Giani Esposito
Giani Esposito (23 August 1930 – 1 January 1974) was a French[1] film actor and singer-songwriter.
Giani Esposito | |
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Born | Etterbeek, Belgium | 23 August 1930
Died | 1 January 1974 43) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France | (aged
Other names | Gianni Esposito Giovanni Esposito |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1951-1973 |
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.
Partial filmography
- Maître après Dieu (1951) - Un passager juif (uncredited)
- My Wife Is Formidable (1951) - Le barman de l'hôtel (uncredited)
- Leathernose (1952) - Un jeune invité
- Agence matrimoniale (1952) - (uncredited)
- My Husband Is Marvelous (1952) - Un journaliste
- A Hundred Francs a Second (1953) - Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)
- La môme vert-de-gris (1953) - Le capitaine du bateau
- Quai des blondes (1954) - Un tueur
- The Women Couldn't Care Less (1954) - Man at the Poker Game (uncredited)
- Cadet Rousselle (1954) - Monseigneur
- Huis clos (1954) - Diego - le disciple de Garcin
- French Cancan (1955) - Prince Alexandre
- Black Dossier (1955) - Jean de Montesson
- Les mauvaises rencontres (1955) - Pierre Jaeger
- Les Hussards (1955) - Pietro
- Cela s'appelle l'aurore (1956) - Sandro Galli
- Pardonnez nos offenses (1956) - Vani
- Reproduction interdite (1957) - Claude Watroff
- Les Misérables (1958) - Marius Pontmercy
- Le bel âge (1960) - Claude
- Normandie - Niémen (1960) - Lemaître
- Vers l'extase (1960) - Jérôme
- Paris Belongs to Us (1961) - Gerard Lenz
- Cross of the Living (1962) - Yan
- Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc (1964) - Ettore
- Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise (1964) - Ettore
- The Sea Pirate (1966) - Napoléon
- Il grande colpo di Surcouf (1966) - Napoléon
- The Decameron (1971)
Discography
- Les Clowns (1959)
- Jardiniers qui doutez de l'arbre de vie (1967)
- Un noble rossignol à l'époque Ming (1968)
- Les ombres sont chinoises (1970)
- Paris, le désert (1972)
References
- Death certificate n° 7/1974 of Giani Esposito on French site Les Gens du Cinéma