Isabella Rossellini On Her Unique Accent & American TV | Late Night with Conan O’Brien

[@jaengen]

She looks like an Italian version of her mother. Both gorgeous.

[@christinebolly3034]

Exactly

[@lydiapicano8806]

Yes, absolutely gorgeous !

[@marialuizasaboiasaddi2160]

Yes I agree. 😊

[@LarsWalker-xo2jn]

Frankly, she's prettier than her mother.

[@mjp96]

@@LarsWalker-xo2jn Impossible.

[@dubbelhenke854]

She has intelligence, honesty, integrity and humor. Thats why she is so fascinating. Charisma is not only beauty.

[@asdrubalanibal6853]

Charisma is Beauty

[@lydiapicano8806]

​@@asdrubalanibal6853 I disagree, charisma can be beauty but charisma is something different. It's a special, almost magical quality.

[@Ciesiam]

Charisma is beauty? Charisma is in a category all by itself.

[@ximenatajesgonzalez4434]

And a good actrice 👌🏽

[@innovbrain]

Isabella here was 41 years old but the amount of beauty, positivity and fitness here is unbelievable like a girl in her 20s

[@LarsWalker-xo2jn]

I hate to nitpick, but she was actually 43.

[@innovbrain]

@@LarsWalker-xo2jn way better. 43 lively and looking so stunning

[@tamasvarga9862]

wtf she's the best looking 43 ever

[@jocelynf139]

She was dropped from lancome a year after this interview. A YEAR. WHEN SHE LOOKS THAT STUNNING.

[@Anto_81]

Sadly that's the industry:(

[@ciprianpopa1503]

She was dropped?!

[@cleawox]

Those Lancome ads were unforgettable

[@VILA1963]

Were they blind?

[@firenze5555]

What an incredibly stupid decision; she was the most beautiful of the women who were the face of Lancome.

[@jaysix8032]

She is absolutely gorgeous. 💜

[@lordbyron3603]

She has one of the best and most unforgettable accents I’ve ever heard. Aside from being so beautiful…..

[@vauhtihirnuCOLA]

Incredibly good chemistry between these two.

[@Tom-q9z5s]

Met her at a book signing a little after this time...absolute class, absolute charm. Few people I've met had this kind of impression on me.

[@jimlechuga3193]

Me too!

[@uigliam]

I saw her recently in a documentary where she talks to... the beautiful chickens in her henhouse...🐔🐓 It's adorable! ✨ A woman of a unique spirit. Intelligent, elegant, timeless little girl. 👍👍👍Keep smiling at the world, always and everywhere! We are with you. 💪💙

[@TRIC4pitator]

What an elegant laugh

[@konalily]

I was 7 years old at the time and my first introduction to Isabella Rossellini was her role as Lisle Von Rhuman in “Death Becomes Her”. Her stage presence is so captivating, it made me feel like I had to stop whatever I was doing and give her my undivided attention. That movie, easily became my favorite cult classics and what a fun cast!

[@thetrickster4526]

I was - 2 years old at that time.😂

[@evatarida5439]

Omg I watched that movie while I was still in my early elementary school age, and fascinated so much that I still remembered it almost 30yrs later...

[@e4t662]

She's absurdly attractive.

[@hydeparkist]

Ok, then i don't like the absurd

[@victoriagadd6831]

I wish he would allow her to talk more. She’s fabulous. People used to say my mother looked like her mother, Ingrid Bergman. Sadly for me, I look,nothing like Isabella. But not only that, she’s smart, intelligent, oozes class and sophistication and my god she’s stunning. Interesting too - if only he’d let her speak!

[@nightowl5395]

Yes, I was thinking the same....a bit too much from him 🤨

[@danielaxivitz6188]

​@@nightowl5395 Million time 👍👍👍

[@mitrapatterson6568]

Oh Victoria, you're cute. You don't like the feather puffing. Men love to get loud and talk over women

[@mjp96]

And, I don't know why she's laughing at his lame comments!! Like she knows who Carl Yaztremski is. He's awful. She's fantastic.

[@David-cm4ok]

He’s insufferable.

[@geraldfrank1630]

Italian female accents are the best! 👌👏👏

[@missvida6251]

She looks so much like a modern Ingrid. Just gorgeous!

