Person
Maria Cumani Quasimodo
Acting · 1908–1995 · Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Biography
Maria Cumani Quasimodo was an Italian actress and dancer. Born Maria Cumani in Milan, she studied dance under Jia Ruskaja. In 1936, she became the companion of the poet Salvatore Quasimodo, with whom she had a son, Alessandro. In 1937, she made her professional debut as a dancer, and shortly later she specialized in "poetic dance", a personal style in which dance was combined with poetic verses. She was married to Quasimodo from 1948 to 1960. In the meanwhile, Cumani Quasimodo started a double career as a choreographer and a stage and film character actress. Shortly before her death, she released an autobiography, L'arte del silenzio, which particularly focuses on her years alongside Salvatore Quasimodo. - Wiki
Known for
The Nun and the Devil
Lavinia
Behind Convent Walls
1978
Pulp
Office Manageress
The Two Missionaries
Mrs. Gonzaga
All the Colours of the Dark
Elderly Neighbor
Medea
(uncredited)
She
Moona
The Laughing Woman
Sayer's Secretary
Riot in a Women's Prison
Ursula - the Mother Superior
Nosferatu in Venice
Princess
Filmography
- 1989The House of WitchcraftWitch
- 1988Nosferatu in VenicePrincess
- 1987Teresacontessa madre
- 1984SheMoona
- 1978Behind Convent Walls
- 1978L'inquilina del piano di sopra
- 1975The BabysitterPrincess Ruspini (uncredited)
- 1974The Two MissionariesMrs. Gonzaga
- 1974Five Women for the KillerMarta
- 1974Riot in a Women's PrisonUrsula - the Mother Superior
- 1973HeartLa Nonna
- 1973Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmatela madre di Teresa
- 1973The Nun and the DevilLavinia
- 1972PulpOffice Manageress
- 1972All the Colours of the DarkElderly Neighbor
- 1971Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman
- 1969Medea(uncredited)
- 1969The Laughing WomanSayer's Secretary
- 1968Galileo
- 1968I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!
- 1967The SubversivesLudovico's Mother
- 1967Night Is Made for StealingOlga
- 1967Play-BoyBaroness
- 1966Pardon, Are You for or Against?Baronessa Cornianu
- 1964Summer FrenzyJulia
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