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Maria Cumani Quasimodo
- Name: Maria Cumani Quasimodo
- Birthday: 1908-01-07
- Also known as: Maria Clementina Cumani Quasimodo
- Place of birth: Milan, Italy
- Popularity: 0.053
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The House of Witchcraft as Witch | 1989-01-01 |
| Nosferatu in Venice as Princess | 1988-09-10 |
| Teresa as contessa madre | 1987-11-27 |
| She as Moona | 1984-05-15 |
| Behind Convent Walls | 1978-01-25 |
| L'inquilina del piano di sopra | 1978-01-01 |
| The Baby Sitter as Princess Ruspini (uncredited) | 1975-10-15 |
| The Two Missionaries as Marchesa Gonzaga | 1974-12-21 |
| Five Women for the Killer as Marta | 1974-12-04 |
| Riot in a Women's Prison as Ursula - the Mother Superior | 1974-08-13 |
| Heart as La Nonna | 1973-04-21 |
| Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate as la madre di Teresa | 1973-02-08 |
| The Nun and the Devil as Lavinia | 1973-01-25 |
| Pulp as Office Manageress | 1972-11-01 |
| All the Colors of the Dark as Elderly Neighbor | 1972-02-28 |
| Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman | 1971-04-02 |
| Medea as (uncredited) | 1970-01-28 |
| The Laughing Woman as Sayer's Secretary | 1969-08-24 |
| Galileo | 1968-09-07 |
| I Do Not Forgive... I Kill! | 1968-05-05 |
| The Subversives as Ludovico's Mother | 1967-09-21 |
| Night Is Made for Stealing as Olga | 1967-09-01 |
| Play-Boy as Baroness | 1967-08-07 |
| Pardon, Are You for or Against? as Baronessa Cornianu | 1966-12-23 |
| Summer Frenzy as Julia | 1964-02-04 |
