Martin Scorsese was born in the Flushing district of the Queens borough of New York City on November 17, 1942. His family moved to Little Italy in Manhattan before he started school. Both of Scorsese’s parents, Charles Scorsese and Catherine Scorsese (born Cappa), held jobs in New York City’s Garment District. Charles was a clothes presser, and Catherine was a seamstress and actress.
Who is Martin Scorsese’s 3rd wife Isabella Rossellini?
Italian actress, writer, philanthropist, and model Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini was born on June 18, 1952. She is well-known for her long career as a Lancôme model as well as for her roles in films like Death Becomes Her and Blue Velvet (1986).
She is the child of Italian director Roberto Rossellini and Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (1992). Rossellini’s performance in Crime of the Century earned her a Golden Globe nomination.
Career
Rossellini began her modeling career when Bill King and Bruce Weber for British and American Vogue took her image when she was 28 years old. She has worked with a number of well-known photographers over her career, including Richard Avedon, Steven Meisel, Helmut Newton, Peter Lindbergh, Norman Parkinson, Eve Arnold, Francesco Scavullo, Annie Leibovitz, Denis Piel, and Robert Mapplethorpe.
She has been published in publications like Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, and Elle.
Rossellini made her acting debut in the 1976 film A Matter of Time, appearing in a brief appearance as a nun opposite her mother.
She made her acting debut in the 1979 film Il Prato before collaborating with Martin Scorsese in the 1980 film Il pap’occhio directed by Renzo Arbore.
