Isabella Riva

{{Short description|Italian actress}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Isabella Riva

| image = Isabella Riva - Il mulino del Po.jpg

| caption = Isabella Riva in The Mill on the Po (1949)

| birth_name = Isabella Trufarelli

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1887|4|22}}

| birth_place = Nizza Monferrato, Asti

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1985|8|10|1887|4|22}}

| death_place = Bologna

| occupation = actress

}}

Isabella Riva (22 April 1887 - 10 August 1985) was an Italian actress.

Born in Nizza Monferrato, Asti as Isabella Trufarelli, daughter of actors, Riva began acting as a child in the stage company ran by her grandparents.{{cite news|title=E' morta l'attrice Isabella Riva|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1985/08/15/morta-attrice-isabella-riva-aveva.html?ref=search|accessdate=6 December 2013|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=15 August 1985}} After working in several companies, in 1919 she became main actress of the Alfredo Sainati stage company.{{cite news|title=Morta a Bologna la Truffarelli una vita di teatro|newspaper=La Stampa|date=14 August 1985|page=14}} She was also a film and television actress.

Riva retired in 1968, moving to Bologna in the retirement home for actors "Lyda Borelli" where she continued to teach acting for several years.