Acting · Milano, Lombardia, Italy · Born May 20, 1908
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
MovieThe House of Witchcraft
1989
as Witch
MovieNosferatu in Venice
1988
as Princess
MovieTeresa
1987
as contessa madre
MovieShe
1984
as Moona
MovieBehind Convent Walls
1978
MovieL'inquilina del piano di sopra
1978
MovieThe Babysitter
1975
as Princess Ruspini (uncredited)
MovieThe Two Missionaries
1974
as Mrs. Gonzaga
MovieFive Women for the Killer
1974
as Marta
MovieRiot in a Women's Prison
1974
as Ursula - the Mother Superior
MovieHeart
1973
as La Nonna
MovieBeautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate
1973
as la madre di Teresa
MovieThe Nun and the Devil
1973
as Lavinia
MoviePulp
1972
as Office Manageress
MovieAll the Colours of the Dark
1972
as Elderly Neighbor
MovieVeruschka - Poetry of a Woman
1971
MovieMedea
1969
as (uncredited)
MovieThe Laughing Woman
1969
as Sayer's Secretary
MovieGalileo
1968
MovieI Do Not Forgive... I Kill!
1968
MovieThe Subversives
1967
as Ludovico's Mother
MovieNight Is Made for Stealing
1967
as Olga
MoviePlay-Boy
1967
as Baroness
MoviePardon, Are You for or Against?
1966
as Baronessa Cornianu
MovieSummer Frenzy
1964
as Julia
