Marisa BerensonFilmography

Born:: February 15, 1947 in New York City, NY
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Marisa Berenson was born to an aristocratic family: her grandfather was art historian/collector Bernard Berenson, her maternal grandmother was fashion designer Elsa Schiafarelli, her father was a Boston-based diplomat, and her stepmother was Marchessa Cicciapouti di Guilliano. Reportedly, Marisa...Read More

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Color Me Kubrick

Actors: John Malkovich, Jim Davidson, Richard E. Grant, Terence Rigby

Synopsis: In the mid-'90s, an Englishman by the name of Alan Conway (John Malkovich) conned many people into believing that he was the reclusive American director Stanley Kubrick, despite the fact that Conway was openly gay, bore no physical resemblance to Kubrick, and knew little about the director's work. Read More

3/23/07
24 Bars

Actors: Benoît Magimel, Lubna Azabal, Sami Bouajila, Bérangère Allaux, Marisa Berenson

Synopsis: Four lost souls in search of a connection are brought together by fate on a quiet Christmas Eve in the feature directorial debut of actor-turned-director Jalil Lespert. It's the day before Christmas, and as bleach-blonde prostitute Helly (Lubna Azabal) wakes up next to an anonymous john, all she Read More

2007
Secrets of Mary Magdalene

Synopsis: Follow along as filmmaker Rob Fruchtman travels to historic locations across the globe to discuss and debate the role that Mary Magdalene played in early Christianity in this documentary companion piece to Dan Burstein and Arne de Kaijzer's book Secrets of Mary Magdalene: The Untold Story of Read More

2006
People

Actors: Rupert Everett, José Garcia, Ornella Muti, Elie Semoun, Rossy de Palma

Synopsis: Jet Set writer/director Fabien Onteniente returns to craft this sequel set against the backdrop of hedonistic Ibiza, and starring Rupert Everett as a Parisian party planner whose career has been sabotaged by a jealous rival. If you want your party to pop, you call on Charles (Everett). Charles has Read More

2004
Fashion Victim: The Killing of Gianni Versace

Synopsis: The shockwaves that followed the violent murder of fashion giant Gianni Versace were so powerful that they broke through the hallowed halls of the fashion elite to make headlines across the globe. In this documentary exploring the events that led up to the infamous crime, as well as the Read More

2002
Lisa

Actors: Benoît Magimel, Jeanne Moreau, Marion Cotillard, Sagamore Stévenin, Michel Jonasz

Synopsis: A young man's interest in film history leads to a revelation about his own past in this drama. Sam (Benoit Magimel) is a student and film fan who is fascinated by Sylvain Marceau (Sagamore Stevenin), an actor who had a brief career in the 1930s but seems to have vanished while working on "Princess Read More

2001
The Photographer

Actors: Reg Rogers, Mary Alice, Marisa Berenson, Rob Campbell, Maggie Gyllenhaal

Synopsis: Several stalwarts of the New York independent film scene make appearances in this tale of a creatively frustrated photographer and his search through the streets of Manhattan for ten mysterious snapshots which may hold the key to continued success. The film opens as Max (Reg Rogers), a former Read More

2000
Women

Actors: Miou-Miou, Carmen Maura, Marthe Keller, Marisa Berenson, Guesch Patti

Synopsis: Shot in Lisbon, this drama examines the issue of aging as seen from the viewpoints of five women facing middle age -- self-destructive actress-singer Branca (Guesch Patti), losing the respect of her daughter; single literature professor Eva (Miou-Miou), attracted to the son of her friend Barbara (Marthe Keller Read More

8/12/98
Tonka

Actors: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Pamela Soo, Alessandro Haber, Wu Hai, Marisa Berenson

Synopsis: A world-weary 32-year old, internationally-ranked sprinter is just about to scuttle his illustrious career when he sees a beautiful, barefoot Indian girl racing out of a convenience store clutching a stolen croissant. She proves to be an impressive runner and he tries to catch her to no avail. Read More

6/4/97
Jefferson in Paris

Actors: Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Simon Callow, Seth Gilliam

Synopsis: Best known for their historical epics that examine class and social issues in British life through a thick lens of tasteful production design and good manners, director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant set their sights on an American protagonist for a change with Jefferson in Paris. As the Read More

