Maria Cumani Quasimodo
Born in Milano, Lombardia, Italy — May 20 1908• Died Nov 22 1995
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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 act…
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Behind Convent Walls
She
Moona
Nosferatu in Venice
Princess
Pulp
Office Manageress
Summer Frenzy
Julia
The Nun and the Devil
Lavinia
The Laughing Woman
Sayer's Secretary
Teresa
contessa madre
All the Colours of the Dark
Elderly Neighbor
Medea
(uncredited)
The Two Missionaries
Marchesa Gonzaga
The Baby Sitter
Princess Ruspini (uncredited)
Galileo
Riot in a Women's Prison
Ursula - the Mother Superior
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Baronessa Cornianu
I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!
The House of Witchcraft
Witch
The Subversives
Ludovico's Mother
Play-Boy
Baroness
Night Is Made for Stealing
Olga
Five Women for the Killer
Marta
Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman
L'inquilina del piano di sopra
Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate
la madre di Teresa
Heart
La Nonna