Marisa Mell
Known For
Acting
Born
1939-02-24 in Graz, Austria
Died
1992-05-16
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
Most Known For
NDR Talk Show
as Self
Dalli Dalli
as Self
Aktuelle Schaubude
as Self
High Voltage
as Laura Moncada
Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein
as Chantal
Nude Strike
as Marisa
The Cry of the Wild Geese
as Judith Gare
The Commissioner
as Zappavigna
Magic Graz
as herself
Danger: Diabolik
as Eva Kant
One on Top of the Other
as Susan Dumurrier / Monica Weston
Heiße Wickel - kalte Güsse
Violent Blood Bath
as Patricia Bataille
The Traveling Companion
as Woman with hat-veil
Loves, Bed and Betrayals
as Greta
Secret Agent Super Dragon
as Charity Farrel
The Mad Dog Killer
as Giuliana Caroli
Casanova '70
as Thelma
Casanova & Co.
as Duchess of Cornaro
Secret of the Red Orchid
as Lilian Ranger