Maria Cumani Quasimodo

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

25

Gender

Female

Birthday

1908-05-20

Day of death

1995-11-22 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Milano, Lombardia, Italy

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

Known For

  • The Laughing Woman

    The Laughing Woman

  • The Two Missionaries

    The Two Missionaries

  • Teresa

    Teresa

  • All the Colours of the Dark

    All the Colours of the Dark

  • L'inquilina del piano di sopra

    L'inquilina del piano di sopra

  • Pardon, Are You for or Against?

    Pardon, Are You for or Against?

  • I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!

    I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!

  • Heart

    Heart

  • The Subversives

    The Subversives

  • Behind Convent Walls

    Behind Convent Walls

  • Galileo

    Galileo

  • Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate

    Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate

  • Night Is Made for Stealing

    Night Is Made for Stealing

  • The House of Witchcraft

    The House of Witchcraft

  • The Nun and the Devil

    The Nun and the Devil

  • Medea

    Medea

  • Pulp

    Pulp

  • She

    She

  • Riot in a Women's Prison

    Riot in a Women's Prison

  • Nosferatu in Venice

    Nosferatu in Venice

  • Play-Boy

    Play-Boy

  • The Baby Sitter

    The Baby Sitter

  • Summer Frenzy

    Summer Frenzy

  • Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman

    Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman

  • Five Women for the Killer

    Five Women for the Killer