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