Ada Colangeli

Italian character actress

Ada Colangeli

Born	(1913-03-05)5 March 1913 Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died	29 February 1992(1992-02-29) (aged 78) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actress

Ada Colangeli (5 March 1913 – 29 February 1992) was an Italian character actress.

Life and career

Born in Rome, Colangeli began acting in the early 1940s, and she was mainly cast in roles of women from a low social class.^[1] Active for about twenty years, she often collaborated with the director Alessandro Blasetti, of whom she was a real life friend.^[1] Her credits also include works by Federico Fellini, Luigi Zampa, Luigi Comencini, Carlo Lizzani and Mario Camerini.^[1]

Selected filmography

An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (1939) – Una popolana
One Hundred Thousand Dollars (1940) – Francesca, la moglie di Paul
The Iron Crown (1941) - (uncredited)
Four Steps in the Clouds (1942) – Anna – La serva (uncredited)
Dagli Appennini alle Ande (1943)
Apparition (1943) – Geltrude
Nessuno torna indietro (1945) – Una sorvegliante
Un giorno nella vita (1946) – Suor Gaetana
Alarm Bells (1949) – Francesca
The Bride Can't Wait (1949) – Sister Celeste
Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba! (1949) – Domestica del conte
Welcome, Reverend! (1950)
His Last Twelve Hours (1950) – La direttrice del collegio (uncredited)
È arrivato il cavaliere! (1950) – (uncredited)
Strano appuntamento (1950)
Rome-Paris-Rome (1951) – Assunta
Una bruna indiavolata! (1951) – Caterina
The City Stands Trial (1952) – The Maid at Tortorella's (uncredited)
The Shameless Sex (1952) – Portinaia
Lieutenant Giorgio (1952) – Evelina (uncredited)
Il romanzo della mia vita (1952) – (uncredited)
Una croce senza nome (1952)
Er fattaccio (1952)
Carne inquieta (1952)
Prisoner in the Tower of Fire (1952) – L'ancella
La voce del silenzio (1953) – (uncredited)
One of Those (1953) – (uncredited)
Anni facili (1953)
Via Padova 46 (1953) – The Woman Who Gets Out of the Lift (uncredited)
Pane, amore e fantasia (1953) – Una comare intrigante (uncredited)
Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954) – Fidalma
A Slice of Life (1954) – (segment "Casa d'altri")
Papà Pacifico (1954)
Disonorata - Senza colpa (1954) – Madre di Amedeo
Woman of Rome (1954) – Padrona della pensione
La Luciana (1954)
Too Bad She's Bad (1954) – Una signora al commissariato (uncredited)
The Art of Getting Along (1954) – Cameriera dei gesuiti (uncredited)
Le signorine dello 04 (1955) – The Caretaker (uncredited)
Il bidone (1955) – Minor Role (uncredited)
The Belle of Rome (1955) – Vicina di casa di Gracco (uncredited)
Bravissimo (1955) – Woman with a tall Candle (uncredited)
Girls of Today (1955) – Filomena
Revelation (1955) – Rosa (uncredited)
Lucky to Be a Woman (1956) – Minor Role (uncredited)
The Bigamist (1956) – Minor Role (uncredited)
The Intruder (1956) – Caterina (uncredited)
Difendo il mio amore (1956) – Minor Role (uncredited)
I calunniatori (1956)
Marisa (1957) – (uncredited)
Ladro lui, ladra lei (1958) – Poplana alla finestra (uncredited)
Nel blu dipinto di blu (1959) – Sor Napoleone's Wife (uncredited) (final film role)