Maria Cumani Quasimodo

Maria Cumani Quasimodo

Born: January 7, 1908
Died: November 22, 1995
in Milan, 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. 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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The House of Witchcraft
Title: The House of Witchcraft
Character: Witch
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
A man discharged from the hospital after suffering a nervous breakdown is taken to a remote Italian villa by his strangely-behaving wife. But he has strong premonitions that the house is possessed by some force of witchcraft, which he has been experiencing in his recurring nightmare.
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Nosferatu in Venice
Title: Nosferatu in Venice
Character: Princess
Released: September 10, 1988
Type: Movie
Professor Paris Catalano visits Venice, to investigate the last known appearance of the famous vampire Nosferatu during the carnival of 1786.
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Teresa
Title: Teresa
Character: contessa madre
Released: November 27, 1987
Type: Movie
Teresa is a young widow who is concentrated on her little business until she hires Gino.
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She
Title: She
Character: Moona
Released: May 15, 1984
Type: Movie
In a backward post-apocalyptic world, She aids two brothers' quest to rescue their kidnapped sister. Along the way, they battle orgiastic werewolves, a psychic communist, a tutu-wearing giant, a mad scientist, and gladiators before standing against the odds to defeat the evil Norks.
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Behind Convent Walls
Title: Behind Convent Walls
Released: January 25, 1978
Type: Movie
A zealous, handsome priest, who is the confessor for a convent full of women, encourages the equally zealous abbess of the institution to enforce strict rules on these unfortunate women. At the same time, a particularly disturbed nun manages to poison herself and many of the other novitiates in yet another scandal which is covered up by church authorities.
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L'inquilina del piano di sopra
Title: L'inquilina del piano di sopra
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Exasperated by the great racket coming from Miss Aurora Trabocchetti's apartment, the neighbors give Professor Canestrari a mandate to deliver an ultimatum to the young woman. Too bad the teacher takes a liking to Aurora and agrees to give her private lessons. In fact, the girl aspires to marry the scion of a noble family and to try to crown her dream she must improve her culture.
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The Baby Sitter
Title: The Baby Sitter
Character: Princess Ruspini (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1975
Type: Movie
Michelle, a French sculptor living in Rome, is told of a job babysitting a rich man's son by her new friend Ann, an actress. When she arrives at the boy's house, she discovers that he in fact has been kidnapped...
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The Two Missionaries
Title: The Two Missionaries
Character: Marchesa Gonzaga
Released: December 21, 1974
Type: Movie
Two missionaries (Bud Spencer and Terence Hill) come into conflict with the authorities when they turn their missionary into a parrot farm. The Bishop of Maracaibo calls them his 'black sheep' and the Monsignore has been called to check on their behavior. Like usual, our heroes help the poor to defend themselves and provoke some funny fist fights in the process. (from Wikipedia)
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Five Women for the Killer
Title: Five Women for the Killer
Character: Marta
Released: December 4, 1974
Type: Movie
Thriller about a reporter who comes home from an overseas assignment to find his baby in the hospital and his wife dead...
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Riot in a Women's Prison
Title: Riot in a Women's Prison
Character: Ursula - the Mother Superior
Released: August 13, 1974
Type: Movie
This film traces the prison life of a group of women who-rather than being prepared to reenter society-are brought to the limits of depravity. Martine, wrongly imprisoned will bear the scars of a prison system wrongly based on punishment rather than rehabilitation.
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Heart
Title: Heart
Character: La Nonna
Released: April 21, 1973
Type: Movie
Four stories with teenagers as the protagonists: Young Blood - The Sardinian Drummer - The Little Look-out - The Nurse of the Father (Sangue romagnolo - Il tamburino sardo - La piccola vedetta lombarda - L'infermiere di Tata)
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Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate
Title: Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate
Character: la madre di Teresa
Released: February 8, 1973
Type: Movie
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The Nun and the Devil
Title: The Nun and the Devil
Character: Lavinia
Released: January 25, 1973
Type: Movie
It's 1577. The Mother Superior at the convent of Archangel is seriously ill. The determined and calculating Mother Giulia plots to become the next Mother Superior. She receives tough competition from tormented lesbian Sister Chiara and the lusty Sister Carmela.
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Pulp
Title: Pulp
Character: Office Manageress
Released: November 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A seedy writer of sleazy pulp novels is recruited by a quirky, reclusive ex-actor to help him write his biography at his house in Malta.
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All the Colors of the Dark
Title: All the Colors of the Dark
Character: Elderly Neighbor
Released: February 28, 1972
Type: Movie
Jane lives in London with Richard, her boyfriend. When she was five, her mother was murdered, she recently lost a baby in a car crash and now she’s plagued by nightmares of a knife-wielding, blue-eyed man. Desperate to ease her pain, Jane decides to follow her new neighbor’s advice to attend a Black Mass, only to fan her already horrible visions, making her reality a living hell. Is there an escape from the clutches of the darkest evil?
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Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman
Title: Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman
Released: April 2, 1971
Type: Movie
Fashion photographer Franco Rubartelli's visually lush and moody head film about European supermodel Veruschka.
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Medea
Title: Medea
Character: (uncredited)
Released: January 28, 1970
Type: Movie
Based on the plot of Euripides' Medea. Medea centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her husband Jason who has betrayed her for another woman.
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The Laughing Woman
Title: The Laughing Woman
Character: Sayer's Secretary
Released: August 24, 1969
Type: Movie
Beautiful PR woman, Maria finds herself trapped in the home of the sinister and troubled Dr. Sayer, where she is subjected to a series of increasingly bizarre, terrifying, and degrading sex games. Sayer admits that he has murdered several women after the same ordeal, always killing them at the point of orgasm. But all is not what it seems, and through a series of twists and turns, the whole situation is slowly turned on its head.
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Galileo
Title: Galileo
Released: September 7, 1968
Type: Movie
A humble scientist from Padua proves that the Earth revolves and that it is not the center of the universe.
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I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!
Title: I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!
Released: May 5, 1968
Type: Movie
Don Ramon, a wealthy patron, receives his son back after he has sent him away to medical school, only to have him fall in love with his new young wife.
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The Subversives
Title: The Subversives
Character: Ludovico's Mother
Released: September 21, 1967
Type: Movie
The film combines actual footage of Communist leader Palmiero Togliatti's funeral with the intermingled stories of four people affected by his death: Ettore, a Venezuelan radical who abandons the wealthy Italian woman he loves to go back to his country and help his cause; Ludovico, an ailing filmmaker who finds out that art alone is not enough; Giulia, a woman who embarks upon a lesbian affair with a former mistress of her husband; and Ermanno, a philosophy graduate who breaks up with his past.
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Night Is Made for Stealing
Title: Night Is Made for Stealing
Character: Olga
Released: September 1, 1967
Type: Movie
A young widow, her nephew and various other characters attempt to steal the jewels contained in a supposedly inviolable safe.
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Play-Boy
Title: Play-Boy
Character: Baroness
Released: August 7, 1967
Type: Movie
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Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Title: Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Character: Baronessa Cornianu
Released: December 23, 1966
Type: Movie
A successful fifty-year-old entrepreneur, Tullio Conforti, opposed to divorce for religious reasons, is in fact separated from his wife and leads a frenetic life divided between numerous lovers.
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Summer Frenzy
Title: Summer Frenzy
Character: Julia
Released: February 4, 1964
Type: Movie