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Isabella Rossellini

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Isabella Rossellini
The mysterious Lady in Black claiming to be the last love of the first screen sex symbol Rudolph Valentino, dies in her Hollywood apartment. The only contact the detective finds is the business card of the young filmmaker Paul Harts. While answering the investigator's questions, Paul brings us half a year earlier to the Hollywood Forever cemetery when he first met Lady in Black and convinced her to reveal her secret on camera. The story of the old lady takes us back in the past even further, to 1926, when she was a young nurse in NYC and met Rudolph Valentino on the hospital death bed.
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Isabella Rossellini, the Italian actress and model who has made her home in America since 1979 and holds dual Italian and American citizenship, was born cinema royalty when she made her debut on June 18, 1952 in Rome. She is the daughter of two legends, three-time Oscar-winning Swedish-born actress Ingrid Bergman and neo-realist master Italian director Roberto Rossellini. She was also the third wife of Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese from 1979 to 1982 and the partner of legendary director David Lynch.

She made her movie debut in Vincente Minnelli's A Matter of Time (1976), which starred her mother. She then made a couple of Italian pictures and worked as an American correspondent for Italian television network RAI before appearing in Taylor Hackford's Cold War drama White Nights (1985) in 1985. She followed that up with her most memorable role, as the abused chanteuse in Lynch's masterpiece Blue Velvet (1986), she earned an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She then went on to win a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her performance as Lisle, the mysterious socialite, forever in her youth in Death Becomes Her (1992). In 1997, she was nominated for an Emmy Award as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for a guest appearance on Chicago Hope (1994).
BornJune 18, 1952
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BornJune 18, 1952
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 14 wins & 18 nominations total

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Isabella Rossellini in Keyhole (2011)
Isabella Rossellini in Earthsea (2004)
Isabella Rossellini in The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
Isabella Rossellini and David Schwimmer in Friends (1994)
Isabella Rossellini and Kyle MacLachlan in Blue Velvet (1986)
Isabella Rossellini and Jake Gyllenhaal in Enemy (2013)
Isabella Rossellini and Angelo Badalamenti in Blue Velvet (1986)
Sigourney Weaver, Isabella Rossellini, and Liv Ullmann in Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)
Isabella Rossellini and Isotta Rossellini in Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)
Ingrid Bergman, Isabella Rossellini, and Isotta Rossellini in Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)
Ingrid Bergman, Isabella Rossellini, and Isotta Rossellini in Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)
Isabella Rossellini and Isotta Rossellini in Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015)

Known for

Isabella Rossellini and Kyle MacLachlan in Blue Velvet (1986)
Blue Velvet
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  • Dorothy Vallens
  • 1986
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Death Becomes Her
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  • Lisle Von Rhuman
  • 1992
Fearless (1993)
Fearless
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  • Laura Klein
  • 1993
Enemy (2013)
Enemy
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  • Mother
  • 2013

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  • Spaceman
    • Post-production
    • 2023
  • Arrivederci
    • Francesca
    • In Development
  • Conclave
    • Sister Agnes
    • Post-production
  • Silent Retreat
    • Michelle Keaton
    • Post-production
  • David Thewlis, Rosie Perez, Maria Bamford, Hugh Jackman, Maya Rudolph, Nick Kroll, Tim Robinson, Ali Wong, and Aidy Bryant in Human Resources (2022)
    Human Resources
    • (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • La chimera (2023)
    La chimera
    • 2023
  • Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black (2023)
    Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
    • Gabriella Guglielmi
    • 2023
  • Problemista (2023)
    Problemista
    • Narrator
    • 2023
  • Zendaya and Hoyeon in Lancome: La Vie Est Belle (2023)
    Lancome: La Vie Est Belle
    • Video
    • 2023
  • Emilia Jones and Geraldine Viswanathan in Cat Person (2023)
    Cat Person
    • Dr. Enid Zabala
    • 2023
  • Fred Armisen, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Bernardo Velasco, Ana Fabrega, and Julio Torres in Los Espookys (2018)
    Los Espookys
    • Isabella Rossellini
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Sarah Lancashire in Julia (2022)
    Julia
    • Simone 'Simca' Beck
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Wuthering Cats - Floodland (2021)
    Wuthering Cats - Floodland
    • Video
    • 2021
  • Jenny Slate in Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)
    Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
    • Connie (voice)
    • 2021
  • Land of Dreams (2021)
    Land of Dreams
    • Jane
    • 2021
  • The Owl House (2020)
    The Owl House
    • Bat Queen (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2020–2021
  • Domina (2021)
    Domina
    • Balbina
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Isabella Rossellini in The Rabbit Hunters (2020)
    The Rabbit Hunters
    • Fellini
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Alessandro Haber and Daniela Giordano in Preludio (2019)
    Preludio
    • Short
    • 2019

Director

  • Mammas (2013)
    Mammas
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Animals Distract Me (2011)
    Animals Distract Me
    • Director
    • 2011
  • Isabella Rossellini in Bon appétit! (2010)
    Bon appétit!
    • Director
    • TV Short
    • 2010
  • Seduce Me (2010)
    Seduce Me
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2010
  • Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2010
  • Isabella Rossellini in Green Porno (2008)
    Green Porno
    • co-director
    • TV Series
    • 2008–2009
  • Oh La La
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2006

Writer

  • Isabella Rossellini in Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno Live (2015)
    Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno Live
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    • TV Movie
    • 2015
  • Mammas (2013)
    Mammas
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Animals Distract Me (2011)
    Animals Distract Me
    • written by
    • 2011
  • Seduce Me (2010)
    Seduce Me
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2010
  • Isabella Rossellini in Green Porno (2008)
    Green Porno
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 2008
  • Isabella Rossellini at an event for My Dad Is 100 Years Old (2005)
    My Dad Is 100 Years Old
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2005
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  • Height
    • 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
  • Born
    • June 18, 1952
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy
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      Jon Wiedemann1983 - 1986 (divorced, 1 child)
  • Parents
      Roberto Rossellini
  • Other works
    TV commercial for Casa Damiani.
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    • 12 Interviews
    • 8 Articles
    • 17 Pictorials
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    Is the daughter of legends Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman.
  • Quotes
    If you go to a therapist, they say, 'Are you sure? How do you feel about your wrinkles?' And I say, 'I don't know, because I don't really see them.' I see my hands, but I don't see my face, so it's not a torment. I only see it for five minutes in the morning when I brush my teeth! When you read women's magazines you always read about this drama of getting old, about anti-aging cream and plastic surgery and whatever else. But I think if you're independent, like I have grown to be, it's welcome.

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