1995
Le Grand Blanc De Lambarene

Synopsis: This African comedy takes a sharp, satiric poke at one of the white colonialist's most sacred cows--the humanitarian work of Dr. Albert Schweitzer. The film was shot beside Ganon's Ogooue River in Lambarene, where the real Schweitzer did most of his work, and the settings are more realistic than Read More

1994
Notorious

Actors: John Shea, Jenny Robertson, Marisa Berenson, Jean-Pierre Cassel

Synopsis: In this adaptation of Hitchcock's 1946 classic, a CIA agent's cover is endangered by her sister-in-law who begins to suspect her true identity. This could be fatal as the agent married an arms-dealer to get information from him. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1992
Il Giardino Dei Ciliegi

Actors: Susan Strasberg, Barbara de Rossi, Gabriele Gori, Marisa Berenson

Synopsis: Those looking for an intelligible filmed rendition of Anton Checkhov's famous play, The Cherry Orchard might be well advised to look elsewhere. This version had the curious distinction of receiving the universal and enthusiastic condemnation of critics attending its 1992 San Sebastian Film Read More

1992
Murder, She Wrote: Danse Diabolique

Synopsis: "Danse Diabolique" is the title of a "cursed" ballet, which has been performed only three times. On the first two occasions, the prima ballerina has died under mysterious circumstances--and the same thing happens to the unfortunate young lady who stars in the third performance. Suspecting that Read More

1992
White Hunter, Black Heart

Actors: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza, Alun Armstrong, Marisa Berenson

Synopsis: Something of a sleeper in its 1990 release, White Hunter, Black Heart is one of Clint Eastwood's most engaging films. It is based on Peter Vietel's novel about the location shoot of John Huston's immortal The African Queen. But the focus is never on Bogie and Hepburn. Egomaniacal director John Read More

9/14/90
Night of the Cyclone

Actors: Kris Kristofferson, Jeffrey Meek, Marisa Berenson

Synopsis: In this thriller a Chicago policeman grows suspicious after his daughter does not return from a modeling assignment on a Caribbean island. He flies out to find her and finds himself in some rather strange situations. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1990
Oceano

1989
Stacy Keach as Hemingway

Actors: Stacy Keach, Josephine Chaplin, Marisa Berenson, Lisa Banes, Pamela Reed, Scott Weinger

Synopsis: Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Ernest Hemingway (Stacy Keach) begins his family and career in Europe, survives combat and marriages, struggles with a ragingly out of control lifestyle, and returns to Idaho where, at age 61 and with his best writing behind him, takes his life. He Read More

1988
Monte Napoleone

Actors: Renee Simonsen, Carol Alt, Luca Barbareschi, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Corinne Clery

Synopsis: Margherita (Carol Alt) is a wife and mother who decides to take a job as a fashion-show coordinator in this romantic drama. She discovers the tawdry truth of the inner workings of the Milan fashion industry and falls for the Italian heel Roberto (Fabrizio Bentivoglio), a move that nearly destroys Read More

3/12/87
Getting Even: A Wimp's Revenge

Actors: Jon Rothstein, Eddie Castrodad, Adolph Caesar, Marisa Berenson, Tisha Ford

Synopsis: Jon Rothstein stars in this ABC Afterschool Special as a wimpy but artistically gifted teenager. Tired of being persecuted by school bullies, our hero creates a comic book about a master scientist who feels he is "doing mankind a favor" by eliminating the boy's real-life nemeses. In the process Read More

1986
Flagrant Desir

Actors: Sam Waterston, Marisa Berenson, Lauren Hutton, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Arielle Dombasle

Synopsis: Also known as A Certain Desire, this French murder melodrama stars Sam Waterston and Marisa Berenson. Waterston plays Gerry Morrison, an Interpol agent assigned to solve the murder of a Bordeaux wine heiress. Jeanne Barnac Berenson is one of the suspects, who in the course of the investigation is Read More

1985
Sins

Actors: Joan Collins, Timothy Dalton, Marisa Berenson, Gene Kelly, James Farentino

Synopsis: In this drama, a woman struggles to rise to the top of the fashion industry, but as she does, her past business sins come back to haunt her. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

1985
Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

1985
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud

Actors: Bud Cort, Carol Kane, Klaus Kinski, Marisa Berenson, Carroll Baker

Synopsis: Supposedly focusing on the life of Sigmund Freud by means of a fictional secret diary, this attempt at satirizing the man from his childhood through his first forays into psychoanalysis is weak on laughter, especially since it is difficult to tell whether a scene is serious or not. Freud (Bud Read More

