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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

29

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-08-23

Day of Death

1974-01-01 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

Etterbeek, Belgium

Also Known As

Gianni Esposito

Giovanni Esposito

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

Les Misérables

1958

Les Misérables

as

Marius de Pontmercy

Paris Belongs to Us

1961

Paris Belongs to Us

as

Gerard Lenz

Skipper Next to God

1951

Skipper Next to God

as

A Jewish passenger (uncredited)

Leathernose

1952

Leathernose

as

A young guest

Matrimonial Agency

1952

Matrimonial Agency

as

(uncredited)

One Hundred Francs Per Second

1953

One Hundred Francs Per Second

as

Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)

My Husband Is Marvelous

1953

My Husband Is Marvelous

as

Un journaliste (uncredited)

The Hussars

1955

The Hussars

as

Pietro

Poison Ivy

1953

Poison Ivy

as

Le capitaine du bateau

Reproduction interdite

1957

Reproduction interdite

as

Claude Watroff

Normandy - Neman

1960

Normandy - Neman

as

Lemaître

Black Dossier

1955

Black Dossier

as

Jean de Montesson

Bad Liaisons

1955

Bad Liaisons

as

Pierre Jaeger

French Cancan

1955

French Cancan

as

Prince Alexandre

That Is the Dawn

1956

That Is the Dawn

as

Sandro Galli

Le Bel Âge

1960

Le Bel Âge

as

Claude

Towards Ecstasy

1960

Towards Ecstasy

as

Jérôme

Quai des blondes

1954

Quai des blondes

as

un tueur

The Sea Pirate

1966

The Sea Pirate

as

Napoléon

The Big Hit of Surcouf

1966

The Big Hit of Surcouf

as

Napoléon

Discorama

Discorama

as

Self

Production

Crew

Directing