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

Known For

Behind Convent Walls

All the Colours of the Dark

The Nun and the Devil

The Two Missionaries

Medea

The Laughing Woman

Teresa

Pulp

All Movies (25)

• The House of Witchcraft1989 · as Witch
• Nosferatu in Venice1988 · as Princess
• Teresa1987 · as contessa madre
• She1984 · as Moona
• Behind Convent Walls1978
• L'inquilina del piano di sopra1978
• The Baby Sitter1975 · as Princess Ruspini (uncredited)
• The Two Missionaries1974 · as Mrs. Gonzaga
• Five Women for the Killer1974 · as Marta
• Riot in a Women's Prison1974 · as Ursula - the Mother Superior
• Heart1973 · as La Nonna
• Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate1973 · as la madre di Teresa
• The Nun and the Devil1973 · as Lavinia
• Pulp1972 · as Office Manageress
• All the Colours of the Dark1972 · as Elderly Neighbor
• Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman1971
• Medea1969 · as (uncredited)
• The Laughing Woman1969 · as Sayer's Secretary
• Galileo1968
• I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!1968
• The Subversives1967 · as Ludovico's Mother
• Night Is Made for Stealing1967 · as Olga
• Play-Boy1967 · as Baroness
• Pardon, Are You for or Against?1966 · as Baronessa Cornianu
• Summer Frenzy1964 · as Julia