Marisa Berenson

Marisa Berenson was born on February 15, 1947 in New York City, New York, USA.

Before entering films, she was one of the top fashion models of the 1960s, a favorite at "Vogue".

In the early 1970s, Berenson was the companion of the French banking heir Baron David René de Rothschild, the younger son of Baron Guy de Rothschild.

Best friend of Cabaret (1972) co-star Liza Minnelli.

She and ex husband Jim Randall have a daughter Starlite Melody Randall born in 1977.

Her first husband Jim Randall, was a Texas millionaire but the marriage only lasted a month as they were totally incompatible but resulted in a daughter, Starlight, born in 1978.

Her father was Robert L. Berenson, a U.S. diplomat of Lithuanian Jewish descent (his family's original surname was Valvrojenski). He was related to legendary art critic Bernard Berenson, an expert in Italian Renaissance, and the basis of the "Aaron Jastrow" character, portrayed first by John Houseman in The Winds of War (1983), and second by John Gielgud in War and Remembrance (1988), both written by Herman Wouk. Her mother was Countess Maria Luisa (Marisa) Yvonne Radha (aka "Gogo") de Wendt de Kerlor. Gogo was the daughter of Swiss-French Count Wilhelm de Wendt de Kerlor and famed Paris fashion designer and later film costume designer Elsa Schiaparelli. Born in Rome, Schiaparelli was the daughter of Celestino Schiaparelli (1841-1919), of Italian stock, and his wife, of Egyptian stock (Her great-uncle was Giovanni Schiaparelli, an astronomer who discovered the canals of Mars). When Schiaparelli married Count Wilhelm, they relocated to Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA; where Gogo was born. He soon fled, and Elsa's career in fashion designing began. She was hugely successful in Paris, second only to Coco Chanel and she even collaborated with Salvador Dalí and Jean Cocteau. (Marisa herself maintained the fashion tradition, becoming a top model in the 1960s, both in Europe and in New York City, New York, USA).

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.

Her daughter, Starlite Melody Randall, appears on the reality show Gastineau Girls (2005) on E!.