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Marisa Mell
Graz, Austria
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. I…
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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.
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2023
Feuerblume - Die zwei Leben der Marisa Mell
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1991
I Love Vienna
Movie Selina
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1990
Quest for the Mighty Sword
Movie Nephele
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1990
Dangerous Affairs
Movie Signora Elena Aloisi
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1989
In Zeiten wie diesen
Movie Cleopatra Meier
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1985
Seifenblasen
Movie TV manager
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1984
Der Mörder
Movie Wahrsagerin / Fortune teller
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1984
Heiße Wickel - kalte Güsse
TV show
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1983
The Commissioner
Movie Zappavigna
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1983
Nude Strike
Movie Marisa
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1981
The Doctor Prefers Sailors
Movie Clara Morelli
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1981
The Traveling Companion
Movie Woman with hat-veil
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1980
College Girl on Vacation
Movie Violante Castaldi
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1980
Under Siege
Movie Kim Lombard
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1980
Peccati a Venezia
Movie Melissa
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1980
Fever of 40!
Movie Linda Martin
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1979
Ring of Darkness
Movie Agatha
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1979
NDR Talk Show
TV show Self
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1978
Obscene Desire
Movie Amanda
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1977
Mad Dog Killer
Movie Giuliana Caroli
- 1977
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1977
Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein
TV show Chantal
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1977
Casanova & Co.
Movie Duchess of Cornaro
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1976
Born Winner
Movie Jusy
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1976
Loves, Bed and Betrayals
Movie Greta
- 1976
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1975
Mahogany
Movie Carlotta Gavina
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1975
A Diary of a Murderess
Movie Gina / Elisabeth
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1975
Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear
Movie Greta
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1974
Violent Blood Bath
Movie Patricia Bataille
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1974
Death Will Have Your Eyes
Movie Luisa
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1973
Gang War in Milan
Movie Jasmina Sanders
- 1973
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1972
Elisabeth - Kaiserin von Österreich
Movie Kaiserin Elisabeth
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1972
Magic Graz
Movie herself
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1972
High Voltage
Movie Laura Moncada
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1972
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
Movie Anna Sartori / Maria Sartori
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1972
Ben & Charlie
Movie Sarah
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1972
Where the Bullets Fly
Movie Lulu 'Miss Dynamite' Belle
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1971
Devil's Ransom
Movie Michèle
