Malisa Longo

Malisa Longo
Born	Maria Luisa Longo (1950-07-13) 13 July 1950 Venice, Italy
Occupation	Actress

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. 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, and was especially active in the Nazisploitation and commedia sexy all'italiana genres.

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).

Longo is married to film producer Riccardo Billi.

Selected filmography

• The Young, the Evil, and the Savage (1968)
• A Girl Called Jules (1970)
• More Dollars for the MacGregors (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)
• Il domestico (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)
• Star Odyssey (1978)
• The Iron Hand of the Mafia (1980)
• La dottoressa ci sta col colonnello (1980)
• I frati rossi (The Red Monks) (1988)
• A Cat in the Brain (1990)

External links

• Official website
• Malisa Longo at the Internet Movie Database