Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1939-02-24
Day of Death
1992-05-16
Place of Birth
Graz, Austria
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.
Filmography (65)
Feuerblume - Die zwei Leben der Marisa Mell
2023
I Love Vienna
1991
Quest for the Mighty Sword
1990
Dangerous Affairs
1990In Zeiten wie diesen
1989
Seifenblasen
1985Der Mörder
1984
The Commissioner
1983
Nude Strike
1983
The Doctor Prefers Sailors
1981
The Traveling Companion
1981
College Girl on Vacation
1980
Traficantes Del Panico
1980
Peccati a Venezia
1980
