- Born
- Birth nameVittoria Marisa Schiaparelli Berenson
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Marisa Schiaparelli Berenson is an American actress and former model. She appeared on the front covers of Vogue and Time, and won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Natalia Landauer in the 1972 film Cabaret. The role also earned her Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations. Her other film appearances include Death in Venice (1971), Barry Lyndon (1975), S.O.B. (1981), and I Am Love (2009) ....
She portrayed the tragic beauty Lady Lyndon in the Stanley Kubrick film Barry Lyndon (1975). Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote: "Marisa Berenson splendidly suits her costumes and wigs."
In August 2016, she appeared in a production of Romeo and Juliet at the Garrick Theatre in London, as Lady Capulet.
Berenson is chairman of the board of Culture Project, an organization that sponsors the theater.
- IMDb mini biography by: ZAM
- SpousesAaron Richard Golub(1982 - 1987) (divorced)Jim Randall(November 21, 1976 - 1978) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenStarlite Melody Randall
- RelativesSchiaparelli(Grandparent)Osgood Perkins(Niece or Nephew)Berry Berenson(Sibling)Elvis Perkins(Niece or Nephew)
- Large blue/green eyes and warm olive complexion
- Curly brown hair
- Marisa's sister, actress/photographer Berry Berenson (ticketed as Berinthia Perkins, Berinthia being her given first name, and Perkins being her married last name, as the widow of actor Anthony Perkins), was one of 87 victims (including 11 crew members, but not including 5 hijackers) on American Airlines flight 11 (daily scheduled transcontinental morning service from Boston Logan International Airport [BOS] to Los Angeles International Airport [LAX]), the terrorist-hijacked plane that crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
- Best friend of Cabaret (1972) co-star Liza Minnelli.
- Before entering films, she was one of the top fashion models of the 1960s, a favorite at "Vogue".
- She was known as "The Queen of the Scene" for her frequent appearances at nightclubs and other social venues in her youth; Yves Saint-Laurent dubbed her "the girl of the Seventies".
- Her father was of Lithuanian Jewish descent. Her mother had Italian, Egyptian, Swiss, and French ancestry.
- She was just this angel that landed on this planet for a short amount of time. - On her late sister Berry Berenson
- I hope she didn't suffer. It's hard to take in. I have hope and tremendous faith. I think that's what gets you through life...through tragedies is when you have faith. -- MB commenting on the plane crash death of her sister Berry during the 9/11 attacks.
- My ultimate goal is to become a saint.
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