Ada Colangeli

Ada Colangeli was an Italian character actress.

Life and career

Born on 5 March 1913 in Rome, Colangeli began acting in the early 1940s, and she was mainly cast in roles of women from a low social class. Active for about twenty years, she often collaborated with the director Alessandro Blasetti, of whom she was a real life friend. Her credits also include works by Federico Fellini, Luigi Zampa, Luigi Comencini, Carlo Lizzani and Mario Camerini.
She died on the leap day of 1992, five days before her 79th birthday.

Selected filmography

An Adventure of Salvator Rosa – Una popolanaOne Hundred Thousand Dollars – Francesca, la moglie di PaulThe Iron Crown - Four Steps in the Clouds – Anna – La serva Dagli Appennini alle Ande Apparition – GeltrudeNessuno torna indietro – Una sorveglianteUn giorno nella vita – Suor GaetanaAlarm Bells – FrancescaThe Bride Can't Wait – Sister CelesteMaracatumba... ma non è una rumba! – Domestica del conteWelcome, Reverend! His Last Twelve Hours – La direttrice del collegio È arrivato il cavaliere! – Strano appuntamento Rome-Paris-Rome – AssuntaUna bruna indiavolata! – CaterinaThe City Stands Trial – The Maid at Tortorella's The Shameless Sex – PortinaiaLieutenant Giorgio – Evelina Il romanzo della mia vita – Una croce senza nome Er fattaccio Carne inquieta Prisoner in the Tower of Fire – L'ancellaLa voce del silenzio – One of Those – Anni facili Via Padova 46 – The Woman Who Gets Out of the Lift Pane, amore e fantasia – Una comare intrigante Chronicle of Poor Lovers – FidalmaA Slice of Life – Papà Pacifico Disonorata - Senza colpa – Madre di AmedeoWoman of Rome – Padrona della pensioneLa Luciana Too Bad She's Bad – Una signora al commissariato The Art of Getting Along – Cameriera dei gesuiti Le signorine dello 04 – The Caretaker Il bidone – Minor Role The Belle of Rome – Vicina di casa di Gracco Bravissimo – Woman with a tall Candle Girls of Today – FilomenaRevelation – Rosa Lucky to Be a Woman – Minor Role The Bigamist – Minor Role The Intruder – Caterina Difendo il mio amore – Minor Role I calunniatori Marisa – Ladro lui, ladra lei – Poplana alla finestra Nel blu dipinto di blu – Sor Napoleone's Wife