Maria Cumani Quasimodo

Actor

Born: May 20, 1908
Died: November 22, 1995 (age 87)
From: 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.…

Filmography (25)

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