Malisa Longo

Malisa Longo (born 13 July 1950) is an Italian actress, model and writer.

Malisa Longo
Born
Maria Luisa Longo

(1950-07-13) 13 July 1950
Venice, Italy
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)Riccardo Billi

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
gollark: A moderately sized cryoapioform told me to tell you to look at #12 more closely.
gollark: Of course, they could be pretending to be someone pretending to be them.
gollark: Of course, someone could be pretending to be them.
gollark: Palaiologos last said suffix array, before the contest.
gollark: I would, yes.

References
  1. Fioretta Metz, Edmondo Mondi. La più bella sei tu. Edizioni dell'Ulisse, 1994.
  2. Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
  3. Paolo Navarro Dina (28 April 2002). "Malisa, da sexy star a poetessa erotica". Il Gazzettino. p. 3.
  4. Riccardo Billi (producer) at the Internet Movie Database
  5. "La guerra dei robot (1978)" (in Italian). Archivo del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  6. Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 1476662916.
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