
Marisa Mell
Department: Acting
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

The Great Swindle
1971

High Voltage
1972

Marta
1971

Anyone Can Play
1967

French Dressing
1964

Casanova '70
1965

Secret of the Red Orchid
1962

The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
1964

Ordered to Love
1961

Mad Dog Killer
1977

Mahogany
1975

Obscene Desire
1978

Ring of Darkness
1979

Stuntman
1968

City of Fear
1965

Operation Double Cross
1965

Diamond Walkers
1965

Objective: 500 Million
1966

Secret Agent Super Dragon
1966

Che notte, ragazzi!
1966

Versatile Lovers
1970

Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate
1973

Gang War in Milan
1973

Ben & Charlie
1972

Where the Bullets Fly
1972

Violent Blood Bath
1974

A Diary of a Murderess
1975

Danger: Diabolik
1968

Masquerade
1965

College Girl on Vacation
1980

The Doctor Prefers Sailors
1981

Traficantes Del Panico
1980

Venusberg
1963

Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear
1975

Ein Mann im schönsten Alter
1964

Casanova & Co.
1977

Devil's Ransom
1971

Death Will Have Your Eyes
1974

Dangerous Affairs
1990

I Love Vienna
1991

Born Winner
1976

Fever of 40!
1980

Loves, Bed and Betrayals
1976

Peccati a Venezia
1980

Magic Graz
1972

Nude Strike
1983

Seifenblasen
1985

The Traveling Companion
1981

Quest for the Mighty Sword
1990

Feuerblume - Die zwei Leben der Marisa Mell
2023

Der brave Soldat Schwejk
1960

Dr
1962

The Cry of the Wild Geese
1961

Wegen Verführung Minderjähriger
1960

Am Galgen hängt die Liebe
1960

Das Nachtlokal zum Silbermond
1959

Elisabeth - Kaiserin von Österreich
1972

In Zeiten wie diesen
1989

Der Mörder
1984

Taxi Love - Servizio per signora
1976

One on Top of the Other
1969

The Light of Love
1954

Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
1972

The Commissioner
1983

Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
1977

Heiße Wickel - kalte Güsse
1984

Dalli Dalli
1971

Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein
1977

NDR Talk Show
1979

Aktuelle Schaubude
1957

One Pair of Eyes
1967