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