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Maria Cumani Quasimodo

Acting Born May 20, 1908 Milano, Lombardia, Italy 24 credits

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

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Known for

Film

Behind Convent Walls

1978

Full filmography

  • Behind Convent Walls (1978)
  • The Nun and the Devil (1973) as Lavinia
  • The Two Missionaries (1974) as Mrs. Gonzaga
  • Pulp (1972) as Office Manageress
  • Medea (1969) as (uncredited)
  • All the Colours of the Dark (1972) as Elderly Neighbor
  • She (1984) as Moona
  • Nosferatu in Venice (1988) as Princess
  • The Babysitter (1975) as Princess Ruspini (uncredited)
  • Teresa (1987) as contessa madre
  • The Laughing Woman (1969) as Sayer's Secretary
  • Summer Frenzy (1964) as Julia
  • Pardon, Are You for or Against? (1966) as Baronessa Cornianu
  • Five Women for the Killer (1974) as Marta
  • Riot in a Women's Prison (1974) as Ursula - the Mother Superior
  • I Do Not Forgive... I Kill! (1968)
  • The House of Witchcraft (1989) as Witch
  • Night Is Made for Stealing (1967) as Olga
  • Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate (1973) as la madre di Teresa
  • Galileo (1968)
  • Play-Boy (1967) as Baroness
  • L'inquilina del piano di sopra (1978)
  • The Subversives (1967) as Ludovico's Mother
  • Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman (1971)