Isa Barzizza

Acting

Born November 22, 1929, Sanremo, Liguria, Italy

Luisita Barzizza, better known as Isa Barzizza (Sanremo, Italy 22 November 1929 – Palau, Italy 28 May 2023), was an Italian actress. She enjoyed a very long acting career, spanning from the second half of the 1940s to the first half of the 2010s. The daughter of orchestra conductor Pippo Barzizza and Tatina Salesi, elder sister of director Renzo Barzizza and cousin of the appearance Anna Maria Salesi, she established herself throughout her career as a performer in revue theatre, cinema and television, becoming one of the earliest television personalities in Italy alongside Totò.

Filmography

• 2013Indovina chi viene a Natale? — Nonna Emma
• 2013Studio illegale — Zia Emma
• 2012Maledimiele — Nonna
• 2012Viva l'Italia — Marisa
• 2010A Second Childhood
• 2008Per una notte d'amore — Elvira Natali
• 20077 km da Gerusalemme — Elvira Marenghi
• 2005Giorno 122
• 1999Asini — Madre di Italo
• Non lasciamoci più — Matilde Bonelli
• 1997Ardena
• 1989Fiori di zucca — Clelia
• 1983Il momento dell'avventura — Antonia Belli
• 1980SuperTotò
• 1976The Red Carnation
• 1974We All Loved Each Other So Much — Elena
• 1962Beauties on Motor Scooters — Laura
• 1956I pinguini ci guardano
• 1955Cartouche — Lucilla
• 1955Un palco all'opera — Clara
• 1954Gran varietà
• 1954Passionately — Ortensia Duprè
• 1954Totò Seeks Peace — Nella Caporali
• 1953Gioventù alla sbarra — Florence, la canzonettista
• 1953It's Never Too Late — Rosanna Gennari
• 1953Neapolitan Turk — Giulietta
• 1953Siamo tutti inquilini — Collega di Anna
• 1953The Daughter of the Regiment — Kiki
• 1953Viva la rivista!
• 1952The Lucky Five — Cicci
• 1952Totó in color — La signorina nel vagone letto
• 1952Wir tanzen auf dem Regenbogen — Jeannette
• 1951Il mago per forza — Perla
• 1951It's Him!... Yes! Yes! — Grazia
• 1951Milano miliardaria — Vittorio Pizzigoni
• 1951Porca miseria! — Jenny
• 1951Seven Hours of Troubles — Amelia
• 1950Figaro qua... Figaro là — Rosina
• 1950I'm in the Revue — Cléo, kleptomaniac
• 1950Il vedovo allegro — Lucy
• 1950L'inafferrabile 12 — Teresa
• 1950Le sei mogli di Barbablù — Lana Ross
• 1949Adam and Eve — Eva Bianchi
• 1949The Firemen of Viggiù — Toto's conquest
• 1948Fifa e arena — Patricia Cotten
• 1948Toto Tours Italy — Doriana
• 1947Dove sta Zaza? — Zazà
• 1947Two Little Orphans — Matilde