| Maria Cumani Quasimodo | |
| Birth Name: | Maria Cumani |
| Birth Date: | 20 May 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Milan, Italy |
| Death Place: | Milan, Italy |
| Occupation: | Actress |
Maria Cumani Quasimodo (20 May 1908 - 22 November 1995) was an Italian actress and dancer. Born Maria Cumani in Milan, she studied dance under Jia Ruskaja.[1] In 1936, she became the companion of the poet Salvatore Quasimodo, with whom she had a son, Alessandro.[2] 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.[3] She was married to Quasimodo from 1948 to 1960.[4] In the meanwhile, Cumani Quasimodo started a double career as a choreographer and a stage and film character actress.[5] Shortly before her death, she released an autobiography, L'arte del silenzio, which particularly focuses on her years alongside Salvatore Quasimodo.[6]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Shivers in Summer | Giulia | Uncredited | |
| 1965 | Juliet of the Spirits | Woman at Bhishma's Sitting | Uncredited | |
| 1966 | Pardon, Are You For or Against? | Baronessa Cornianu | ||
| 1967 | The Subversives | Ludovico's mother | ||
| 1967 | Play-Boy | Baroness | ||
| 1968 | La notte รจ fatta per... rubare | Olga | ||
| 1968 | Ballad of a Bounty Hunter | |||
| 1968 | Galileo | |||
| 1969 | The Laughing Woman | Sayer's Secretary | ||
| 1969 | Medea | Uncredited | ||
| 1971 | Veruschka | |||
| 1972 | All the Colors of the Dark | Elderly Neighbor | ||
| 1972 | Pulp | Office Manageress | ||
| 1973 | The Nun and the Devil | Lavinia | ||
| 1973 | Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico, cerca anima gemella | |||
| 1973 | Cuore | |||
| 1974 | All Screwed Up | Owner of restaurant | ||
| 1974 | Prigione di donne | Ursula - the Mother Superior | ||
| 1974 | Il tempo dell'inizio | Maitresse | ||
| 1974 | Five Women for the Killer | Marta | ||
| 1974 | Two Missionaries | Marchesa Gonzaga | ||
| 1975 | Princess Ruspini | Uncredited | ||
| 1978 | Interno di un convento | |||
| 1978 | L'inquilina del piano di sopra | |||
| 1979 | Caligula | Priestess of Isis | Uncredited | |
| 1983 | Nostalghia | |||
| 1984 | Dance music | |||
| 1984 | She | Moona | ||
| 1988 | Vampire in Venice | Princess | ||
| 1994 | Aquero | Isadora | (final film role) |