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Giani Esposito

Profession
Acting
Born
August 23, 1930 · Etterbeek, Belgium
Died
January 1, 1974

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

The Decameron poster
The Decameron
Film · 1971 · ★ 6.9
Les Misérables poster
Les Misérables
Film · 1958 · ★ 7.2
French Cancan poster
French Cancan
Film · 1955 · ★ 7.2
Paris Belongs to Us poster
Paris Belongs to Us
Film · 1961 · ★ 6.6
That Is the Dawn poster
That Is the Dawn
Film · 1956 · ★ 6.5
Black Dossier poster
Black Dossier
Film · 1955 · ★ 6.3
The Hussars poster
The Hussars
Film · 1955 · ★ 6.0
The Sea Pirate poster
The Sea Pirate
Film · 1966 · ★ 6.1
Normandy - Neman poster
Normandy - Neman
Film · 1960 · ★ 5.2
Bad Liaisons poster
Bad Liaisons
Film · 1955 · ★ 6.4
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc poster
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
Film · 1964 · ★ 6.2
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise poster
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
Film · 1964 · ★ 5.9

Filmography