Maria Cumani Quasimodo
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
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)
Riot in a Women's Prison
1974
as Ursula - the Mother Superior
The Two Missionaries
1974
as Mrs. Gonzaga
Five Women for the Killer
1974
as Marta
Heart
1973
as La Nonna
The Nun and the Devil
1973
as Lavinia
Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate
1973
as la madre di Teresa
All the Colours of the Dark
1972
as Elderly Neighbor
Pulp
1972
as Office Manageress
Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman
1971
The Laughing Woman
1969
as Sayer's Secretary
Medea
1969
as (uncredited)
Galileo
1968
I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!
1968
The Subversives
1967
as Ludovico's Mother
Play-Boy
1967
as Baroness
Night Is Made for Stealing
1967
as Olga
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
1966
as Baronessa Cornianu
Summer Frenzy
1964
as Julia