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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-08-23 (94 years old)

Place of Birth

Etterbeek, Belgium

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.

Source: Article "Giani Esposito" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Known For

Acting

1971

1967

1966

The Sea Pirate as Napoléon

1964

1962

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

1955

The Hussars as Pietro
Black Dossier as Jean de Montesson
Bad Liaisons as Pierre Jaeger
French Cancan as Prince Alexandre

1954

1953

One Hundred Francs Per Second as Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)
My Husband Is Marvelous as Un journaliste (uncredited)
Poison Ivy as Le capitaine du bateau

1952

Leathernose as A young guest
Matrimonial Agency as (uncredited)

1951

Skipper Next to God as A Jewish passenger (uncredited)