Marisa Mell
Acting • Born 1939-02-24 – Died 1992-05-16
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
70 credits
Marta
Movie • 1971
Marta / Pilar
High Voltage
Movie • 1972
Laura Moncada
The Great Swindle
Movie • 1971
Carla
Anyone Can Play
Movie • 1967
Paola
Casanova '70
Movie • 1965
Thelma
Secret of the Red Orchid
Movie • 1962
Lilian Ranger
French Dressing
Movie • 1964
Françoise Fayol
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
Movie • 1964
Juanita
Ordered to Love
Movie • 1961
Erika Meuring
Mad Dog Killer
Movie • 1977
Giuliana Caroli
Mahogany
Movie • 1975
Carlotta Gavina
Ring of Darkness
Movie • 1979
Agatha
Obscene Desire
Movie • 1978
Amanda
Diamond Walkers
Movie • 1965
Irene de Ridder
City of Fear
Movie • 1965
Ilona
Operation Double Cross
Movie • 1965
Frieda
Secret Agent Super Dragon
Movie • 1966
Charity Farrel
Objective: 500 Million
Movie • 1966
Yo
Che notte, ragazzi!
Movie • 1966
Monica
Stuntman
Movie • 1968
Gloria
Versatile Lovers
Movie • 1970
Isabelle
Where the Bullets Fly
Movie • 1972
Lulu 'Miss Dynamite' Belle
Ben & Charlie
Movie • 1972
Sarah
Violent Blood Bath
Movie • 1974
Patricia Bataille
Gang War in Milan
Movie • 1973
Jasmina Sanders
Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate
Movie • 1973
Paola
A Diary of a Murderess
Movie • 1975
Gina / Elisabeth
Danger: Diabolik
Movie • 1968
Eva Kant
Masquerade
Movie • 1965
Sophie
College Girl on Vacation
Movie • 1980
Violante Castaldi
The Doctor Prefers Sailors
Movie • 1981
Clara Morelli
Traficantes Del Panico
Movie • 1980
Kim Lombard
Ein Mann im schönsten Alter
Movie • 1964
Brigitte
Venusberg
Movie • 1963
Florentine
Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear
Movie • 1975
Greta
Casanova & Co.
Movie • 1977
Duchess of Cornaro
Death Will Have Your Eyes
Movie • 1974
Luisa
Devil's Ransom
Movie • 1971
Michèle
I Love Vienna
Movie • 1991
Selina
Dangerous Affairs
Movie • 1990
Signora Elena Aloisi
Magic Graz
Movie • 1972
herself
Loves, Bed and Betrayals
Movie • 1976
Greta
Born Winner
Movie • 1976
Jusy
Peccati a Venezia
Movie • 1980
Melissa
Fever of 40!
Movie • 1980
Linda Martin
The Traveling Companion
Movie • 1981
Woman with hat-veil
Nude Strike
Movie • 1983
Marisa
Seifenblasen
Movie • 1985
TV manager
Quest for the Mighty Sword
Movie • 1990
Nephele
Fireflower: The Two Lives of Marisa Mell
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Der brave Soldat Schwejk
Movie • 1960
Olli
Dr
Movie • 1962
Klara
The Cry of the Wild Geese
Movie • 1961
Judith Gare
Wegen Verführung Minderjähriger
Movie • 1960
Inge
Am Galgen hängt die Liebe
Movie • 1960
Alka
Das Nachtlokal zum Silbermond
Movie • 1959
Liliane
Elisabeth - Kaiserin von Österreich
Movie • 1972
Kaiserin Elisabeth
In Zeiten wie diesen
Movie • 1989
Cleopatra Meier
Der Mörder
Movie • 1984
Wahrsagerin / Fortune teller
Taxi Love - Servizio per signora
Movie • 1976
One on Top of the Other
Movie • 1969
Susan Dumurrier / Monica Weston
The Light of Love
Movie • 1954
Minor Role
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
Movie • 1972
Anna Sartori / Maria Sartori
The Commissioner
Movie • 1983
Zappavigna
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
Movie • 1977
Self
Heiße Wickel - kalte Güsse
TV • 1984
Dalli Dalli
TV • 1971
Self
Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein
TV • 1977
Chantal
NDR Talk Show
TV • 1979
Self
Aktuelle Schaubude
TV • 1957
Self