[@stephanieclaire2569]

When Isabella mentions the circus show in this interview, she’s talking about Circus Boy. The character ‘Corky’ was played by Micky Dolenz of the Monkees!

[@Andrea-xs4ks]

I love Isabella and her laugh is wonderful

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

Daughter of one of the greatest filmakers of all time and one of the greatest film actresses of all time.

[@geriallo3639]

Let’s not exaggerate!

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

@@geriallo3639 There's no exaggeration.

[@MarcusLangbart]

@@geriallo3639 where's the exaggeration excuse me? Rossellini's and Ingrid's importance in cinema's history is nothing new, unless you're only familiar with hollywood.

[@uigliam]

​Exactly. Rossellini was a great director. A great one who is discovered slowly, and always a little later. Not the ones who... blow their trumpets every time...

[@michaelverbakel7632]

Half Italian and half Swedish. Now that's one ice cold spicy meatball.

[@adelaferreira4575]

She is so classy ,like her mom

[@niceguy3983]

She looks a lot like her mother, specially her eyes

[@andrewhawkings5198]

How can she be so beautiful? She is just he sweetest thing really...

[@johnkevin5420]

Isabella and her mom Ingrid are such beautiful women.

[@dvessel]

Absolute stunner and her accent kills me.

[@funkhousefevertrio7116]

She's the kind of woman that makes you want to get down on your knees and thank God you're a man.... Yep, she reminds me of my mother all right no doubt about it

[@valeria-militiamessalina5672]

@@funkhousefevertrio7116mommy issues, lol

[@funkhousefevertrio7116]

@@valeria-militiamessalina5672kzbin.info/www/bejne/bou0qGCcd55koMUsi=GVHG-22cfHF9jSZY

[@leobewley375]

The most beautiful speaking voice .. and woman

[@MaverickZ007]

Her, Helen Miren and Pam Grier. Timeless Beauty

[@nicolobird1397]

+ Juliette Binoche.

[@MaverickZ007]

@@nicolobird1397 Damn missed that my fault Just saw her at Call my Agent and she never aged one bit.

[@lindajansson7341]

That's very true😊

[@vic5015]

Her mom too (Ingrid Bergman).

[@Blondie727]

Don’t forget Monica Bellucci; who like Isabella is another stunning Italian lady.

[@zerjiozerjio]

Jesus, this woman is too beautiful for words!

[@ianrastall]

I can't get over that it's as if Ingrid Bergman is among us.

[@NormAppleton]

No, it's part of Ingrid. Her father was a great director. Isabella is her own beast.

[@greenman4946]

To me, a Swede, her accent sounds really Swedish.

[@alessandrom7181]

To me, as an Italian, her accent Is very Italian on the opposite..😅

[@denisedevoto5703]

I think she sounds like her mother.

[@SofiaVakirtzoglou]

As a Greek who’s living in Sweden for 5 years, she sounds like Italian mostly and a bit like French when she uses“of” and “the”😂

[@gesujoshua6294]

​@@alessandrom7181 Italiana anch'io!!! Bella e intelligente Isabella ! Saluti dall'Italia , Diana

[@roxys744]

She looks exactly like her mother!! Beautiful and classy women !!

[@teardrop720]

So beautiful. Still is today ❤

[@corda93bg]

I'm Italian and somehow didn't know, until I stumbled upon a comment below, that she is a daughter to Ingrid Bergman, I guess it's one of those infos that slip through the cracks. Also, I saw her in 'Blue Velvet' and wasn't really transfixed by her physical appearance, more like the contrary, but here she's an absolute goddess (ten years later nonetheless)

[@bearcb]

She has her mother’s smile.

[@anggitsantoso528]

her eyes also

[@thetrickster4526]

​@@anggitsantoso528 teeth too.

[@sweetjane5033]

gorgeous sweet inventive with a beautiful smile… Creative!!!

[@jettaca88]

Timeless beauty

[@michelletucker3354]

I think Isabella's accent sounds just like her Mom, Ingrid.

[@katherined800]

Yes, she doesn't have an Italian accent.

[@djkoenig4716]

With her hair like that she looks like Audrey Hepburn 🤗

[@Leo-im9oz]

Its interesting. She does not know Swedish, but she sounds EXACTLY like a Swede speaking english with the swedish accent😂

[@kampai71]

Inte så konstigt!

