Maria Cumani Quasimodo
Born
May 20, 1908
Died
November 22, 1995 (87 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Milano, Lombardia, Italy
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 House of Witchcraft
Witch
1989
Nosferatu in Venice
Princess
1988
Teresa
contessa madre
1987
She
Moona
1984
Behind Convent Walls
1978
L'inquilina del piano di sopra
1978
The Baby Sitter
Princess Ruspini (uncredited)
1975
The Two Missionaries
Marchesa Gonzaga
1974
Five Women for the Killer
Marta
1974
Riot in a Women's Prison
Ursula - the Mother Superior
1974
Heart
La Nonna
1973
Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate
la madre di Teresa
1973
The Nun and the Devil
Lavinia
1973
Pulp
Office Manageress
1972
All the Colors of the Dark
Elderly Neighbor
1972
Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman
1971
Medea
(uncredited)
1969
The Laughing Woman
Sayer's Secretary
1969
Galileo
1968
I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!
1968
The Subversives
Ludovico's Mother
1967
Night Is Made for Stealing
Olga
1967
Play-Boy
Baroness
1967
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Baronessa Cornianu
1966
Summer Frenzy
Julia
1964