Giani Esposito
Born: 1930-08-23 in Etterbeek, Belgium
Died: 1974-01-01
Known For: 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.
Filmography
1971
1967
- Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre as Mario Cortese
1966
- The Big Hit of Surcouf as Napoléon
- The Sea Pirate as Napoléon
1964
1962
- Cross of the Living as Yan
1961
- Paris Belongs to Us as Gerard Lenz
1960
- Normandy - Neman as Lemaître
- Le Bel Âge as Claude
- Towards Ecstasy as Jérôme
1959
- Discorama as Self
1958
- Les Misérables as Marius de Pontmercy
1957
- Reproduction interdite as Claude Watroff
1956
- Cinépanorama as Self
- That Is the Dawn as Sandro Galli
- Forgive Our Trespasses as Vani
1955
- The Hussars as Pietro
- French Cancan as Prince Alexandre
- Black Dossier as Jean de Montesson
- Bad Liaisons as Pierre Jaeger
1954
- Reflets de Cannes as Self
- Quai des blondes as un tueur
1953
- Poison Ivy as Le capitaine du bateau
- My Husband Is Marvelous as Un journaliste (uncredited)
- One Hundred Francs Per Second as Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)
1952
- Leathernose as A young guest
- Matrimonial Agency as (uncredited)
1951
- Skipper Next to God as A Jewish passenger (uncredited)