Isa Danieli
From cream peas to pasta, symbol of national identity

Isa Danieli was born in Naples on the 13th of March ,1937. She followed in their parents’ footsteps (her mother Rosa Moretti, was a singer, and his father, Renato Di Napoli, was an actor); she calls herself the daughter of love. As a child she was forced to live in a boarding school during the war, where the worst memory concerned the well-known American peas powder. When she was only 15 she left the school to start the acting career; that is how her success escalation began, which continues today. She is nowadays very appreciated as an actress in the Country. In theatre, she played with Eduardo De Filippo, her mentor, who made her theatrical career start; she remember various stories from him, like the one about the “row pasta” eaten on stage during a play. She also worked on TV, in some Eduardo’s dramas and in fictions like the one titled Capri, where she played a cook who was really famous for her secret fish soup recipe.