- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMarlies Theres Moitzi
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Marisa Mell was born on February 24, 1939 in Graz, Austria. She was an actress, known for Danger: Diabolik (1968), The Great Swindle (1971) and Under Siege (1980). She was married to Henri Tucci. She died on May 16, 1992 in Vienna, Austria.
- SpouseHenri Tucci(1959 - 1963) (divorced)
- ParentsWilma Moitzi
- RelativesAlexander Moitzi(Cousin)Karin Moitzi(Cousin)
- Deep, sultry voice
- Large, expressive green eyes
- Cleft chin, square jaw, curled upper lip and high cheekbones
- Famous for playing seductive characters
- She died of cancer, in poverty, with only a few friends attending her funeral.
- In 1963 she was involved in a serious automobile accident in France. For six hours she lay unconscious, not knowing that she was close to losing her right eye. The disfigurement extended to her lip as well. After that, she spent two years undergoing plastic surgery, and no damage remained in her face except a little curl at her upper lip.
- In 1964 she refused to sign a contract in Hollywood running for seven years. She said that the payment would have been great, but that "the contract was a whole book. I think that even to go to the toilet I would have needed a permission."
- David Merrick produced and Vincente Minnelli directed a stage play about Mata Hari with Marisa in the title role opposite Pernell Roberts in 1968. It was a flop and never made it to Broadway.
- Had a lifelong crush on Curd Jürgens.
- [1986, on her looks] I was never proud of my beauty, I was rather bothered by it. It was a tragedy. Every man wanted me, but no man wanted to keep me.
- Movies are my life, and my life is a movie.
- I have a higher goal than making one stupid picture after another.
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