
Born
May 20, 1908
Died
November 22, 1995
Place of Birth
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 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. …

The House of Witchcraft
1989

Nosferatu in Venice
1988

Teresa
1987

She
1984

Behind Convent Walls
1978

L'inquilina del piano di sopra
1978

The Baby Sitter
1975

The Two Missionaries
1974

Five Women for the Killer
1974

Riot in a Women's Prison
1974

Heart
1973

Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate
1973

The Nun and the Devil
1973

Pulp
1972

All the Colours of the Dark
1972

Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman
1971

Medea
1969

The Laughing Woman
1969

Galileo
1968

I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!
1968

The Subversives
1967

Night Is Made for Stealing
1967

Play-Boy
1967

Pardon, Are You for or Against?
1966

Summer Frenzy
1964