Inez Palange (June 13, 1889 – October 16, 1962), also written as Ines Palange, was an Italian-born American actress and singer who was best known for her role as Mrs. Camonte in the 1932 film ''

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Early life

She was born in

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on June 13, 1889.

Music career

Prior to her film career she was part of Les Iris Palange, a comedy and singing duo with Alberto Palange. At least two of their recordings on Victor records from 1917 are part of

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catalogue (and posted to YouTube). They performed in Italian. A bit about her experience as an immigrant along with others is noted in a book on Italian immigrants.

Film career

Palange performed in the first Italian language dialogue film, ''Sei tu l'amore?'', released in 1930. Palange played the mother of a gangster in ''Scarface'' (1932). Her dialogue with the character of her American-born daughter in which she warns against her son's character has been described as portraying two conflicting character traits, her

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wisdom in seeing through her son's facade but expressed in halting, non-standard English, underlining her status in the

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as an unassimilated and uneducated immigrant, signifying her inability to relate her insights to her daughter. Palange had a variety of supporting, minor, and bit roles in various Hollywood films.

Personal life

She died October 16, 1962, in

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Selected filmography

* ''Sei tu l'amore?'' (1930) - The modiste * '' Always Goodbye'' (1931) - Italian Maid (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1931) - Villager (uncredited) * ''

'' (1932) - Mrs. Camonte, Tony's Mother * ''

Speak Easily ''Speak Easily'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, and Thelma Todd, and directed by Edward Sedgwick. Keaton and Durante were again paired in '' The Passionate Plumber'' and '' What! No Beer?'' Keato ...

'' (1932) - Rosa - Tony's Wife (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1932) - Mike's Neighbor (uncredited) * ''

Men of America ''Men of America'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Ralph Ince and written by Samuel Ornitz and Jack Jungmeyer. The film stars William Boyd, Charles "Chic" Sale, Dorothy Wilson, Ralph Ince, and Henry Armetta. The film was re ...

'' (1932) - Mrs. Garboni (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1933) - Woman at Wedding Party (uncredited) * '' The White Sister'' (1933) - Italian Mother (uncredited) * ''

The Mind Reader ''The Mind Reader'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and written by Robert Lord and Wilson Mizner. The film stars Warren William, Constance Cummings, Allen Jenkins, Natalie Moorhead, Mayo Methot and Clarence Mus ...

'' (1933) - Cleaning Lady (uncredited) * '' Heroes for Sale'' (1933) - Mrs. Bonicelli (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1933) - Mrs. Carlucci (uncredited) * '' Mary Stevens, M.D.'' (1933) - Tony's Wife (uncredited) * '' Night Flight'' (1933) - Simone's Maid (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1934) - Maria (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1934) - Italian Mother (uncredited) * '' I've Got Your Number'' (1934) - Italian Lady (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1934) - Italian Woman (uncredited * ''

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'' (1934) - Proprietress (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1934) - Natasia (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1935) - Mrs. Esposito (uncredited) * '' Enchanted April'' (1935) - Castle Servant (uncredited) * ''

After Office Hours ''After Office Hours'' is a 1935 crime drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Clark Gable and Constance Bennett. The screenplay was written by Herman Mankiewicz. Plot Jim Branch (Clark Gable), a newspaper editor, falls for we ...

'' (1935) - Diner Owner's Wife (uncredited) * '' Black Fury'' (1935) - Mrs. Morova (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1935) - Junkman's Wife (uncredited) * ''

Break of Hearts ''Break of Hearts'' is a 1935 RKO film starring Katharine Hepburn and Charles Boyer. The screenplay was written by the team of Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman, with Anthony Veiller, from a story by Lester Cohen, specifically for Hepburn ...

'' (1935) - Violin Student's Mother (uncredited) * '' The Flame Within'' (1935) - Bar and Flophouse Manager (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1935) - Italian Mother * '' The Melody Lingers On'' (1935) - Louisa * '' A Night at the Opera'' (1935) - Maid (uncredited) * ''

It Had to Happen ''It Had to Happen'' is a 1936 American drama film starring George Raft and Rosalind Russell. The movie was written by Kathryn Scola, and Howard Ellis Smith, and directed by Roy Del Ruth. It is based on the 1909 short story "Canavan, the Man Who ...

