{{Short description|Italian actress (1922–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Isa Bellini | image = Isa Bellini.jpg | caption = Bellini in 1956 | birth_name = Isabella Calò | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1922|6|19}} | birth_place = Mantua, Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2021|2|5|1922|6|19}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | occupation = {{flatlist| *Actress *voice actress }} }}

'''Isa Bellini''' (19 June 1922 – 5 February 2021<ref>[https://www.laprovinciadicivitavecchia.it/laprovinciadicivitavecchia/2021/02/05/il-cordoglio-del-sindaco-giulivi-per-la-scomparsa-dellartista-legata-a-tarquinia/ Addio a Isa Bellini, il cordoglio del sindaco Giulivi per la scomparsa dell’artista legata a Tarquinia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206163642/https://www.laprovinciadicivitavecchia.it/laprovinciadicivitavecchia/2021/02/05/il-cordoglio-del-sindaco-giulivi-per-la-scomparsa-dellartista-legata-a-tarquinia/ |date=6 February 2021 }} {{in lang|it}}</ref>) was an Italian actress, voice actress, presenter and singer.

== Life and career == Born '''Isabella Calò''' in Mantua, she was forced to change her family name of Jewish origins to Bellini because of the racial laws.<ref name=radio>{{cite book|last1=Peppino Ortoleva, Barbara Scaramucci|title=Enciclopedia della radio|publisher=Garzanti, 2003|isbn=881150497X}}</ref><ref name="Il Tempo">{{cite news|last1=Redazione|title=Isa Bellini, cantante attrice doppiatrice...|url=http://www.iltempo.it/cultura-spettacoli/2012/11/30/isa-bellini-cantante-attrice-doppiatrice-1.186427|accessdate=27 August 2015|work=Il Tempo|date=14 September 2009|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924042448/http://www.iltempo.it/cultura-spettacoli/2012/11/30/isa-bellini-cantante-attrice-doppiatrice-1.186427|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref name=radio/> During and shortly after the war, Bellini devoted herself exclusively to the theatre, working on stage with popular artists such as Totò, Renato Rascel, Walter Chiari and Umberto Spadaro.<ref name=radio/> In 1948 she began working on radio as a presenter and entertainer.<ref name=radio/> 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''.<ref name=radio/> Bellini later gradually thinned out her appearances on media, focusing on dubbing.<ref name=radio/><ref name="Il Tempo" />

==Selected filmography== * ''Una famiglia impossibile'' (1940) * ''The Happy Ghost'' (1941) * ''Without Family'' (1972) * ''Love and Anarchy'' (1973) * ''Camere da letto'' (1997)

==Dubbing roles== ===Animation=== * ''DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp'' - Mrs. Featherby * ''Lady and the Tramp'' - Aunt Sarah

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{commonscat-inline}} * {{IMDb name|0069040}}

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