Italian actress, model and writer (born 1950)
Malisa Longo
Born Maria Luisa Longo
(1950-07-13 ) 13 July 1950 (age 74) 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
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 .
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