'' (1936) - Italian Mother (uncredited) * '' Robin Hood of El Dorado'' (1936) - Nurse with Madre (uncredited) * ''

Women Are Trouble ''Women Are Trouble'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Errol Taggart and written by Michael Fessier. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Paul Kelly, Florence Rice, Margaret Irving, Cy Kendall and John Harrington. The film was released on J ...

'' (1936) - Italian Mother (uncredited) * ''

His Brother's Wife ''His Brother's Wife'' is a 1936 American romantic drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor. Written by Leon Gordon and John Meehan, based on a story by George Auerbach, the film is about a scienti ...

'' (1936) - Native Mother (uncredited) * '' Dodsworth'' (1936) - Teresa - Edith's Housekeeper (uncredited) * ''

Libeled Lady ''Libeled Lady'' is a 1936 American screwball comedy film directed by Jack Conway and starring Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy. The screenplay was written by Maurine Dallas Watkins, Howard Emmett Rogers, and George Opp ...

'' (1936) - Fortune Teller (uncredited) * ''

A Woman Rebels ''A Woman Rebels'' is a 1936 American historical drama film adapted from the 1930 novel ''Portrait of a Rebel'' by Netta Syrett and starring Katharine Hepburn as Pamela Thistlewaite, who rebels against the social mores of Victorian England. The ...

'' (1936) - Signora Grassi (uncredited) * ''

Once a Doctor ''Once a Doctor'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by William Clemens and written by Robertson White and Ben Grauman Kohn. The film stars Jean Muir, Donald Woods, Gordon Oliver, Joe King, Henry Kolker and Gordon Hart. The film was relea ...

'' (1937) - Mrs. Rossi (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1937) - Italian Woman (uncredited) * '' Sea Devils'' (1937) - Mrs. Palange - Italian Woman (uncredited) * ''

Song of the City ''Song of the City'' is a 1937 American musical film directed by Errol Taggart, written by Michael Fessier, and starring Margaret Lindsay, Dean Jagger, J. Carrol Naish, Nat Pendleton, Dennis Morgan and Marla Shelton. It was released on April 2, 1 ...

'' (1937)- Mrs. 'Mama' Romandi * ''

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'' (1937) - Mrs. Romano (uncredited) * '' The Firefly'' (1937) - Flower Woman (uncredited) * '' Portia on Trial'' (1937) - Mrs. Gannow * ''

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'' (1937) - Native Woman (uncredited) * '' Wise Girl'' (1937) - Italian Hat Customer (uncredited) * '' Change of Heart'' (1938) - Italian Cook (uncredited) * ''

Little Miss Roughneck ''Little Miss Roughneck'' is a 1938 American drama. Plot Budding child vaudeville performer Foxine LaRue and her mother Gertrude LaRue will do anything to get Foxine into show business. Together, they stage a kidnapping hoax. Foxine is nowhere ...

'' (1938) - Mercedes Orozco * '' The Black Doll'' (1938) - Rosita, the housekeeper * ''

The Baroness and the Butler ''The Baroness and the Butler'' is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by Walter Lang and starring William Powell and Annabella in her American English-language debut. The supporting cast includes Helen Westley, Joseph Schildkraut, ...

'' (1938) - Gypsy Fortune-Teller (uncredited) * ''

Penrod and His Twin Brother ''Penrod and His Twin Brother'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by William C. McGann and written by William Jacobs (producer), William Jacobs and Hugh Cummings. The film stars Billy and Bobby Mauch, Billy Mauch, Billy and Bobby Mauch, Bob ...

'' (1938) - Foreign Woman (uncredited) * ''

King of the Newsboys ''King of the Newsboys'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus. Plot Jerry Flynn's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster with power and money, in order to show her that she made a mistake, Jerry starts his newspaper distrib ...

