Marisa Mell
Acting
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.
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Marisa Mell
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Filmography of
Marisa Mell
Self (archive footage)
... 2023
Selina
... 1991
Nephele
... 1990
Signora Elena Aloisi
... 1990
Cleopatra Meier
... 1989
TV manager
... 1985
Wahrsagerin / Fortune teller
... 1984
Zappavigna
... 1983
Marisa
... 1983
Clara Morelli
... 1981
Woman with hat-veil
... 1981
Violante Castaldi
... 1980
Kim Lombard
... 1980
Melissa
... 1980
Linda Martin
... 1980
Agatha
... 1979
Amanda
... 1978
Giuliana Caroli
... 1977
... 1977
Duchess of Cornaro
... 1977
Jusy
... 1976
Greta
... 1976
... 1976
Carlotta Gavina
... 1975
Gina / Elisabeth
... 1975
... 1975
Patricia Bataille
... 1974
... 1974
Jasmina Sanders
... 1973
... 1973
Kaiserin Elisabeth
... 1972
herself
... 1972
Laura Moncada
... 1972
Anna Sartori / Maria Sartori
... 1972
Sarah
... 1972
Lulu 'Miss Dynamite' Belle
... 1972
Michèle
... 1971
Marta / Pilar
... 1971
Carla
... 1971
Isabelle
... 1970
Susan Dumurrier / Monica Weston
... 1969
Gloria
... 1968
Eva Kant
... 1968
Paola
... 1967
Monica
... 1966
... 1966
Charity Farrel
... 1966
Frieda
... 1965
Irene de Ridder
... 1965
Ilona
... 1965
Thelma
... 1965
Sophie
... 1965
Françoise Fayol
... 1964
Juanita
... 1964
Brigitte
... 1964
Florentine
... 1963
Lilian Ranger
... 1962
Klara
... 1962
Judith Gare
... 1961
Erika Meuring
... 1961
... 1960
... 1960
... 1960
Liliane
... 1959
Minor Role
... 1954