[@romoloferorelli6200]

Allure. Class. To be a daughter of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini shouldn't be easy but she was able to capitalize it. And she is humble and spontaneous, the way she laughs!!!

[@Quode001]

I clicked on this so fast. She's so incredibly beautiful and eloquent

[@barackobama9958]

Simp

[@zed_2ed929]

@@barackobama9958 POV brack Obama thinks ur a simp

[@LeoStaley]

No idea who she is, but I loved the interview.

[@zed_2ed929]

Simp

[@BeegYoshi24]

You're beautiful too

[@uigliam]

She has the brightness of a child without malice, but intelligent and receptive. Incredibly it looks sexy without showing off sensuality. Her confidence, of a feminine type, gives her a personality that is now very rare today, non-aggressive, very attractive for a man.

[@gideonros2705]

Such a good description.

[@sammygirl6910]

She's stunning!

[@johnfazzari6208]

She's so charming.

[@Elitist20]

Remember watching her being interviewed on TV at my late parents' place in the 90s, and they agreed - 'She's EXACTLY like her mother!' (They remembered Ingrid from as far back as the 40s.)

[@Vegas2323]

“Damnit Johnny, you know I love my Big Beef & Cheddar”

[@Chinaski1]

I can totally see why Scorsese and Lynch fell for her

[@emmaphilo4049]

Lucky woman!

[@enzoeclipsed]

she was so polite laughing at every little thing Conan said

[@ericanderson969]

Well, he’s a funny guy.

[@fenecofeneco19]

praise the male

[@SneakyKestrel]

She was so well educated, like an aristocratic.......

[@uigliam]

​@@SneakyKestrel I agree. Aristocracy has more to do with sunny hospitality and accommodating downplaying rather than with haughtiness or coldness.

[@mjp96]

I don't get that at all. Carl Yaztremski!! "hahhaha". Why?

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Nobody else sounds like her!!

[@adarshjose3891]

I thought Conan would ask more about her childhood, growing up as the daughter of the great Ingrid Bergman & Roberto Rossellini

[@ktg484]

He knows better than that.

[@rojorampage9994]

Gawd she was so beautiful

[@TheSwedishRider]

Oh my god, how old is this clip! My father gave me a Corky book that he read as a kid. I loved it but never met anyone who knows it and now I click on a random video and Isabella Rossellini talks about it 😲

[@lindajansson7341]

Incredibly beautiful smile, amazing woman!😊

[@hummingbird3771]

I quit buying Lancome when they fired Isabella, and I've never used their product since!

[@TheMediaDirectory]

You know she came back to Lancome a few years ago so you can resume using their products😅she appears in their ads today. And they apologized. Isn’t that fantastic?

[@kf31paris]

​@@TheMediaDirectorytrue !!!😊

[@flavianofloris4459]

​@@TheMediaDirectorymarketing is fantastic 👍

[@solidkingcobra]

Now I know why Ross from FRIENDS put her on the list. she's a stunner here. she was aight on that FRIENDS episode.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

who?

[@Terelon]

She's beautiful 💗

[@simonedangelosericola5742]

"But stereotypes are fun!", definitely something we were allowed to say in 1995.

[@giuseppegungui]

written by stereotype of boomer _chiagneffotti_

[@simonedangelosericola5742]

​@@giuseppegungui ma vatt' ad addurmi'... 😂😂😂

[@Historian212]

She was talking about an old TV show from the 1950s called Circus Boy. The character’s name was Corky, not Gorky. And he was played by a young, blond Micky Dolenz, who grew up to be a Monkee.

[@519djw6]

At first, I thought she was talking about the Russian writer whose pen-name was Maxim Gorky; and "Gorky" means "bitter" in Russian! Silly me!🙂

[@luciaferraro7288]

Sempre bellissima.!!

[@mmm91911]

There are plenty of countries where foreign shows are not "looped', but subtitled and with the original soundtrack.

[@aliciadematteis7181]

It is much better. You can hear the real Voice of the actors which is part of their artistic talent.

[@zoperxplex]

This interview is a good example how nowadays every interview on late night has to be mined for its comedic potential.

