Acting
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.
Movies with Marisa Mell
The Traveling Companion
1981
Obscene Desire
1978
Danger: Diabolik
1968
Casanova & Co.
1977
One on Top of the Other
1969
High Voltage
1972
Traficantes Del Panico
1980
Seifenblasen
1985
Nude Strike
1983
French Dressing
1964
Loves, Bed and Betrayals
1976
Ring of Darkness
1979
Anyone Can Play
1967
Casanova '70
1965
The Commissioner
1983
College Girl on Vacation
1980
Am Galgen hängt die Liebe
1960
The Doctor Prefers Sailors
1981
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
1972
Quest for the Mighty Sword
1990
Magic Graz
1972
Operation Double Cross
1965
Ben & Charlie
1972
Secret Agent Super Dragon
1966
The Secret of the Red Orchid
1962
Mad Dog Killer
1977
Gang War in Milan
1973
A Diary of a Murderess
1975
Mahogany
1975
Death Will Have Your Eyes
1974
The Great Swindle
1971
Where the Bullets Fly
1972
Masquerade
1965
Objective: 500 Million
1966
Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear
1975
Ordered to Love
1961
Violent Blood Bath
1974
Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate
1973
Dr
1962
Der brave Soldat Schwejk
1960
Marta
1971
Devil's Ransom
1971
Che notte, ragazzi!
1966
Elisabeth - Kaiserin von Österreich
1972
Das Nachtlokal zum Silbermond
1959
Stuntman
1968
In Zeiten wie diesen
1989
Der Mörder
1984
Peccati a Venezia
1980
Taxi Love - Servizio per signora
1976
Dangerous Affairs
1990
City of Fear
1965
Versatile Lovers
1970
Born Winner
1976
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
1964
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
1977
Fever of 40!
1980
I Love Vienna
1991
Feuerblume - Die zwei Leben der Marisa Mell
2023
Venusberg
1963
The Light of Love
1954
The Cry of the Wild Geese
1961
Ein Mann im schönsten Alter
1964
Diamond Walkers
1965
Wegen Verführung Minderjähriger
1960
