Marilyn Joi

Acting

Marilyn Joi

Born May 22, 1945 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (age 81)

Marilyn Joi is an American actress who appeared in a number of exploitation films during the 1970s. She starred in several films by Al Adamson and played the henchwoman Velvet in Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks. Her most famous role is Cleopatra Schwartz in Kentucky Fried Movie.

Known For

The Kentucky Fried MovieThe Kentucky Fried Movie · 1977
The Kentucky Fried Movie
6.21977
MovieComedy
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.
CoffyCoffy · 1973
Coffy
6.61973
MovieCrimeThriller
After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
The Great American Girl RobberyThe Great American Girl Robbery · 1979
The Great American Girl Robbery
4.21979
MovieComedyCrime
A busload containing three cheerleading teams from three different schools who are heading to compete against each other is hijacked by terrorists and the girls are kidnapped.
Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil SheiksIlsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks · 1976
Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks
4.81976
MovieActionHorror
Ilsa works for an Arab sheik who enjoys importing females to use as sex slaves.
GalaxinaGalaxina · 1980
Galaxina
3.91980
MovieComedyScience Fiction
Galaxina is a lifelike, voluptuous android who is assigned to oversee the operations of an intergalactic Space Police cruiser captained by incompetent Cornelius Butt. When a mission requires the ship's crew to be placed in suspended animation for decades, Galaxina finds herself alone for many years, developing emotions and falling in love with the ship's pilot, Thor.
Mansion of the DoomedMansion of the Doomed · 1976
Mansion of the Doomed
6.21976
MovieHorror
An insane surgeon finds himself up to his armpits in eyeballs after guilt prompts him to begin removing the eyes of abducted people in hopes of performing transplants on his daughter who lost her own in a car-accident he caused.
Wonder WomenWonder Women · 1973
Wonder Women
4.71973
MovieActionHorror
Dr. Tsu is a brilliant surgeon with her own exotic island off the coast of Manila. Using her sexy, all-girl army of martial-arts experts, Tsu kidnaps some of the world's greatest athletes. She is able to transplant any body part, so she uses the athletes for spare parts to sell to the world's richest men. Mike Harber is a womanizing, wise-cracking insurance investigator for Lloyd's of London sent to Manila to investigate the disappearance of a jai-alai player, and becomes involved with Dr. Tsu's mad mission.
The Happy Hooker Goes to WashingtonThe Happy Hooker Goes to Washington · 1977
The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington
3.81977
MovieComedy
The world's most famous madame is called to Washington to testify before Congress.

Filmography

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Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al AdamsonBlood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson · 2019
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
6.82019
MovieDocumentary
Brought to life through archival material and the reflections of over 40 colleagues, friends and fans, BLOOD & FLESH is much more than the story of a moviemaking life most unusual. It beautifully captures the worlds of outsider filmmaker communities that existed in California in the ’70s, and the weird ways they intersected with Hollywood mainstream and union indies. On Adamson shoots, regular Orson Welles crew and cinematographers like Gary Graver, Vilmos Szigmond and Lazlo Kovaks worked alongside Bud Cardos — and at one point, Charles Manson! Director David Gregory (founder of Severin Films, director of LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU) spent years making this film, speaking to everyone down to the cops who investigated Adamson’s murder, vividly encapsulating both a bold life and tragic demise, with alien conspiracies, go-go dancers and Colonel Sanders coming in along the way. If you’ve got even a passing interest in cinema, you want to see this