[@vauhtihirnuCOLA]

Yes, this era was the best for late night

[@stoogefest16]

Yeah, that’s why I’ve taken leave of the late night circuit for the most part. I can’t stand it when hosts strain themselves in the act of trying to induce amusement rather than allowing it to arise naturally.

[@melanief.204]

Yeah, I hate it that American late night hosts laugh at EVERYTHING the guest says, even though it‘s not funny at all 🙄

[@bubblefish76]

Hosts now have made Late Nights into "Only me talk" shows

[@jonathankieranwriter]

She’s always been so charming.

[@jeromesassani9537]

My niece and her future mother-in-law from Brazil paid us a visit. I couldn't help making the comment that she had the same accent as Isabella Rossellini. I am sure that I made a great impression on her.

[@bigneon_glitter]

One of the sexiest, loveliest women to ever walk the planet.

[@jedijones]

It's so ironic that Burt Ward was there that day, because the show she mentioned, Circus Boy, had the exact same origin for its lead character that Robin had. Corky's parents were killed in a trapeze accident and he became adopted. Also, Corky was played by Micky Dolenz of The Monkees, so Isabella could still meet him if she wants to.

[@joansmith69]

She's talking about "Circus Boy" where the main character was called "Corky". I had never heard of it either.

[@mickeyrube6623]

The boy who played Corky is Mickey Dolenz from the Monkees. They even made fun of it on the Monkees TV show.

[@joansmith69]

@@mickeyrube6623 Ah, i knew i had heard that name somewhere before. Thanks for informing me further.

[@voxveritas333]

I remember that show and watched it when I was a kid.

[@Denis-89]

She actually at times sounds like a Swedish person speaking English, "sweenglish" as we call it..

[@vic5015]

Well, her mom was Swedish so that makes sense.

[@Denis-89]

@@vic5015 yes, I guess but she is mostly French-Italian, isn't she? Strange that the Swedish i so strong since she didn't speak it..

[@watching99134]

@@Denis-89 Fortunately she covers that in the video clip

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Today isabella 71 years

[@justayoutuber1906]

She has a great laugh and a lovely name.

[@b.justiceforall9544]

What a wonderful, beautiful person. My ear clearly hears a strong Italian sound in her speech.

[@GARY84ROCKS]

"Gorky" is actually "Corky" --- this TV show "Circus Boy" has an entry on Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_Boy

[@thekentishpilgrim]

This explains why no one knew what she was talking about. Of course we all remember CORKY, the circus boy! One of my favs!

[@sammygirl6910]

Thanks for this. Never saw it but familiar with the cast.

[@dianepoirier3645]

She is beautiful in so many ways… even today

[@tingdzin]

Her looks have changed over the yeas but she has always been very beautiful, in addition to being intelligent and articulate.

[@melaniamonicacraciun9900]

Adorable indeed

[@ghw7192]

Quit interrupting her! She has a lovely voice and laugh!

[@redwoods7370]

Conan does that with beautiful women guests. It's annoying but it's awkwardly endearing also.

[@valsainking]

Isabella reminds me so much of the 1991 Lisa Stansfield when she was promoting her album Real Love.

[@elizaeri1295]

The upgrade and expensive version yes...

[@baguil02]

She is 43 years old in this video. That is all.

[@Gravy_Master]

Her mother lived in France and her father lived in Italy. That is all. Let’s all list some useless facts!

[@robert-uc4mf]

43!!!!!! wau thats amazing !! never would have guest it .................................. and i also look a lot younger then my age ! so now she is 69

[@deutugal]

​@@robert-uc4mf71 by now

[@uigliam]

No problem... Growing old is beautiful for a witty and intelligent person. 👍 Keep going!.. Forever nice little girl. You're adorable.. 🌹✨

[@arjandino9106]

She is as fascinanting as her mother was! But she is (or beter to say was?!) a model too!

[@Zappo32]

Belleza italiana clásica. Lovely

[@NadiaHassan-km7gg]

Unfortunately the same for me: growing up with a family/ friends who had too many different accents from different Middle Eastern & European backgrounds, and therefore it was difficult to learn one accent only in English. On the fun side: it makes you be able to mimic different accents to a certain degree I guess.

