Name
Marisa Mell
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1939-02-24
Deathday
1992-05-16 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Graz, Austria
Biography
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.
Known For
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Also known as Ben & Charlie. When Ben Bellow is released from prison, Charlie Logan is the...
6.2
A maniac on the loose is committing savage acts of slaughter, and one survivor may be the ...
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José, a young mechanic, arrives in Madrid to make it big. After being conned he loses his...
5.7
Sadistic no-count killer Nanni Vitali and three other equally brutish hoodlums escape from...
6.4
The amorous adventures of Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, an army officer who finds pleasure with...
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A doctor in a hotel has a lot of problems like a man repeatedly fails to commit suicide, a...
6.45
A San Francisco doctor encounters a prostitute who bears a striking resemblance to his lat...
5.8
Rival gangsters from Chicago move to London and attempt to extort money from rich Britons....
3.9
While hiding from the royal authorities, Giacomo Casanova, the famous romancer, encounters...
- 1971 The Great Swindle as Carla
- 1972 High Voltage as Laura Moncada
- 1971 Marta as Marta / Pilar
- 1967 Anyone Can Play as Paola
- 1964 French Dressing as Françoise Fayol
- 1965 Casanova '70 as Thelma
- 1962 The Secret of the Red Orchid as Lilian Ranger
- 1964 The Last Ride to Santa Cruz as Juanita
- 1961 Ordered to Love as Erika Meuring
- 1977 Mad Dog Killer as Giuliana Caroli
- 1975 Mahogany as Carlotta Gavina
- 1978 Obscene Desire as Amanda
- 1979 Ring of Darkness as Agatha
- 1968 Stuntman as Gloria
- 1965 City of Fear as Ilona
- 1965 Operation Double Cross as Frieda
- 1965 Diamond Walkers as Irene de Ridder
- 1966 Objective: 500 Million as Yo
- 1966 Secret Agent Super Dragon as Charity Farrel
- 1966 Che notte, ragazzi! as Monica
- 1970 Versatile Lovers as Isabelle
- 1973 Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate as Paola
- 1973 Gang War in Milan as Jasmina Sanders
- 1972 Ben & Charlie as Sarah
- 1972 Where the Bullets Fly as Lulu 'Miss Dynamite' Belle
- 1974 Violent Blood Bath as Patricia Bataille
- 1975 A Diary of a Murderess as Gina / Elisabeth
- 1968 Danger: Diabolik as Eva Kant
- 1965 Masquerade as Sophie
- 1980 College Girl on Vacation as Violante Castaldi
- 1981 The Doctor Prefers Sailors as Clara Morelli
- 1980 Under Siege as Kim Lombard
- 1963 Venusberg as Florentine
- 1975 Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear as Greta
- 1964 Ein Mann im schönsten Alter as Brigitte
- 1977 Casanova & Co. as Duchess of Cornaro
- 1971 Devil's Ransom as Michèle
- 1974 Death Will Have Your Eyes as Luisa
- 1990 Dangerous Affairs as Signora Elena Aloisi
- 1991 I Love Vienna as Selina
- 1976 Born Winner as Jusy
- 1980 Fever of 40! as Linda Martin
- 1976 Loves, Bed and Betrayals as Greta
- 1980 Peccati a Venezia as Melissa
- 1972 Magic Graz as herself
- 1983 Nude Strike as Marisa
- 1985 Seifenblasen as TV manager
- 1981 The Traveling Companion as Woman with hat-veil
- 1990 Quest for the Mighty Sword as Nephele
- 2023 Feuerblume - Die zwei Leben der Marisa Mell as Self (archive footage)
- 1960 Der brave Soldat Schwejk as Olli
- 1962 Dr as Klara
- 1961 The Cry of the Wild Geese as Judith Gare
- 1960 Wegen Verführung Minderjähriger as Inge
- 1960 Am Galgen hängt die Liebe as Alka
- 1959 Das Nachtlokal zum Silbermond as Liliane
- 1972 Elisabeth - Kaiserin von Österreich as Kaiserin Elisabeth
- 1989 In Zeiten wie diesen as Cleopatra Meier
- 1984 Der Mörder as Wahrsagerin / Fortune teller
- 1976 Taxi Love - Servizio per signora
- 1969 One on Top of the Other as Susan Dumurrier / Monica Weston
- 1954 The Light of Love as Minor Role
- 1972 Seven Blood-Stained Orchids as Anna Sartori / Maria Sartori
- 1983 The Commissioner as Zappavigna
- 1977 Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante as Self
- 1984 Heiße Wickel - kalte Güsse ( 13 episodes )
- 1971 Dalli Dalli ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1977 Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein ( 13 episodes ) as Chantal
- 1979 NDR Talk Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1957 Aktuelle Schaubude ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1967 One Pair of Eyes ( 1 episode )
