Maria Cumani Quasimodo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 20, 1908
- Died
- November 22, 1995 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- 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
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Filmography
The House of Witchcraft
Movie · as Witch
Nosferatu in Venice
Movie · as Princess
Teresa
Movie · as contessa madre
She
Movie · as Moona
Behind Convent Walls
Movie
L'inquilina del piano di sopra
Movie
The Babysitter
Movie · as Princess Ruspini (uncredited)
Riot in a Women's Prison
Movie · as Ursula - the Mother Superior
The Two Missionaries
Movie · as Mrs. Gonzaga
Five Women for the Killer
Movie · as Marta
Heart
Movie · as La Nonna
The Nun and the Devil
Movie · as Lavinia
Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate
Movie · as la madre di Teresa
All the Colours of the Dark
Movie · as Elderly Neighbor
Pulp
Movie · as Office Manageress
Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman
Movie
The Laughing Woman
Movie · as Sayer's Secretary
Medea
Movie · as (uncredited)
Galileo
Movie
I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!
Movie
The Subversives
Movie · as Ludovico's Mother
Play-Boy
Movie · as Baroness
Night Is Made for Stealing
Movie · as Olga
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Movie · as Baronessa Cornianu
Summer Frenzy
Movie · as Julia