Maria Cumani Quasimodo

Born: 1908-01-07

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


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Behind Convent Walls

as uncredited
Released: 1978-01-25

A zealous, handsome priest, who is the confessor for a convent full of women, encourages the...

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The Two Missionaries

as Marchesa Gonzaga
Released: 1974-12-21

Two missionaries come into conflict with the authorities when they turn their missionary into a...

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Medea

as (uncredited)
Released: 1970-01-28

Based on the plot of Euripides' Medea. Medea centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds...

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All the Colors of the Dark

as Elderly Neighbor
Released: 1972-02-28

After a car accident that caused the loss of her baby, Jane experiences an increasing amount of...

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Teresa

as contessa madre
Released: 1987-11-27

Teresa is a young widow who is concentrated on her little business until she hires Gino.

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She

as Moona
Released: 1984-05-15

In a backward post-apocalyptic world, She aids two brothers' quest to rescue their kidnapped...

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The Nun and the Devil

as Lavinia
Released: 1973-01-25

It's 1577. The Mother Superior at the convent of Archangel is seriously ill. The determined and...

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The Laughing Woman

as Sayer's Secretary
Released: 1969-08-24

Beautiful PR woman, Maria finds herself trapped in the home of the sinister and troubled Dr....

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Nosferatu in Venice

as Princess
Released: 1988-09-10

Professor Paris Catalano visits Venice, to investigate the last known appearance of the famous...

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Pardon, Are You for or Against?

as Baronessa Cornianu
Released: 1966-12-23

A successful fifty-year-old entrepreneur, Tullio Conforti, opposed to divorce for religious...

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Pulp

as Office Manageress
Released: 1972-11-01

A seedy writer of sleazy pulp novels is recruited by a quirky, reclusive ex-actor to help him...

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Five Women for the Killer

as Marta
Released: 1974-12-04

Thriller about a reporter who comes home from an overseas assignment to find his baby in the...

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Night Is Made for Stealing

as Olga
Released: 1967-09-01

A young widow, her nephew and various other characters attempt to steal the jewels contained in...

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Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate

as la madre di Teresa
Released: 1973-02-08

Michele, married to Rosaria, is a distinguished Neapolitan who "by profession" contacts only...

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The House of Witchcraft

as Witch
Released: 1989-01-01

A man discharged from the hospital after suffering a nervous breakdown is taken to a remote...

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Galileo

as uncredited
Released: 1968-09-07

A humble scientist from Padua proves that the Earth revolves and that it is not the center of...

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The Subversives

as Ludovico's Mother
Released: 1967-09-21

The film combines actual footage of Communist leader Palmiero Togliatti's funeral with the...

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Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman

as uncredited
Released: 1971-04-02

Fashion photographer Franco Rubartelli's visually lush and moody head film about European...

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Riot in a Women's Prison

as Ursula - the Mother Superior
Released: 1974-08-13

This film traces the prison life of a group of women who-rather than being prepared to reenter...

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Play-Boy

as Baroness
Released: 1967-08-07

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L'inquilina del piano di sopra

as uncredited
Released: 1978-01-01

Exasperated by the great racket coming from Miss Aurora Trabocchetti's apartment, the neighbors...

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I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!

as uncredited
Released: 1968-05-05

Don Ramon, a wealthy patron, receives his son back after he has sent him away to medical school,...

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Summer Frenzy

as Julia
Released: 1964-02-04

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Heart

as La Nonna
Released: 1973-04-21

Four stories with teenagers as the protagonists: Young Blood - The Sardinian Drummer - The...

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The Baby Sitter

as Princess Ruspini (uncredited)
Released: 1975-10-15

Michelle, a French sculptor living in Rome, is told of a job babysitting a rich man's son by her...

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