Ada Colangeli (5 March 1913 – 29 February 1992) was an Italian
character actress
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.
Life and career
Born in
Rome
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, 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
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, of whom she was a real life friend. Her credits also include works by
Federico Fellini
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Luigi Comencini
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,
Carlo Lizzani
Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic.
Biography
Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero' ...
and
Mario Camerini
Mario Camerini (6 February 1895 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
The cousin of Augusto Genina, he made the most well-known films in Italy during the 1930s, most of them comedies starring Vittorio De Sica. H ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''
An Adventure of Salvator Rosa
''An Adventure of Salvator Rosa'' (Italian: ''Un'avventura di Salvator Rosa'') is a 1939 Italian historical adventure film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Gino Cervi, Luisa Ferida and Rina Morelli. It is set in seventeenth century ...
The Iron Crown
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'' (1941) - (uncredited)
* ''
Four Steps in the Clouds
''Four Steps in the Clouds'' () is a 1942 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti, starring Gino Cervi and Adriana Benetti. It tells the story of a married man who agrees to act as the husband of a young pregnant woman who has b ...
'' (1942) - Anna - La serva (uncredited)
* ''Dagli Appennini alle Ande'' (1943)
* ''Apparizione'' (1943) - Geltrude
* ''Nessuno torna indietro'' (1945) - Una sorvegliante
* '' Un giorno nella vita'' (1946) - Suor Gaetana
* '' Alarm Bells'' (1949) - Francesca
* ''
The Bride Can't Wait
''The Bride Can't Wait'' (Italian: ''La sposa non può attendere'') is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Franciolini and starring Gino Cervi, Gina Lollobrigida and Odile Versois.
It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome. The fi ...
'' (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
''Rome-Paris-Rome'' ( it, Signori, in carrozza!) is a 1951 French-Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Sophie Desmarets and Peppino De Filippo. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome and on location in Pa ...
'' (1951) - Assunta
* ''
Una bruna indiavolata!
''Una bruna indiavolata!'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia.
Cast
* Silvana Pampanini as Clara
* Ugo Tognazzi as Carlo Soldi
* Nando Bruno as Autista del taxi
* Carlo Sposito as Giulio Scanagatta
* Rocco D'As ...
'' (1951) - Caterina
* '' The City Stands Trial'' (1952) - The Maid at Tortorella's (uncredited)
* ''
The Shameless Sex
''The Shameless Sex'' ( it, Wanda la peccatrice, also known as ''Wanda the Sinner'') is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Duilio Coletti.
Plot
Stefano, a naval officer for some time not operating on ships following a removal and therefor ...
'' (1952) - Portinaia
* ''
Lieutenant Giorgio
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'' (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
''One of Those'' ( it, Una di quelle, also known as ''Totò, Peppino e... una di quelle'') is a 1953 Italian comedy-drama film produced, written, directed and starred by Aldo Fabrizi.
Plot
Maria is a widow with a dependent child, in debt with h ...
'' (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
''Chronicle of Poor Lovers'' ( it, Cronache di poveri amanti) is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. It competed for the Grand Prix at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
Florence, spring of 1925, the young typographer Mario ...
'' (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
''The Art of Getting Along'' ( it, L'arte di arrangiarsi) is a 1954 comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Alberto Sordi. Following ''Difficult Years'' and ''Easy Years'', it is the third and final chapter in the trilogy about Italian po ...
'' (1954) - Cameriera dei gesuiti (uncredited)
* ''
Le signorine dello 04
''Le signorine dello 04'' (''The ladies of the 04'') is a 1955 Italian romantic comedy-drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini.
Cast
* Antonella Lualdi: Maria Teresa Landolfi
*Antonio Cifariello: Amleto
* Giovanna Ralli: Bruna
* Roberto Ri ...
'' (1955) - The Caretaker (uncredited)
* ''
Il bidone
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'' (1955) - Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''
The Belle of Rome
''The Belle of Rome'' ( it, La bella di Roma) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini.
Cast
* Silvana Pampanini: Nannina
* Alberto Sordi: Gracco
* Paolo Stoppa: Oreste
* Antonio Cifariello: Mario
* Luisella Beghi: Ines
* Sergio ...
'' (1955) - Vicina di casa di Gracco (uncredited)
* '' Bravissimo'' (1955) - Woman with a tall Candle (uncredited)
* '' Girls of Today'' (1955) - Filomena
* ''
Revelation
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Background
Inspiration – such as that bestowed by God on th ...
'' (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
''Difendo il mio amore'' is a 1956 Italian film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti.
Plot
As part of a story, a reporter goes to meet Elisa, a young woman he met a few years ago on a trial on which she was finally exonerated.
Cast
*Gabriele Fe ...
'' (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)