Isa Barzizza

Acting

Isa Barzizza

Born — Died

1929-11-22 — 2023-05-28

Place of birth

Sanremo, Liguria, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

48 titles

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.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 5 titles

1950s · 25 titles

Seven Hours of Troubles poster
6.4

Totò is a tailor but not a great tailor. He is married and his son is to be baptized and Totò hopes that his grand-mother will be moved by the baptism, so moved to help him. Unfortunately his wet nurse Maria loses his son in the garden. Totò doesn't lose heart and rents Rita's daughter and leaves looking for his son. Many adventures are awaiting for him.

Seven Hours of Troubles

1951

Gran varietà poster
6.7

A musical comedy divided into five segments: Mariantonia, Cuttica, Il Fine Dicitore, Fregoli and Il Censore.

Gran varietà

1954

Figaro qua... Figaro là poster
6.2

In the 18th century, Figaro the Sevillian barber is likely to be arrested because he operates his shop on Sundays, which is forbidden.

Figaro qua... Figaro là

1950

L'inafferrabile 12 poster
7.2

Two twin brothers grew up and never met (due to the fact that the father with the couple would have had 13 children and therefore for superstition he closed one in an orphanage), the one goalkeeper of Juventus and the other employee at the state lottery.

L'inafferrabile 12

1950

It's Him!... Yes! Yes! poster
5.2

Fernando, owner of a large chain store, suffers from worrying dreams: he seems to successfully court saucy women, but just as he is about to win them over, a youngster comes on the scene and steals them from under his nose.

It's Him!... Yes! Yes!

1951

Totò Seeks Peace poster
6.5

Two widowers decide to get married but their decision is continually hampered by their grandchildren, who are just interested in their inheritance.

Totò Seeks Peace

1954

Porca miseria! poster
7.0

Two friends, Giacomino and Carletto, have no job and no money and are looking for a job, or any device that will help them to meet expenses and especially will give them the opportunity to fill their stomachs.

Porca miseria!

1951

Il mago per forza poster
10.0

In the prison of San Vittore there is, among other detainees, a strange type that they call "Il Cavaliere". The latter suffers a conviction for theft and his fellow prisoners have a certain respect for him.

Il mago per forza

1951

Le sei mogli di Barbablù poster
5.4

Young swain Toto Esposito tries to abduct his beloved to marry her, but he makes a mistake: he kidnaps an ugly woman named Carmela, who loves him--and chases him when he escapes.

Le sei mogli di Barbablù

1950

I pinguini ci guardano poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

I pinguini ci guardano

1956

Neapolitan Turk poster
7.3

Naples/Sorrento, mid 20s. A couple of small thieves conceive a scam whereby one of them dresses up as a eunuch Turk to care for the women of the family of a wealthy man. They end up messing everything up, with lots of gags and funny events in the meantime.

Neapolitan Turk

1953

The Lucky Five poster
7.4

Four poor fellows win a luxurious car in a lottery but they have not the money to keep it. Therefore they decide to have it a day each and sell it afterwards. Everyone will spend his own day with the car and get some gratification. Some will get it, others will not. And the fifth poor fellow?

The Lucky Five

1952

Totó in color poster
7.3

In the first Italian film to be shot in color, Totò portrays a musician named Antonio Scannagatti who strongly hopes to sell his composition, "Epopea italiana", to Tiscordi, who is one of the most important Italian impresarios.

Totó in color

1952

It's Never Too Late poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

It's Never Too Late

1953

I'm in the Revue poster
5.3

Good-natured and devout, a French house painter takes the train to Rome, where he has decided to go on a pilgrimage. There he meets a scatterbrained dresser who has been assigned by a music hall star to bring her the gown she is to wear on stage. The two men get stolen by Cleo, a charming thief. Once in Rome, the painter finds himself penniless and the dresser without the gown...

I'm in the Revue

1950

The Daughter of the Regiment poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Daughter of the Regiment

1953

Cartouche poster
5.8

The son of an ailing nobleman returns to France to clear his name and prove where the true guilt lies.

Cartouche

1955

Milano miliardaria poster
7.0

The Milanese Luigi Pizzigoni, photographer, and the Neapolitan barber Peppino Avallone, resident in Milan, are opponents in the sports field. The first is a proud Inter supporter, while the second is from Napoli.

Milano miliardaria

1951

Passionately poster
7.0

"Elena" cannot marry the man she loves, so enters into a loveless marriage with the wealthy "Andrea". Gradually she falls in love with him, but he never reciprocates. Things become further complicated when a letter from her first love "Carlo" is discovered.

Passionately

1954

Un palco all'opera poster
9.0

A pianist recounts the love stories of three famous composers.

Un palco all'opera

1955

Il vedovo allegro poster
7.0

An artist of variety, known in art with the name of Bebè, is a charlatan in Cannes, in a company with Zallos, a shady type.

Il vedovo allegro

1950

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wir tanzen auf dem Regenbogen

1952

Siamo tutti inquilini poster
6.5

Anna was the maid of a lady who inherited an apartment in a building in the center of Rome.

Siamo tutti inquilini

1953

Viva la rivista! poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Viva la rivista!

1953

Gioventù alla sbarra poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Gioventù alla sbarra

1953

1940s · 6 titles

Series credits