Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 24, 1939
Died
May 16, 1992
Place of Birth
Graz, Austria
Credits
71 titles
Marisa Mell
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
Filmography
Feuerblume - Die zwei Leben der Marisa Mell
Self (archive footage)
I Love Vienna
Selina
Quest for the Mighty Sword
Nephele
Dangerous Affairs
Signora Elena Aloisi
In Zeiten wie diesen
Cleopatra Meier
Seifenblasen
TV manager
Der Mörder
Wahrsagerin / Fortune teller
Heiße Wickel - kalte Güsse
The Commissioner
Zappavigna
Nude Strike
Marisa
The Doctor Prefers Sailors
Clara Morelli
The Traveling Companion
Woman with hat-veil
College Girl on Vacation
Violante Castaldi
Traficantes Del Panico
Kim Lombard
Peccati a Venezia
Melissa
Fever of 40!
Linda Martin
Ring of Darkness
Agatha
NDR Talk Show
Self
Obscene Desire
Amanda
Mad Dog Killer
Giuliana Caroli
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
Self
Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein
Chantal
Casanova & Co.
Duchess of Cornaro
Born Winner
Jusy
Loves, Bed and Betrayals
Greta
Taxi Love - Servizio per signora
Mahogany
Carlotta Gavina
A Diary of a Murderess
Gina / Elisabeth
Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear
Greta
Violent Blood Bath
Patricia Bataille
Death Will Have Your Eyes
Luisa
Gang War in Milan
Jasmina Sanders
Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate
Paola
Elisabeth - Kaiserin von Österreich
Kaiserin Elisabeth
Magic Graz
herself
High Voltage
Laura Moncada
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
Anna Sartori / Maria Sartori
Ben & Charlie
Sarah
Where the Bullets Fly
Lulu 'Miss Dynamite' Belle
Devil's Ransom
Michèle
Dalli Dalli
Self
Marta
Marta / Pilar
The Great Swindle
Carla
Versatile Lovers
Isabelle
One on Top of the Other
Susan Dumurrier / Monica Weston
Stuntman
Gloria
Danger: Diabolik
Eva Kant
Anyone Can Play
Paola
One Pair of Eyes
Che notte, ragazzi!
Monica