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She died of cancer, in poverty, with only a few friends attending her funeral.

In 1963 she was involved in a serious automobile accident in France. For six hours she lay unconscious, not knowing that she was close to losing her right eye. The disfigurement extended to her lip as well. After that, she spent two years undergoing plastic surgery, and no damage remained in her face except a little curl at her upper lip.

In 1964 she refused to sign a contract in Hollywood running for seven years. She said that the payment would have been great, but that "the contract was a whole book. I think that even to go to the toilet I would have needed a permission."

On November 26, 1977, she gave birth to a baby daughter, Louisa Erika, in Rome. It was a premature delivery, and the girl died the same day. The child was interred at the Camposanto Teutonico cemetery in Rome. Mell never revealed the father's identity.

She was good friends with Brigitte Bardot in the 1970s.

Posed nude for the Italian version of Playboy in November of 1976.

From 1972 to 1984, she had a dog named Rocco. She bought him in Madrid while she was filming Pena de muerte (1974) with Fernando Rey.

Was a heavy smoker throughout her lifetime, which likely contributed to the throat cancer that she contracted.

David Merrick produced and Vincente Minnelli directed a stage play about Mata Hari with Marisa in the title role opposite Pernell Roberts in 1968. It was a flop and never made it to Broadway.

Changed her name because she thought that "Marlies Moitzi" sounded too "steirisch" (from the Styrian province of Austria) for an international audience.

She loved to paint.

Dated Warren Beatty.

Her favorite actresses were Greta Garbo and Dorothy Dandridge, whom she admired for her beauty.

Most famous for the sexy film role of criminal mastermind Eva Kant in Diabolik (1968).

Lived in Graz (until 1957), Vienna (1957 to 1959 & 1989 to 1992), West Germany (1960 to 1963), Paris (1964 to 1965), and Rome (1965 to 1988). Between 1970 and 1977, she also had an apartment in Madrid because she worked there frequently.

She turned down the leading roles in Boeing, Boeing (1965) and Stiletto (1969) that were eventually played by Christiane Schmidtmer and Britt Ekland. She never made a movie in Hollywood. As a matter of fact, her only American feature film was Mahogany (1975) which was shot in Rome and only offered her a small supporting role.

Decided to become an actress after seeing Greta Garbo in Camille (1936) as a child. Coincidentally, Mell later starred in an ill-fated Broadway production based on another Garbo film, Mata Hari (1931).

Jesús Franco was a great admirer of her. In February 1972, he announced that Mell would appear alongside Barbara Bouchet and Mark Damon in his new film, Camino solitario (1984). Unfortunately, Franco couldn't get the financial backing for this film and it was put on hold. Finally, it was made in 1984 with Lina Romay taking over Mell's role.

Had a lifelong crush on Curd Jürgens.

One of her hobbies was archeology.

She graduated together with Senta Berger, Heidelinde Weis and Erika Pluhar from Vienna's Max-Reinhard-Seminar.

She had affairs or relationships with Warren Beatty, Alain Delon, Roman Polanski, Robert Evans, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Michel Piccoli, Stephen Boyd, Walter Giller, Helmut Berger, Julián Mateos, John Phillip Law, Espartaco Santoni, Gianni Macchia, Don Jaime de Mora y Aragón, Giovanni Agnelli, Ivo Pitanguy, heir Alexander Onassis, the artist twins Witold and Tadeusz Katner, and pianist Maurizio Libardo. Her longest relationship was a turbulent on-off-affair with producer Pier Luigi Torri that lasted from 1965 to 1970.

Of her own films, Masquerade (1965), French Dressing (1964), Casanova '70 (1965), and Marta (1971) were her favorites.

Married Henri Tucci shortly after finishing her actor's school, but got divorced a few years later.

Her favorite drama teacher was Susi Nicoletti.

Half-great-aunt of Alexander Moitzi.

She wrote her autobiography, "Coverlove", which was published in Vienna in 1990. Another book, "Marisa, Rückblenden einer Freundschaft" by her best friend Erika Pluhar, was published in 1996 in Hamburg, Germany. In 2013, André Schneider published the first big biography on her and her movies, "Die Feuerblume: Über Marisa Mell und ihre Filme". The book contains more than 130 never-seen-before photos of Marisa.

Had a miscarriage in 1969. Father of the child was her longtime companion Pier Luigi Torri, with whom she lived for about three years. According to her autobiography, the relationship was an ordeal. During that time Torri produced one of Marisa's better (yet unsuccessful) films, Senza via d'uscita (1971), co-starring Philippe Leroy. He had to leave Italy in 1971 after a notorious cocaine scandal to avoid prison.

Actor Anthony Quinn wanted Mell to co-star with him in The Message (1976), but negotiations fell through. The producers thought Mell wasn't "bankable enough anymore" and cast Irene Papas instead.

She was also up for leading roles in Il trafficone (1974), Questa specie d'amore (1972), Vedo nudo (1969), Fuori uno... sotto un altro, arriva il Passatore (1973) (Edwige Fenech replaced her in this one), Los amigos (1973) (Ira von Fürstenberg stepped in for her) and Verginità (1974) (Dagmar Lassander was cast instead), but wasn't contracted in the end.

Of her own films, Lebensborn (1961) was the one she disliked the most.

She was cast in Il sergente Klems (1971), but dropped out shortly before shooting began. She was replaced by Luciana Paluzzi.

In late 1977, Mell starred in "Fratello crudele" alongside Tina Aumont, Femi Benussi and Martine Brochard under Mario De Rosa's direction, but the movie's never been released.

She was up for two more Edgar Wallace movies, Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen (1961) and The Trygon Factor (1966), but decided to focus on her international career instead. Sophie Hardy played the part in The Trygon Factor (1966) that Mell had signed for.

Italo Zingarelli cast her in Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico ed in regola con le leggi dello Stato (1971), but due to production delay and other commitments, Mell had to drop out. Giovanna Ralli took over her role.