Marisa Mell
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Marisa Mell (24 February 1939 – 16 May 1992) was an Austrian actress who became a cult figure of 1960s Italian B-movies. She was born as Marlies Theres Moitzi in Graz, Austria. In 1963, she was involved in a violent automobile accident in France. For six hours, she lay unconscious, unaware that she nearly lost her right eye. The disfigurement extended to her lip as well. She spent the next two years undergoing plastic surgery, and no damage remained in her face, except for a distinctive curl of her upper lip. She turned down a seven-year Hollywood contract, saying that while the payment would have been great, "the contract was a whole book. I think that even to go to the toilet I would have needed a permission." In 1967, she performed the title role in the "utterly calamitous" musical Mata Hari alongside Pernell Roberts. After a preview performance in Washington, D.C. that became infamous for its numerous technical problems, producer David Merrick decided to close the production before its scheduled Broadway run. She is best known for the role of Eva Kant in Danger: Diabolik (1968). In the late 1990s, the television show MST3K brought the actress to a new generation of B-movie viewers when the film was featured on an episode. The show also spoofed another of her starring roles in the film Secret Agent Super Dragon. She died in Vienna from throat cancer in 1992, aged 53. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marisa Mell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Born: February 24, 1939
Place of Birth: Graz, Austria
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Selina
as Nephele
as Signora Elena Aloisi
as TV manager
as Zappavigna
as Marisa
as Clara Morelli
as Woman with hat-veil
as Violante Castaldi
as Kim Lombard
as Linda Martin
as Melissa
as Agatha
as Self
as Amanda
as Giuliana Caroli
as Chantal
as Duchess of Cornaro
as Jusy
as Greta
as Carlotta Gavina
as Gina / Elisabeth
as Greta
as Patricia Bataille
as Luisa
as Jasmina Sanders
as Kaiserin Elisabeth
as Laura Moncada
as Anna Sartori / Maria Sartori
as Sarah
as Lulu 'Miss Dynamite' Belle
as Michèle
as Self
as Marta / Pilar
as Carla
as Isabelle
as Susan Dumurrier / Monica Weston
as Gloria
as Eva Kant
as Paola
as Monica
as Charity Farrel
as Frieda
as Irene de Ridder
as Ilona
as Thelma
as Sophie
as Françoise Fayol
as Juanita
as Brigitte
as Florentine
as Lilian Ranger
as Klara
as Judith Gare
as Erika Meuring
as Alka
as Olli
as Liliane
as Minor Role