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

Nosferatu in Venice

Princess

All the Colors of the Dark

Elderly Neighbor

The Two Missionaries

Marchesa Gonzaga

She

Moona

Medea

(uncredited)

The Nun and the Devil

Lavinia

Riot in a Women's Prison

Ursula - the Mother Superior

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1989	The House of Witchcraft	Witch
1988	Nosferatu in Venice	Princess
1987	Teresa	contessa madre
1984	She	Moona
1978	Behind Convent Walls
1978	L'inquilina del piano di sopra
1975	The Baby Sitter	Princess Ruspini (uncredited)
1974	Riot in a Women's Prison	Ursula - the Mother Superior
1974	The Two Missionaries	Marchesa Gonzaga
1974	Five Women for the Killer	Marta
1973	Heart	La Nonna
1973	The Nun and the Devil	Lavinia
1973	Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate	la madre di Teresa
1972	All the Colors of the Dark	Elderly Neighbor
1972	Pulp	Office Manageress
1971	Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman
1970	Medea	(uncredited)
1969	The Laughing Woman	Sayer's Secretary
1968	Galileo
1968	I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!
1967	The Subversives	Ludovico's Mother
1967	Play-Boy	Baroness
1967	Night Is Made for Stealing	Olga
1966	Pardon, Are You for or Against?	Baronessa Cornianu
1964	Summer Frenzy	Julia

Year	TV Show	Role