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

Most Known For

Pulp

as Office Manageress

Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman

The Two Missionaries

as Marchesa Gonzaga

All the Colours of the Dark

as Elderly Neighbor

Medea

as (uncredited)

Behind Convent Walls

Nosferatu in Venice

as Princess

The Nun and the Devil

as Lavinia

The Laughing Woman

as Sayer's Secretary

Five Women for the Killer

as Marta

Summer Frenzy

as Julia

Galileo

Teresa

as contessa madre

She

as Moona

The Baby Sitter

as Princess Ruspini (uncredited)

Riot in a Women's Prison

as Ursula - the Mother Superior

Pardon, Are You for or Against?

as Baronessa Cornianu

Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate

as la madre di Teresa

I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!

The House of Witchcraft

as Witch