# Malisa Longo > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Malisa_Longo > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Malisa_Longo.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malisa_Longo > Source revision: 1354376059 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Italian actress, model and writer (born 1950) Malisa Longo Born Maria Luisa Longo (1950-07-13) 13 July 1950 (age 75) Venice, Italy 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](/source/Venice), Italy, she moved to Rome at a young age where she started a career as a model. She entered the [Miss Italia](/source/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](/source/Antonio_Margheriti)'s [*giallo* film](/source/Giallo) *[The Young, the Evil and the Savage](/source/The_Young%2C_the_Evil_and_the_Savage)*. She then appeared in other films, sometimes in main roles,[2] and was especially active in the [Nazi exploitation](/source/Nazi_exploitation) and *[commedia sexy all'italiana](/source/Commedia_sexy_all'italiana)* genres.[2] She performed a cameo in [Bruce Lee](/source/Bruce_Lee)'s film *[The Way of the Dragon](/source/The_Way_of_the_Dragon)*. Longo was directed three times by the master of Italian erotica, [Tinto Brass](/source/Tinto_Brass), in films such as *[Salon Kitty](/source/Salon_Kitty_(film))* (1976) and *[Miranda](/source/Miranda_(1985_film))* (1985), in which she played opposite [Serena Grandi](/source/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] ## Family She is married to the producer *Riccardo Billi*.[a] ## Selected filmography - *[The Young, the Evil, and the Savage](/source/The_Young%2C_the_Evil%2C_and_the_Savage)* (1968) aka *Naked... You Die* - *[A Girl Called Jules](/source/A_Girl_Called_Jules)* (1970) - *[More Dollars for the MacGregors](/source/More_Dollars_for_the_MacGregors)* (1970) - *[La banda de los tres crisantemos](/source/La_banda_de_los_tres_crisantemos)* (1970) - *[Blindman](/source/Blindman)* (1971) - *[The Way of the Dragon](/source/The_Way_of_the_Dragon)* (1972) - *[The Ribald Decameron](/source/The_Ribald_Decameron)* (1972) - *[The Sicilian Connection](/source/The_Sicilian_Connection)* (1972) - *[Naughty Nun](/source/Naughty_Nun)* (1972) - *[Ricco the Mean Machine](/source/Ricco_the_Mean_Machine)* (1973) - *[War Goddess](/source/War_Goddess)* (1973) aka *The Bare Breasted Warriors* - *[Il domestico](/source/Il_domestico)* (1974) - *[Super Stooges vs. the Wonder Women](/source/Super_Stooges_vs._the_Wonder_Women)* (1974) - *[White Fang and the Hunter](/source/White_Fang_and_the_Hunter)* (1975) - *[L'adolescente](/source/L'adolescente)* (1976) - *[Salon Kitty](/source/Salon_Kitty_(film))* (1976) - *[Mark Strikes Again](/source/Mark_Strikes_Again)* (1976) - *[Emmanuelle bianca e nera](https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0_(%D1%84%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC))* (1976) - *[Loves, Beds and Betrayals](/source/Loves%2C_Beds_and_Betrayals)* (1977) - *[Fraulein Kitty](/source/Fr%C3%A4ulein_Devil)* (1977) - *[California](/source/California_(1977_film))* (1977) - *[Helga, She Wolf of Stilberg](/source/Helga%2C_She_Wolf_of_Stilberg)* (1977) - *[El Macho](/source/El_Macho)* (1977) - *[War of the Robots](/source/War_of_the_Robots_(film))* (1978) aka *Reactor*[5] - *[Star Odyssey](/source/Star_Odyssey)* (1979) - *[The Iron Hand of the Mafia](/source/The_Iron_Hand_of_the_Mafia)* (1980) - *[La dottoressa ci sta col colonnello](/source/La_dottoressa_ci_sta_col_colonnello)* (1980) - *[Gunan, King of the Barbarians](/source/Gunan%2C_King_of_the_Barbarians)* (1982) aka *Gunan the Warrior*, *The Invincible Barbarian*[6] - *[The Red Monks](/source/The_Red_Monks)*) (1989) - *[A Cat in the Brain](/source/A_Cat_in_the_Brain)* (1990) aka *Nightmare Concert* - *[Desiderable Teacher 3](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pierino_torna_a_scuola&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1990) (the two previous was with [the actor, *Riccardo Billi*](/source/Riccardo_Billi)[a]) ## Notes 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-riccardobilli_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-riccardobilli_5-1) [The producer *Riccardo Billi*](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23724861) is not the [actor](/source/Riccardo_Billi) who worked in tandem with *[Mario Riva](/source/Mario_Riva)*, but a [homonym](/source/Homonym)[4] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Fioretta Metz, Edmondo Mondi. *La più bella sei tu*. Edizioni dell'Ulisse, 1994. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-attr_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-attr_2-1) Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. *Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici*. Gremese Editore, 2003. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [888440214X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/888440214X). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Paolo Navarro Dina (28 April 2002). "Malisa, da sexy star a poetessa erotica". *[Il Gazzettino](/source/Il_Gazzettino)*. p. 3. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *Interview to [Marina Marfoglia (itwiki)](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Marfoglia) on [divanotti.com](https://www.davinotti.com/articoli/intervista-a-marina-marfoglia/356)* 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** "[La guerra dei robot (1978)](/source/War_of_the_Robots_(film))" (in Italian). Archivo del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved May 16, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1476662916](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1476662916). ## External links - [Official website](http://www.malisalongo.it/menu.htm) - [Malisa Longo](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0519427/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States France BnF data Italy Spain Croatia Other IdRef Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Malisa Longo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malisa_Longo) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malisa_Longo?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.