Isa Bluette was born Teresa
Ferrero on September 10, 1898 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. She started her career at a very young age on the stage of the
café-chantant as a chanteuse, becoming noted in particular for her good looks
and her strong sensual charge on stage.
She quickly became a
headliner and prima donna of a number of successful plays and operettas
throughout Italy. Working in Paris at the famous "Passerella"; she is
present for the first scene of the soubrette surrounded by a large number of
elegant men.
For over twenty years her
shows, characterized by great pomp and sensuality, had great success throughout
Italy; with her company, Bluette launches the careers some of the most
successful comics in the Italian theater such as Erminio Macario (in 1925) and
Toto (in 1928). Gatte di lusso, Donne, ventagli e fiori, Madama
Follia, Il Paradiso delle donne, Mille e una donna, are some of the titles of
this period.
In 1926 she was the subject
of a very successful song “Creola” by Ripp (Luigi Miaglia), among others
dedicated to her.
In the 1930s she focused
more and more on operettas, continuing to always have great success with the
public. “Poesia senza veli”, “Il ratto delle cubane” sold
out in all of Italy.
Isa appeared in only a few
films among which was the Euro-western “La donna carnefice nel paese
dell’oro”
in 1925
In 1939, shortly before her
death on November 10, 1939 in Turin, Italy, she married the actor Nuto
Navarrini [1901-1973].
BLUETTE, Isa (Teresa Ferrero) [9/10/1898, Turin, Piedmont, Italy -
11/10/1939, Turin, Piedmont, Italy (kidney disease)] – stage actress, married
to actor Nuto Navarrini [1901-1973] (1939-1939).
La donna carnefice nel
paese dell’oro – 1925
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