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/ref> film actor and singer-songwriter. Esposito was born from the union of a French mother with an Italian father in

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(Belgium), and he died from viral hepatitis in

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, 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

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, Jeanne-Marie Sens,

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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

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's productions on the French television.

Partial filmography

* '' Skipper Next to God'' (1951) – Un passager juif (uncredited) * '' My Wife Is Formidable'' (1951) – Le barman de l'hôtel (uncredited) * '' Leathernose'' (1952) – Un jeune invité * ''Agence matrimoniale'' (1952) – (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1952) – Un journaliste * '' A Hundred Francs a Second'' (1953) – Un cheminot en grève (uncredited) * '' La môme vert-de-gris'' (1953) – Le capitaine du bateau * '' Quay of Blondes'' (1954) – Un tueur * '' The Women Couldn't Care Less'' (1954) – Man at the Poker Game (uncredited) * '' Cadet Rousselle'' (1954) – Monseigneur * '' Huis clos'' (1954) – Diego – le disciple de Garcin * '' French Cancan'' (1955) – Prince Alexandre * '' Black Dossier'' (1955) – Jean de Montesson * '' Les mauvaises rencontres'' (1955) – Pierre Jaeger * ''

Les Hussards ''Les Hussards'' (), is a French Comedy film, comedy film from 1955, directed by Alex Joffé, written by Gabriel Arout, starring Bernard Blier, Giovanna Ralli, Bourvil, and with Georges Wilson, Virna Lisi, Louis de Funès playing supporting roles ...

'' (1955) – Pietro * '' Cela s'appelle l'aurore'' (1956) – Sandro Galli * '' Forgive Us Our Trespasses'' (1956) – Vani * '' The Schemer'' (1957) – Claude Watroff * ''

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'' (1958) – Marius Pontmercy * ''Le bel âge'' (1960) – Claude * ''Normandie – Niémen'' (1960) – Lemaître * ' (1960) – Jérôme * '' Paris Belongs to Us'' (1961) – Gerard Lenz * '' Cross of the Living'' (1962) – Yan * '' Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc'' (1964) – Ettore * '' Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise'' (1964) – Ettore * ''

The Sea Pirate ''The Sea Pirate'' (, , , also known as ''The Fighting Corsair'') is a 1966 French-Italian-Spanish adventure film directed by Sergio Bergonzelli and Roy Rowland (film director), Roy Rowland. Plot Cast * Gérard Barray as Robert Surcouf * ...

'' (1966) – Napoléon * ''Il grande colpo di Surcouf'' (1966) – Napoléon * ''

The Decameron ''The Decameron'' (; or ''Decamerone'' ), subtitled ''Prince Galehaut'' (Old ) and sometimes nicknamed ''l'Umana commedia'' ("the Human Comedy (drama), comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dante Alighieri's ''Divine Comedy, Comedy'' "''D ...

'' (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)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Esposito, Giani 1930 births 1974 deaths Deaths from hepatitis French male film actors French male singer-songwriters French singer-songwriters 20th-century French male actors 20th-century French male singers