Isabella Biagini, born Concetta Biagini, (8 December 1940 – 14 April 2018) was an Italian actress and showgirl.

Life and career

Biagini was born in Rome on 8 December 1940. She debuted in childhood as a radio actress and advertising model. At 14 she entered the

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competition, and made her film debut in a minor role in

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'' (1955). Later from the 1960s, Biagini worked assiduously on the radio and television and posed on many

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s. On the small screen, she achieved some success not only as showgirl but also as talented impersonator; on the big screen, despite of the numerous appearances, her roles were usually stereotyped. In later years, Biagini has been a protagonist of news columns in relation to the critical conditions of poverty in which she lived.

Partial filmography

* ''Il cocco di mamma'' (1957) - Rosa * ''La zia d'America va a sciare'' (1957) - La vedette * ''Serenatella sciuè sciuè'' (1958) - Ilde * ''

I due mafiosi '' I due mafiosi'' ( es, Dos de la mafia, literally "Two Mafiamen") is a 1964 Italian-Spanish crime comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring the comedy duo Franco and Ciccio. It is a parody of Alberto Lattuada's ''Mafioso (film), Mafi ...

'' (1964) - Jacqueline * ''

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'' (1965) - Simonetta Riccardo * '' Love Italian Style'' (1966) - Assunta * ''

Supermen Against the Orient ''Supermen Against the Orient'' ( it, Crash! Che botte... Strippo strappo stroppio) is a 1973 Italian-Hongkongese superhero film directed by Bitto Albertini. It is a sequel of Gianfranco Parolini's 1967 film ''The Three Fantastic Supermen''. I ...

'' (1967) * ''

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'' (1969) * ''Gli infermieri della mutua'' (1969) - Valeria * ''Quelli belli... siamo noi'' (1970) - Fiore Castrosalvo - Gino's niece * ''

La ragazza del prete ''La ragazza del prete'' (''The girlfriend of the priest'') is a 1970 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Domenico Paolella. Cast * Nicola Di Bari: Don Michele / Nicola * Susanna Martinková: Erika * Isabella Biagini: Maria Innocenza F ...

'' (1970) - Maria Innocenza Furlan * ''Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?'' (1971) - Franco's wife * ''Io non vedo, tu non parli, lui non sente'' (1971) - Cecilia * ''

Il clan dei due Borsalini ''Il clan dei due Borsalini'' (Italian for "The clan of the two Borsalinos") is a 1971 comedy film directed by Giuseppe Orlandini and starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. Plot Cast * Franco Franchi as Franco Franchetti, aka 'The Profe ...

'' (1971) - Il fantasma * ''

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'' (1972) - Ambrugia * ''

Il sindacalista ''Il sindacalista'' (''The Trade Unionist'') is a 1972 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. Plot The Sicilian worker Saverio Ravizzi (Buzzanca), just hired in a factory in Bergamo, begins to mobilize his fellow workers in better work ...

'' (1972) - Teresa Piredda - Saverio's wife * ''Il terrore con gli occhi storti'' (1972) - Mirella Trombetti * ''Maria Rosa la guardona'' (1973) - Maria Rosa Ceccantoni * ''

'' (1973) - Moglie del console * ''L'erotomane'' (1974) - Dott.ssa Bonetti * ''

Paolo il freddo ''Paolo il freddo'' (i.e. "Paolo the cold") is a 1974 Italian comedy film written and directed by Ciccio Ingrassia and starring Franco Franchi. A parody of Marco Vicario's ''Paolo il caldo'', it is Ingrassia's second and last film as a director. ...

'' (1974) - Rich woman * ''

Loaded Guns ''Loaded Guns'' (Italian: ''Colpo in canna'') is a 1975 Italian crime film written and directed by Fernando di Leo and starring Ursula Andress. Plot A flight attendant finds herself in the middle of fighting between rival gangs in Naples. Cas ...

'' (1975) - Rosy * ''La ragazza dalla pelle di corallo'' (1976) - Antonella * ''

Nick the Sting ''Nick the Sting'' ( it, Gli amici di Nick Hezard) is a 1976 Italian film directed by Fernando Di Leo. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. Cast *Luc Merenda as Nick Hezard *Lee J. Cobb as Robert Clark *Gabriele Ferzetti as Maurice *Luciana Paluzzi a ...

'' (1976) - Edy * ''Atti impuri all'italiana'' (1976) - Wife of Chemist * ''Stangata in famiglia'' (1976) * ''Il ginecologo della mutua'' (1979) - Giovanna * ''Tutti a squola'' (1979) - Prostituta * ''

Ciao marziano ''Ciao marziano'' is a 1980 Italian science fiction-comedy film directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore. Plot An alien named Bix is sent from the planet Mars to Rome in order to learn the habits and customs of the humans. Cast * Pippo Franco: ...

'' (1980) - Isabella * ''La cameriera seduce i villeggianti'' (1980) - Pucci Ferretti * '' "FF.SS." – Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?"'' (1983) - Madonna Sofia * '' The Future Is Woman'' (1984) - (uncredited) * ''Grandi magazzini'' (1986) - Tester * '' Capriccio'' (1987) - Stella Polaris * ''La bruttina stagionata'' (1996) - madre di Olimpia * ''Il segreto del giaguaro'' (2000) - Contessa Kampari Madness (final film role)

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* 1940 births 2018 deaths Italian film actresses Italian television actresses Italian television personalities Italian impressionists (entertainers) Actresses from Rome 20th-century Italian actresses {{Italy-bio-stub