Maria Cumani Quasimodo
Acting
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
Filmography 25
Movies (25)
The House of Witchcraft1989Witch
Nosferatu in Venice1988Princess
Teresa1987contessa madre
She1984Moona
Behind Convent Walls1978
L'inquilina del piano di sopra1978
The Babysitter1975Princess Ruspini (uncredited)
The Two Missionaries1974Mrs. Gonzaga
Five Women for the Killer1974Marta
Riot in a Women's Prison1974Ursula - the Mother Superior
Heart1973La Nonna
Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate1973la madre di Teresa
The Nun and the Devil1973Lavinia
Pulp1972Office Manageress
All the Colours of the Dark1972Elderly Neighbor
Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman1971
Medea1969(uncredited)
The Laughing Woman1969Sayer's Secretary
Galileo1968
I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!1968
The Subversives1967Ludovico's Mother
Night Is Made for Stealing1967Olga
Play-Boy1967Baroness
Pardon, Are You for or Against?1966Baronessa Cornianu
Summer Frenzy1964Julia