Malisa Longo
Malisa Longo | |
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| Born | Maria Luisa Longo 13 July 1950 Venice, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Riccardo Billi |
Malisa Longo (born 13 July 1950) is an Italian actress, model and writer.
Life and career[]
Born Maria Luisa Longo in Venice, at young age Longo moved to Rome where she started a career as a model; she entered the Miss Italia beauty contest, winning the Miss Cinema and the Miss Lazio titles.[1] After having appeared in a number of commercials, Longo made her acting debut in 1968, in the Antonio Margheriti's giallo film The Young, the Evil, and the Savage. She then appeared in a number of films, sometimes in main roles,[2] and was especially active in the Nazisploitation and commedia sexy all'italiana genres.[2]
She is perhaps most famous worldwide for her cameo early in Bruce Lee's film Way of the Dragon.
Longo 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)
- (1976)
- Fraulein Kitty (1977)
- California (1977)
- (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.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
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