Marisa Berenson

Marisa Berenson was born on February 15, 1947 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Cabaret (1972), Barry Lyndon (1975) and Julie, chevalier de Maupin (2004). She was previously married to Aaron Richard Golub and Jim Randall.

Movies

Cabaret

Cambridge University student Brian Roberts arrives in Berlin in 1931 to complete his German studies. Without much money, he plans on making a living teaching English while living in an inexpensive rooming house, where he befriends another of the tenants, American Sally Bowles. She is outwardly a flamboyant, perpetually happy…

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Fun Facts

Grandaughter of famous fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli.

Aunt of actor Oz Perkins and musician Elvis Perkins.

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.

Former sister-in-law of actor Anthony Perkins.

Marisa and Jim Randall lived in a million-dollar mansion in Beverly Hills he bought from Debbie Reynolds. The house had a private movie theater with 35mm projectors fitted with Cinemascope lenses. It also included his and hers bathrooms, the floors and walls of which were marble and granite. It had three swimming pools with waterfalls one into the other on the side of a hill. It had a private barbershop with regulation barber chair, sauna and gym. The house was fitted with state-of-the-art security devices which included TV camera, motion detectors and wireless "panic buttons"" which they carried with them in the house

Quotes

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.