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Aliases: Gianni Esposito , Giovanni Esposito

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Etterbeek, Belgium

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Movie Involvements: 17

TV Involvements: 1


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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.

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Les Misérables
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7

Les Misérables

(1958) Marius de Pontmercy
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
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6

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre

(1967) Mario Cortese
Paris Belongs to Us
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7

Paris Belongs to Us

(1961) Gerard Lenz
The Sea Pirate
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6

The Sea Pirate

(1966) Napoléon
My Husband Is Marvelous
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4

My Husband Is Marvelous

(1953) Un journaliste (uncredited)
The Big Hit of Surcouf
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6

The Big Hit of Surcouf

(1966) Napoléon
That Is the Dawn
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7

That Is the Dawn

(1956) Sandro Galli
Poison Ivy
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6

Poison Ivy

(1953) Le capitaine du bateau

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