Isa Bluette

Biography

Isa Bluette, stage name of Teresa Ferrero was a theater actress, singer and Italian showgirl revue theater of the twenties and thirties of the twentieth century. She begins very young to the stage of the café-chantant as a chanteuse, becoming noted in particular for its good looks and her strong sensual charge on stage. Quickly becomes a headliner and first lady of a number of magazines and operettas of success throughout Italy. Import from Paris the famous "bridge"; she also has to submit first the scene of the soubrette surrounded by a large number of elegant men. In the twenties her shows, characterized by great pomp and sensuality, have considerable success throughout Italy; with her company, Isa Bluette launches at that time those who will eventually become the most important comedians of the Italian theater: on all Erminio Macario (1925) and Toto (since 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 leading to a considerable success the "Creola" song Ripp (Luigi Miaglia), among others dedicated to her. Starting from the thirties she'll always dedicate more to operetta, continuing always to have a good success. "Poesia senza veli", "Il ratto delle cubane", continue to sell out throughout Italy. In 1939, shortly before her death, she married the actor Nuto Navarrini. She is buried in the Monumental Cemetery of Turin.