[@JesusVelociraptor]

Do you understand how hard it is to pull off short hair? She cannot be hotter. Sit down.

[@konalily]

This is bringing me way back! I was obsessed with this haircut as a kid transitioning in to middle school. The ones who rocked it best was Isabella, Princess Diana, and Ricki Lake. I love being a 90s baby.

[@loveforeignaccents]

@@konalily Ricki Lake, haven't heard that name in probably over a decade... and never remember seeing her with short hair, so I'll have to check it out.

[@IM4fLEX]

I still love this Hairstyle on woman, Nah I dont care about the Karen look.

[@NormAppleton]

More women should have short hair when they are young.

[@5ra46]

It's as if I was listening to her mother. 😮 Wow!

[@barfymann362]

Her and David Lynch were a cute couple.

[@TheOneWhoDings]

Pretty like her Beautiful mom one of my favorite actresses

[@superdivemaster]

How beautiful she is !!!

[@aamir-hk8px]

What a pleasant lady.

[@justincastillogayray]

episode 452: the second guest was Burt Ward (; musical guest Dr. John (Afterglow); sketches were Patterns and Kid Debates

[@emmaphilo4049]

She looks gorgeous here. She looks so Lynchean, so dreamy in this dress... A very moving feminity. I hear an Italian accent in her English.

[@ImNotADeeJay]

that haircut looks great on her

[@marmotsongs]

She has mostly a typical Swedish accent from 50 years ago- a Swede who learned British English. What is amazing is how much she sounds like her mother, beyond just a Swedish accent.

[@darioplant8029]

It s so nice to see a woman laugh out loud without the usual social shame about it.

[@2Hot2]

That's Italian charm. In the US, if you're not tasering your discussion partner you're accused of flirting.

[@JipCripes-np2ls]

​@@2Hot2She's pretty, but she isn't human.

[@2Hot2]

@@JipCripes-np2ls That's okay, I've had some bad experiences with humans. I've always wanted to make it with a Martian. I am curious green.

[@JipCripes-np2ls]

@@2Hot2 Martians aren't green.

[@cyphermote6857]

Which century are you from?

[@davidpotor1009]

She sounds like her mother when she laughs .

[@heirling25]

Isabella is special.

[@lisica8458]

Conan is making references to people in American culture that Isabella likely isn't aware of, e.g., Carl Yaztrzemski.

[@Parischick11]

Stunning!

[@josephirizarry5195]

I had no idea about the Swedish influence, now I can't un-hear it when she talks.

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Happy birthday isabella from italian boy live in rome

[@isabellastasicastriotascan6467]

Strange to hear that Ingrid Bergman didn't speak Swedish to her. Still, she grew multilingual. It is everything we want today 🌠

[@Historian212]

She said she did as a child. She didn’t live with Bergman once she started going to private schools, she only saw her on some holidays and some summers as she grew up. Bergman didn’t raise her kids. She left Pia Lindstrom with Pia’s father, and did the same with her children with Rossellini. He didn’t care for them either, though. His kids attended boarding schools, had nannies, etc. When Isabella and her full sibs were teenagers there was somewhat more contact with their mom, and with their half-sister Pia. That’s when Bergman met her third husband, who was Swedish, and so the kids did their vacations in Sweden and picked up some Swedish again. But by then, Isabella’s language learning had been more in Italian, French, and English. (Bergman lived in Paris for many years, so the French came in handy during those holidays with her mom.) Bergman and Rossellini both prioritized their careers over their children. Pia’s father was more of a traditional dad, but he wasn’t in showbiz. He was a doctor, remarried, and except for occasional visits with her mother (very rarely until she was a teen), Pia lived in the US with her father and stepmom. Her father hated Hollywood. Bergman couldn’t get enough of it. When it comes to family, Bergman doesn’t come off very well. But she lost her own mother when she was very young, and adored her father, but iirc he died young, too. So Bergman was hungry for attention, but didn’t thrive as a conventional wife and mom. In any language.

[@davidmarks8318]

Beyond Beyond Beyond beautiful. Beyond

[@johnnybravado7141]

Her last name actually foreshadowed her appearance on an episode of Friends.

[@hebneh]

I can really hear her mother's voice in hers sometimes.

[@petereriksson7166]

This is a Long time ago.