Malisa Longo
Malisa Longo | |
|---|---|
| Born | Maria Luisa Longo 13 July 1950 Venice, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Riccardo Billi |
Malisa Longo (born Maria Luisa Longo; 13 July 1950) is an Italian actress, model and writer.
Life and career
Born Maria Luisa Longo in Venice, Italy, she moved to Rome at a young age where she started a career as a model. She entered the Miss Italia beauty contest, winning the Miss Cinema and Miss Lazio titles.[1] After appearing in a number of commercials, she made her acting debut in 1968 in the Antonio Margheriti's giallo film The Young, the Evil and the Savage. She then appeared in other films, sometimes in main roles,[2] and was especially active in the Nazi exploitation and commedia sexy all'italiana genres.[2]
She performed a cameo in Bruce Lee's film The Way of the Dragon.
Longo was directed three times by the master of Italian erotica, Tinto Brass, in films such as Salon Kitty (1976) and Miranda (1985), in which she played opposite Serena Grandi.
She retired from acting in 1997. In 2000 she debuted as a writer with the novel Così come sono, and her works include poetries (Il cantico del corpo) and essays (Aggiungi un seggio a tavola).[3]
Longo was married to film producer Riccardo Billi and resides in Chicago, Illinois.[4]
Selected filmography
- The Young, the Evil, and the Savage (1968) aka Naked... You Die
- A Girl Called Jules (1970)
- More Dollars for the MacGregors (1970)
- La banda de los tres crisantemos (1970)
- Blindman (1971)
- Way of the Dragon (1972)
- The Ribald Decameron (1972)
- The Sicilian Connection (1972)
- Naughty Nun (1972)
- Ricco the Mean Machine (1973)
- War Goddess (1973) aka The Bare Breasted Warriors
- Il domestico (1974)
- Super Stooges vs. the Wonder Women (1974)
- Black Emanuelle (1975)
- White Fang and the Hunter (1975)
- L'adolescente (1976)
- Salon Kitty (1976)
- Mark Strikes Again (1976)
- Emmanuelle bianca e nera (1976)
- Fraulein Kitty (1977)
- California (1977)
- Helga, She Wolf of Stilberg (1977)
- El Macho (1977)
- War of the Robots (1978) aka Reactor[5]
- Star Odyssey (1979)
- The Iron Hand of the Mafia (1980)
- La dottoressa ci sta col colonnello (1980)
- Gunan, King of the Barbarians (1982) aka Gunan the Warrior, The Invincible Barbarian[6]
- The Red Monks) (1989)
- A Cat in the Brain (1990) aka Nightmare Concert
References
- ^ Fioretta Metz, Edmondo Mondi. La più bella sei tu. Edizioni dell'Ulisse, 1994.
- ^ a b Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
- ^ Paolo Navarro Dina (28 April 2002). "Malisa, da sexy star a poetessa erotica". Il Gazzettino. p. 3.
- ^ Riccardo Billi (producer) at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "La guerra dei robot (1978)" (in Italian). Archivo del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ^ Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 1476662916.