1984
La Tete Dans le Sac

Actors: Guy Marchand, Marisa Berenson, Fanny Bastien, Patrick Bruel, Riton Liebman

Synopsis: A misanthropic comedy by Gérard Lauzier, Tête Dans Le Sac satirizes the arrogance of a 50-year-old owner of a prosperous ad agency as he tries to join a swinging, twentysomething clique of fast-living friends. Romain (Guy Marchand) drives a Jaguar, lives in an opulent bachelor pad, and has a Read More

1984
L'Arbalete

Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Marisa Berenson, Marcel Bozzuffi, Daniel Ubaud, Michel Beaune

Synopsis: Meant to be an action-packed thriller about city gangs fighting for a piece of a lucrative drug shipment, this mindless, violent, stereotyped series of killings ruins credibility by its own excesses. A crooked, neo-Nazi police inspector supplies his gangland cohorts with weapons to slaughter the Read More

1984
S.O.B.

Actors: Julie Andrews, William Holden, Marisa Berenson, Larry Hagman, Robert Loggia

Synopsis: In this biting comedy satirizing Hollywood cynicism from writer-director Blake Edwards, Felix Farmer (Richard Mulligan) is a motion picture director whose career is on the skids. Having just completed a family musical that is sure to be a $30 million flop, Felix knows that his days are numbered Read More

1981
Playing for Time

Actors: Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Alexander, Shirley Knight

Synopsis: The made-for-television Playing for Time debuted on September 30, 1980. Vanessa Redgrave stars as Fania Fenelon, a Jewish cabaret singer working in Paris at the time of the Nazi invasion. Shipped to the Auschwitz death camp in 1944, Fenelon is certain that she is as doomed as all the other Read More

1980
Tourist

Synopsis: In this drama, an American tourist visits some of the world's most glamorous capitals. The tale is based on a Gerald Green novel. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1980
The Muppet Show: Marisa Berenson

Actors: Marisa Berenson

Synopsis: Marisa Berenson joins the Muppets for some song and dance; meanwhile, it looks as if Piggy and Kermit will finally tie the knot, and the Swedish Chef takes on wedding cake duties. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide Read More

1978
Killer Fish

Actors: Lee Majors, Karen Black, James Franciscus, Margaux Hemingway, Marisa Berenson

Synopsis: In this violent, low-budget adventure, a jewel thief hides his loot in the bottom of a Brazilian lake filled with hungry piranhas. Later his avaricious gang members try to retrieve the treasure but unfortunately tend to get graphically devoured each time one of them enters the water. Putting the Read More

1978
Sex on the Run

Actors: Tony Curtis, Marisa Berenson, Marisa Mell, Jean Lefebvre, Andréa Ferréol

Synopsis: In a way, the title of Some Like It Cool was a piquant comment on the career of star Tony Curtis, whose stardom had chilled since his 1959 appearance in Some Like It Hot. This time around, Curtis plays famed 18th-century lover Giacomo Casanova. The plot would have us believe that Casanova has Read More

3/1/77
Barry Lyndon

Actors: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Kruger, Gay Hamilton

Synopsis: With ornate imagery reminiscent of paintings from the story's 18th century period, Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel depicts the rise and fall of a sensitive rogue in the British aristocracy. Young Irishman Redmond Barry (Ryan O'Neal) leaves home to seek his Read More

1975
Cabaret

Actors: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Joel Grey, Helmut Griem, Marisa Berenson, Fritz Wepper

Synopsis: Originally a 1966 Broadway musical, this groundbreaking Bob Fosse musical was in turn based on Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin, previously dramatized for stage and screen as I Am a Camera with Julie Harris as Sally Bowles. Fosse uses the decadent and vulgar cabaret as a mirror image of Read More

2/13/72
Death in Venice

Actors: Dirk Bogarde, Bjorn Andresen, Silvana Mangano, Marisa Berenson, Mark Burns

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Thomas Mann, Death in Venice stars Dirk Bogarde as a German composer who is terrified that he has lost all vestiges of humanity. While visiting Venice, Bogarde falls in love with a beautiful young boy (Bjorn Andresen). The relationship is ruined by Bogarde's obsession with the Read More

3/5/71
Some Like It Cool

1961

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