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...
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Galileo
All the Colors of the Dark
As Elderly Neighbor
Pulp
As Office Manageress
Nosferatu in Venice
As Princess
She
As Moona
The House of Witchcraft
As Witch
The Laughing Woman
As Sayer's Secretary
Riot in a Women's Prison
As Ursula - the Mother Superior
Summer Frenzy
As Julia
The Subversives
As Ludovico's Mother
Heart
As La Nonna
Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman
The Two Missionaries
As Marchesa Gonzaga
The Nun and the Devil
As Lavinia
The Baby Sitter
As Princess Ruspini (uncredited)
Five Women for the Killer
As Marta
Behind Convent Walls
Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate
As la madre di Teresa
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
As Baronessa Cornianu
Teresa
As contessa madre
L'inquilina del piano di sopra
Play-Boy
As Baroness
I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!
Night Is Made for Stealing
As Olga
Medea
As (uncredited)