Maria Cumani Quasimodo
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
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Galileo
1968
All the Colours of the Dark
as Elderly Neighbor
1972
Pulp
as Office Manageress
1972
Nosferatu in Venice
as Princess
1988
She
as Moona
1984
The House of Witchcraft
as Witch
1989
The Laughing Woman
as Sayer's Secretary
1969
Riot in a Women's Prison
as Ursula - the Mother Superior
1974
Summer Frenzy
as Julia
1964
The Subversives
as Ludovico's Mother
1967
Heart
as La Nonna
1973
Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman
1971
The Two Missionaries
as Mrs. Gonzaga
1974
The Nun and the Devil
as Lavinia
1973
The Baby Sitter
as Princess Ruspini (uncredited)
1975
Five Women for the Killer
as Marta
1974
Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate
as la madre di Teresa
1973
Behind Convent Walls
1978
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
as Baronessa Cornianu
1966
Teresa
as contessa madre
1987