Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Rossellini Trivia
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Trivia
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Isabella was considered to play Mia in Pulp Fiction (1994) but turned the role down.
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Isabella developed her own brand of cosmetics, Manifesto, in 1995.
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Isabella was the exclusive spokesmodel for the international cosmetics company, Lancome, in both the United States and Europe, from 1982-1996.
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At 14, she was bed ridden for 18 months due to sever scoliosis and then spent the next two years in a pelvic cast.
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She can speak fluent in Italian, French and English.
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She suffered from scoliosis (progressive curvature of the spine) and underwent surgery to correct it. She was in a body cast for a year.
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She was scheduled to appear in the David Lean-directed "Nostromo" in 1991, before Lean died, and the production came to a halt.
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She maintains a home in the village of Bellport, NY.
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She was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#84). [1995].
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Isabella suffered from a spine injury which kept her bedridden for over a year when she was thirteen.
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She was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world (1990).
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She used to date Gary Oldman.
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She is the twin sister of Isotta Rossellini, who is a professor of Italian Renaissance literature at Columbia University.
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In a Tales from the Crypt (1989) episode, she spoofs her mother's Casablanca (1942) image.
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Isabella divorced Martin Scorsese in 1983.
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Isabella: (Commenting on the critics' response to her performance in "Blue Velvet") David Lynch came out of it a genius, and I came out of it a fat girl. I'm sorry that the only comment I get about the part is the way I look.
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Isabella: But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome.
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Isabella: If we are completely honest with ourselves, everyone has a dark side to their personalities.
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Isabella: When David left me I became totally brokenhearted.
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Isabella: In America, they are paranoid about ruining the reputations of people once they are dead and cannot answer back. They have this fascination which to me seems cruel and morbid. I do not want any part of it.
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Isabella: I didn't want to become an actress because the competition with my mother would have been to much to live up to.
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Isabella: But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!
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Isabella: A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are.
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