{{Short description|Italian actress, model and writer (born 1950)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Malisa Longo | image = | birth_name = Maria Luisa Longo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1950|7|13}} | birth_place = [[Venice]], Italy | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actress | spouse = [[#Family|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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fioretta Metz, Edmondo Mondi|title=La più bella sei tu|publisher=Edizioni dell'Ulisse, 1994}}</ref> After appearing in a number of commercials, she made her acting debut in 1968 in the [[Antonio Margheriti]]'s [[Giallo|''giallo'' film]] ''[[The Young, the Evil and the Savage]]''. She then appeared in other films, sometimes in main roles,<ref name=attr>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=888440214X}}</ref> and was especially active in the [[Nazi exploitation]] and ''[[commedia sexy all'italiana]]'' genres.<ref name=attr>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=888440214X}}</ref>
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 (film)|Salon Kitty]]'' (1976) and ''[[Miranda (1985 film)|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'').<ref>{{cite news|last1=Paolo Navarro Dina|title=Malisa, da sexy star a poetessa erotica|newspaper=[[Il Gazzettino]]|date=28 April 2002|page=3}}</ref>
== Family == She is married to the producer ''Riccardo Billi''.{{efn|name=riccardobilli|[[d:Q23724861|The producer ''Riccardo Billi'']] is not the [[Riccardo Billi|actor]] who worked in tandem with ''[[Mario Riva]]'', but a [[Homonym|homonym]]<ref>''Interview to [[:it:Marina Marfoglia|Marina Marfoglia (itwiki)]] on [https://www.davinotti.com/articoli/intervista-a-marina-marfoglia/356 divanotti.com]''</ref>}}
== Selected filmography== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''[[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) * ''[[The 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) * ''[[White Fang and the Hunter]]'' (1975) * ''[[L'adolescente]]'' (1976) * ''[[Salon Kitty (film)|Salon Kitty]]'' (1976) * ''[[Mark Strikes Again]]'' (1976) * ''[[:be-tarask:Порна (фільм)|Emmanuelle bianca e nera]]'' (1976) * ''[[Loves, Beds and Betrayals]]'' (1977) * ''[[Fräulein Devil|Fraulein Kitty]]'' (1977) * ''[[California (1977 film)|California]]'' (1977) * ''[[Helga, She Wolf of Stilberg]]'' (1977) * ''[[El Macho]]'' (1977) * ''[[War of the Robots (film)|War of the Robots]]'' (1978) aka ''Reactor''<ref>"[[War of the Robots (film)|La guerra dei robot (1978)]]" (in Italian). Archivo del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved May 16, 2016.</ref> * ''[[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''<ref>Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. {{ISBN|1476662916}}.</ref> * ''[[The Red Monks]]'') (1989) * ''[[A Cat in the Brain]]'' (1990) aka ''Nightmare Concert'' * ''[[Pierino torna a scuola|Desiderable Teacher 3]]'' (1990) (the two previous was with [[Riccardo Billi|the actor, ''Riccardo Billi'']]{{efn|name=riccardobilli}}) {{div col end}}
== Notes == {{Notelist}}
== References == <references/> == External links == * {{Official website|http://www.malisalongo.it/menu.htm}} * {{IMDb name|0519427}}
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