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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
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Les Misérables
(1958) Marius de PontmercyGraf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
(1967) Mario CorteseParis Belongs to Us
(1961) Gerard LenzThe Sea Pirate
(1966) NapoléonMy Husband Is Marvelous
(1953) Un journaliste (uncredited)The Big Hit of Surcouf
(1966) NapoléonThat Is the Dawn
(1956) Sandro GalliPoison Ivy
(1953) Le capitaine du bateauActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | N/A | |
| 1967 | Mario Cortese | |
| 1966 | Napoléon | |
| Napoléon | ||
| 1964 | Ettore | |
| Ettore | ||
| 1962 | Yan | |
| 1961 | Gerard Lenz | |
| 1960 | Jérôme | |
| Lemaître | ||
| Claude | ||
| 1959 | Self | |
| 1958 | Marius de Pontmercy | |
| 1957 | Claude Watroff | |
| 1956 | Vani | |
| Sandro Galli | ||
| 1955 | Pietro | |
| Jean de Montesson | ||
| Prince Alexandre | ||
| 1954 | un tueur | |
| 1953 | Le capitaine du bateau | |
| Un journaliste (uncredited) | ||
| Un cheminot en grève (uncredited) | ||
| 1952 | (uncredited) | |
| A young guest | ||
| 1951 | A Jewish passenger (uncredited) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |