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Actor
Maria Cumani Quasimodo
- Born May 20, 1908 in Milano, Lombardia, Italy
- Died November 22, 1995
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.
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Shortly before her death, she released an autobiography, L'arte del silenzio, which particularly focuses on her years alongside Salvatore Quasimodo. - Wiki
Known for
The Two Missionaries1974
Medea1969
All the Colours of the Dark1972
Nosferatu in Venice1988
Behind Convent Walls1978
She1984
The Laughing Woman1969
Pulp1972
Filmography
- 1989The House of WitchcraftFilmWitch
- 1988Nosferatu in VeniceFilmPrincess
- 1987TeresaFilmcontessa madre
- 1984SheFilmMoona
- 1978Behind Convent WallsFilm
- 1978L'inquilina del piano di sopraFilm
- 1975The BabysitterFilmPrincess Ruspini (uncredited)
- 1974The Two MissionariesFilmMrs. Gonzaga
- 1974Five Women for the KillerFilmMarta
- 1974Riot in a Women's PrisonFilmUrsula - the Mother Superior
- 1973The Nun and the DevilFilmLavinia
- 1973Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks SoulmateFilmla madre di Teresa
- 1973HeartFilmLa Nonna
- 1972All the Colours of the DarkFilmElderly Neighbor
- 1972PulpFilmOffice Manageress
- 1971Veruschka - Poetry of a WomanFilm
- 1969MedeaFilm(uncredited)
- 1969The Laughing WomanFilmSayer's Secretary
- 1968GalileoFilm
- 1968I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!Film
- 1967The SubversivesFilmLudovico's Mother
- 1967Play-BoyFilmBaroness
- 1967Night Is Made for StealingFilmOlga
- 1966Pardon, Are You for or Against?FilmBaronessa Cornianu
- 1964Summer FrenzyFilmJulia