1961
Paris Belongs to Us

as Gerard Lenz

1960
Towards Ecstasy

as Jérôme

1960
Normandy - Neman

as Lemaître

1960
Le Bel Âge

as Claude

1959
Discorama

as Self

1958
Les Misérables

as Marius de Pontmercy

1957
Reproduction interdite

as Claude Watroff

1956
That Is the Dawn

as Sandro Galli

1956
1955
The Hussars

as Pietro

1955
Bad Liaisons

as Pierre Jaeger

1955
Black Dossier

as Jean de Montesson

1955
French Cancan

as Prince Alexandre

1954
Quai des blondes

as un tueur

1953
Poison Ivy

as Le capitaine du bateau

1953
My Husband Is Marvelous

as Un journaliste (uncredited)

1953
One Hundred Francs Per Second

as Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)

1952
Matrimonial Agency

as (uncredited)

1952
Leathernose

as A young guest

1951
Skipper Next to God

as A Jewish passenger (uncredited)