'' (1938) - Neighbor (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1938) - Dr. Finlay's Housekeeper (uncredited) * '' Speed to Burn'' (1938) - Mama Gambini * ''

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'' (1938) - Fish Wife (uncredited) * '' Flirting with Fate'' (1938) - Señora Lopez * ''

Road Demon ''Road Demon'' is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Otto Brower and starring Henry Arthur, Joan Valerie, and Henry Armetta. Footage from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was included along with driver accidents. It is the second relea ...

'' (1938) - Mama Gambini * '' Winner Take All'' (1939)- Mama Gambini * '' The Lady and the Mob'' (1939) - Mrs. Angela Zambrogio (uncredited) * ''

Only Angels Have Wings ''Only Angels Have Wings'' is a 1939 American adventure romantic drama film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Jean Arthur, and is based on a story written by Hawks. Its plot follows the manager of an air freight company in a r ...

'' (1939) - Lily's Aunt (uncredited) * '' Chicken Wagon Family'' (1939) - Mrs. Buzzi * ''

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'' (1940) - Woman in Camp (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1940) - Maria (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1940) - Tohana * ''

I Was an Adventuress ''I Was an Adventuress'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by Gregory Ratoff, starring Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Erich von Stroheim, and Peter Lorre. An actress/ballerina works as decoy for two international con artists. Plot Countess Ta ...

'' (1940) - Fisherman's Wife * ''

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'' (1940) - Mrs. Galentoni (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1940) - Almedo's Landlady (uncredited) * ''

Romance of the Rio Grande ''Romance of the Rio Grande'' (also: En kärleksnatt vid Rio Grande) is a 1929 American sound ( All-Talking) pre-Code Western musical film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Warner Baxter, Mona Maris, Mary Duncan, and Antonio Moreno. It wa ...

'' (1941)- Mama Lopez * '' Caught in the Act'' (1941) - Mary Ripportella * ''

Flight from Destiny ''Flight from Destiny'' is a 1941 American drama film noir directed by Vincent Sherman and written by Barry Trivers. The film stars Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Jeffrey Lynn, James Stephenson, Mona Maris and Jonathan Hale. The f ...

'' (1941) - Mrs. Moraciagos (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1941) - Mrs. Romero * '' Beyond the Blue Horizon'' (1942) - Native Nurse (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1942) - Italian Woman Going to Court (uncredited) * '' Life Begins at Eight-Thirty'' (1942) - Mrs. Spano (uncredited) * '' Out of This World'' (1945) - Mrs. Palukas (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1945) - Italian Woman (uncredited) * '' Murder in the Music Hall'' (1946) - Mrs. Aldine (uncredited) * ''

The Homestretch ''The Homestretch'' is a 1947 American drama film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and written by Wanda Tuchock. The film stars Cornel Wilde, Maureen O'Hara, Glenn Langan, Helen Walker, James Gleason, Henry Stephenson and Margaret Bannerman. Th ...

'' (1947) - Gypsy Woman (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1947) - Squaw (uncredited) * '' The Loves of Carmen'' (1948) - Woman in Crowd (uncredited) * ''

The Snake Pit ''The Snake Pit'' is a 1948 American psychological drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Beulah Bondi, and Lee Patrick. Based on Mary Jane Ward's 1946 semi-autobiog ...

'' (1948) - Italian Patient (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1950) - Villager (uncredited) * ''

September Affair ''September Affair'' is a 1950 American romantic drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, and Jessica Tandy. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis. Plot Marianne "Manina" Stuart (Joan Fontaine), a prominent c ...

'' (1950) - Concierge (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1952) - Townswoman (uncredited) * '' Cry of the Hunted'' (1953) - Old Woman (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1954) - Tula * ''

Hot Blood ''Hot Blood'' is a 1956 American CinemaScope Technicolor musical film directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Jane Russell, Cornel Wilde and Joseph Calleia. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Plot Marco Torino, king of the gyps ...

'' (1956) - Gypsy (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1956) - Slave (uncredited)

References

External links

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