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