Isotta Rossellini Personality - Born 18 June 1952 Rome, Lazio, Italy

Birth Name Isotta Ingrid Frieda Giuliana Rossellini

Mini Bio (1) Isotta Rossellini was born on June 18, 1952 in Rome, Lazio, Italy as Isotta Ingrid Frieda Giuliana Rossellini. She has been married to Richard Aborn since May 27, 1990. They have two children. She was previously married to Alberto Acciarito.

Richard Aborn (27 May 1990 - present) ( 2 children)

Alberto Acciarito (1979 - 1982) ( divorced)

Daughter of Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman

Twin sister of Isabella Rossellini.

Sister of Pia Lindström and Renzo Rossellini.

Niece of Renzo Rossellini.

Mother of Francesca Aborn and Tommaso Rossellini.

Her studies and research specialize in the works of Petrarch and Dante.

Was extremely shy as a little girl, and even today rarely gives interviews.

Has always lived near her twin sister between Rome, Paris, and New York.

Initially teaching literature at Columbia, she has also taught at NYU, Princeton and Harvard universities.

Aunt of Elettra Wiedemann, Alessandro Rossellini, Justin Daly, and Nick Daly.

Ex-sister-in-law of Martin Scorsese.

Has remembered her father's and her mother's film work in various essays and articles of both personal and cinematic nature.

In 2009, assisted in the campaign of her husband Richard Aborn for District Attorney (D) of Manhattan, New York City.

In 1995, was a professor of Italian Renaissance literature at Columbia University where she also received her doctorate.

Isotta weighed 7 lbs 1 oz at birth according to her and sister Isabella's birth announcement in the milestones Column of Time Magazine's June 30th 1952 issue.

Personal Quotes (1) It was not an easy childhood, but I think we understood: both mama and father had a very special life.

INGRID ROSSELLINI was born in Rome and educated there, and later received a BA, master’s, and Ph.D. in Italian Literature from Columbia, writing her dissertation on Petrarch. She has taught literature and Italian film at Columbia, NYU, Harvard, Princeton, and other universities. She is the daughter of the actress Ingrid Bergman and the director Roberto Rossellini; Isabella Rossellini is her sister. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children.