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
Discorama
Cinépanorama
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
Reflets de Cannes
The Decameron
Les Misérables
Black Dossier
French Cancan
All Movies (26)
- The Decameron1971
- La princesse vous demande1969
- The Big Hit of Surcouf1966 · as Napoléon
- The Sea Pirate1966 · as Napoléon
- Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc1964 · as Ettore
- Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise1964 · as Ettore
- Cross of the Living1962 · as Yan
- Paris Belongs to Us1961 · as Gerard Lenz
- Towards Ecstasy1960 · as Jérôme
- Normandy - Neman1960 · as Lemaître
- Le Bel Âge1960 · as Claude
- Les Misérables1958 · as Marius de Pontmercy
- Reproduction interdite1957 · as Claude Watroff
- Forgive Our Trespasses1956 · as Vani
- That Is the Dawn1956 · as Sandro Galli
- The Hussars1955 · as Pietro
- Bad Liaisons1955 · as Pierre Jaeger
- Black Dossier1955 · as Jean de Montesson
- French Cancan1955 · as Prince Alexandre
- Quai des blondes1954 · as un tueur
- Poison Ivy1953 · as Le capitaine du bateau
- My Husband Is Marvelous1953 · as Un journaliste (uncredited)
- One Hundred Francs Per Second1953 · as Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)
- Matrimonial Agency1952 · as (uncredited)
- Leathernose1952 · as A young guest
- Skipper Next to God1951 · as A Jewish passenger (uncredited)
All TV Shows (4)
- Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre1967 · as Mario Cortese
- Discorama1959 · as Self
- Cinépanorama1956 · as Self
- Reflets de Cannes1954 · as Self