Isabella Rossellini turns 70: a look back(17 images)

Actress Isabella Rossellini (R) and her daughter, Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann, pose for a photo prior to the start of the United Nations General Assembly forum on "Take Our Daughters to Work Day," in New York City on April 22, 1999. Elettra is her daughter with Jonathan Wiedemann, who was her husband after Martin Scorsese, who she was married to from 1979 to 1982. Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI

Rossellini appears at the Barnes and Noble bookstore to promote her new book "Looking at Me" in New York City on September 29, 2002. Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI

Rossellini poses for pictures at the "Audrey Hepburn: The Beauty of Compassion" Exhibition and Auction Event at Sotheby's in New York City on April 21, 2003. The actress dated director David Lynch in the late 1980s/early 1990s and was engaged to actor Gary Oldman in the mid-90s. Photo by lc/Laura Cavanaugh UPI

Rossellini poses for the media at the Film Society of Lincoln Center Gala Tribute to Susan Sarandon in New York City on May 5, 2003. She made her stage debut in a play called "The Stendhal Syndrome" that year. Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI