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.
Photos
Movies (28)
The Decameron
1971
Le Coeur cambriolé
1970 · Franz Marertens
La princesse vous demande
1969
Tout pour le mieux
1969 · Flavio Gualdi
The Big Hit of Surcouf
1966 · Napoléon
The Sea Pirate
1966 · Napoléon
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
1964 · Ettore
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
1964 · Ettore
Cross of the Living
1962 · Yan
Paris Belongs to Us
1961 · Gerard Lenz
Towards Ecstasy
1960 · Jérôme
Normandy - Neman
1960 · Lemaître
Le Bel Âge
1960 · Claude
Les Misérables
1958 · Marius de Pontmercy
Reproduction interdite
1957 · Claude Watroff
Forgive Our Trespasses
1956 · Vani
That Is the Dawn
1956 · Sandro Galli
The Hussars
1955 · Pietro
Bad Liaisons
1955 · Pierre Jaeger
Black Dossier
1955 · Jean de Montesson
French Cancan
1955 · Prince Alexandre
Quai des blondes
1954 · un tueur
Poison Ivy
1953 · Le capitaine du bateau
My Husband Is Marvelous
1953 · Un journaliste (uncredited)
One Hundred Francs Per Second
1953 · Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)
Matrimonial Agency
1952 · (uncredited)
Leathernose
1952 · A young guest
Skipper Next to God
1951 · A Jewish passenger (uncredited)
