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Maria Cumani Quasimodo
Milano, Lombardia, Italy
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…
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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 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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1989
The House of Witchcraft
Movie Witch
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1988
Nosferatu in Venice
Movie Princess
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1987
Teresa
Movie contessa madre
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1984
She
Movie Moona
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1978
Behind Convent Walls
Movie
- 1978
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1975
The Babysitter
Movie Princess Ruspini (uncredited)
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1974
The Two Missionaries
Movie Mrs. Gonzaga
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1974
Five Women for the Killer
Movie Marta
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1974
Riot in a Women's Prison
Movie Ursula - the Mother Superior
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1973
Heart
Movie La Nonna
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1973
Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate
Movie la madre di Teresa
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1973
The Nun and the Devil
Movie Lavinia
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1972
Pulp
Movie Office Manageress
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1972
All the Colours of the Dark
Movie Elderly Neighbor
- 1971
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1969
Medea
Movie (uncredited)
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1969
The Laughing Woman
Movie Sayer's Secretary
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1968
Galileo
Movie
- 1968
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1967
The Subversives
Movie Ludovico's Mother
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1967
Night Is Made for Stealing
Movie Olga
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1967
Play-Boy
Movie Baroness
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1966
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Movie Baronessa Cornianu
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1964
Summer Frenzy
Movie Julia
