Isa Bellini
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| Born | Isabella Calò 19 June 1922 Mantua, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 5 February 2021 (aged 98) Rome, Italy |
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Isa Bellini (19 June 1922 – 5 February 2021[1]) was an Italian actress, voice actress, presenter and singer.
Life and career[edit]
Born Isabella Calò in Mantua, she was forced to change her family name of Jewish origins to Bellini because of the racial laws.[2][3] After winning a national contest for singers she entered EIAR, where she was active both as a solo singer and as a member of the "Trio Primavera" with Thea Prandi and Wilma Mangini.[2] During and shortly after the war, Bellini devoted herself exclusively to the theater, working on stage with popular artists such as Totò, Renato Rascel, Walter Chiari and Umberto Spadaro.[2] In 1948 she began working on radio as a presenter and entertainer.[2] In 1954 she hosted the popular radio show Il motivo in maschera together with Mike Bongiorno and Lelio Luttazzi, and in the same year she debuted as a television presenter in Italia. Nati per la musica.[2] Bellini later gradually thinned out her appearances on media, focusing on dubbing.[2][3]
Selected filmography[edit]
- Una famiglia impossibile (1940)
- The Happy Ghost (1941)
- Without Family (1972)
- Love and Anarchy (1973)
- Camere da letto (1997)
Dubbing roles[edit]
Animation[edit]
- DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp - Mrs. Featherby
- Lady and the Tramp - Aunt Sarah
References[edit]
- ^ Addio a Isa Bellini, il cordoglio del sindaco Giulivi per la scomparsa dell’artista legata a Tarquinia (in Italian)
- ^ a b c d e f Peppino Ortoleva, Barbara Scaramucci. Enciclopedia della radio. Garzanti, 2003. ISBN 881150497X.
- ^ a b Redazione (14 September 2009). "Isa Bellini, cantante attrice doppiatrice..." Il Tempo. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
External links[edit]
Media related to Isa Bellini at Wikimedia Commons
- Isa Bellini at IMDb
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- Actors from Mantua
- Actresses from Lombardy
- Italian stage actresses
- Italian film actresses
- Italian television presenters
- Italian voice actresses
- 1922 births
- 2021 deaths
- 20th-century Italian actresses
- Italian radio personalities
- Italian radio presenters
- Italian women radio presenters
- Italian women television presenters
- Musicians from Mantua