Introduction
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)