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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
The Decameron
Les Misérables
as Marius de Pontmercy
French Cancan
as Prince Alexandre
Bad Liaisons
as Pierre Jaeger
Paris Belongs to Us
as Gerard Lenz
Poison Ivy
as Le capitaine du bateau
The Big Hit of Surcouf
as Napoléon
The Sea Pirate
as Napoléon
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
as Ettore
Black Dossier
as Jean de Montesson
