Giani Esposito

Giani Esposito
Born	(1930-08-23)23 August 1930 Etterbeek, Belgium
Died	1 January 1974(1974-01-01) (aged 43) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Other names	Gianni Esposito Giovanni Esposito
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1951-1973

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.

Selected filmography

• My Husband Is Marvelous (1952)
• Huis clos (1954)
• French Cancan (1954)
• Bad Liaisons (1955)
• Black Dossier (1955)
• Les Hussards (1955)
• Cela s'appelle l'aurore (1956)
• Les Misérables (1958)
• Vers l'extase (1960)
• Paris Belongs to Us (1960)
• Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc (1964)
• Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise (1964)
• 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)

External links

• Giani Esposito at IMDb