Ada Colangeli (5 March 1913 – 29 February 1992) was an Italian
character actress
A character actor is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters.28 April 2013, The New York Acting SchoolTen Best Character Actors of All Time Retrieved 7 August 2014, "..a breed of actor who has the ability to be ...
.
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
Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film ''Quattro passi fra le nuvole''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during ...
, of whom she was a real life friend. Her credits also include works by Federico Fellini,
Luigi Zampa
Luigi Zampa (2 January 1905 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film director.
Biography
Son of a worker, Zampa studied filmmaking from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome.
He directed several ...
,
Luigi Comencini
Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007) ''The Guardian'' was an Italian
,
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 ...
'' (1939) - Una popolana
* ''
One Hundred Thousand Dollars
''One Hundred Thousand Dollars'' (Italian: ''Centomila dollari'') is a 1940 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Assia Noris, Amedeo Nazzari and Lauro Gazzolo.Gundle p.169
It was shot at the Palatino Stu ...
'' (1940) - Francesca, la moglie di Paul
* ''
The Iron Crown
''The Iron Crown'' () is a 1941 Italian adventure written and directed by Alessandro Blasetti, starring Massimo Girotti and Gino Cervi. The narrative revolves a sacred iron crown and a king who is prophesied to lose his kingdom to his nephew. I ...
'' (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 ...
'' (1942) - Anna - La serva (uncredited)
* ''Dagli Appennini alle Ande'' (1943)
* ''Apparizione'' (1943) - Geltrude
* ''Nessuno torna indietro'' (1945) - Una sorvegliante
* ''
Un giorno nella vita
''Un giorno nella vita'' ("A Day in Life") is a 1946 Italian war film directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. American title: "A Day In the Life". This film was screened in 2009 at the Film Society of ...
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 film ...
'' (1949) - Sister Celeste
* ''Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba!'' (1949) - Domestica del conte
* '' Welcome, Reverend!'' (1950)
* ''
His Last Twelve Hours
''His Last Twelve Hours'' (French: ''Pour l'amour du ciel'', Italian: ''È più facile che un cammello...'') is a 1951 French-Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Jean Gabin, Mariella Lotti and Elli Parvo. The film's sets w ...
'' (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' ...
'' (1951) - Caterina
* ''
The City Stands Trial
''The City Stands Trial'' ( it, Processo alla città) is a 1952 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Amedeo Nazzari, is based on a revisiting of the Cuocolo murders and the struggle for control of Naples by the Camorra in th ...
'' (1952) - The Maid at Tortorella's (uncredited)
* '' The Shameless Sex'' (1952) - Portinaia
* ''
Lieutenant Giorgio
''Lieutenant Giorgio'' (Italian: ''Il Tenente Giorgio'') is a 1952 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Massimo Girotti, Milly Vitale and Paul Muller. Chiti & Poppi p.357 It was shot at the Ponti-De La ...
'' (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
''Prisoner in the Tower of Fire'' ( it, Prigioniera della torre di fuoco, also known as ''The Prisoner in the Fuoco Tower'') is a 1953 Italian historical drama film written and directed by Giorgio W. Chili.
Plot
15th century. Two young people ...
'' (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
''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
''Papà Pacifico'' is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Antonella Lualdi and Frank Latimore.Alberto Albertazzi. "Papà Pacifico" (review). ''Intermezzo''. 31 March 1954. It grossed 88 million lire at the Italian bo ...
'' (1954)
* ''Disonorata - Senza colpa'' (1954) - Madre di Amedeo
* ''
Woman of Rome
''Woman of Rome'' ( it, La romana) is a 1954 drama film directed by Luigi Zampa, and starring Gina Lollobrigida.
Plot
Beautiful but poor Adriana, during the fascist era, finds work as a model for a painter. She becomes the lover of a chauffeur ...
Too Bad She's Bad
''Too Bad She's Bad'' ( it, Peccato che sia una canaglia) is a 1955 Italian comedy directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It stars Sophia Loren and is based on Alberto Moravia's story "Fanatico", from his ''Racconti Romani''.
It was shot at the Cine ...
'' (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 p ...
'' (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 Risso ...
'' (1955) - The Caretaker (uncredited)
* ''
Il bidone
''Il bidone'' (, "The Drum .html" ;"title="ontainer/nowiki>">ontainer/nowiki>"; also known as ''The Swindle'' or ''The Swindlers'') is a 1955 Italian film directed by Federico Fellini from his own screenplay co-written with Ennio Flaiano and Tu ...
'' (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
''Girls of Today'' ( it, Ragazze d'oggi) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Marisa Allasio.
Cast
* Marisa Allasio as Anna Bardellotti
*Lili Cerasoli as Sofia Bardellotti
*Paolo Stoppa as Giuseppe Bardellotti ...
'' (1955) - Filomena
* ''
Revelation
In religion and theology, revelation is the revealing or disclosing of some form of truth or knowledge through communication with a deity or other supernatural entity or entities.
Background
Inspiration – such as that bestowed by God on the ...
'' (1955) - Rosa (uncredited)
* ''
Lucky to Be a Woman
''Lucky to Be a Woman'' ( it, La fortuna di essere donna and also known as ''What a Woman!'') is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Sophia Loren, Charles Boyer and Marcello Mastroianni.
Plot
A photographe ...
'' (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 Fer ...
'' (1956) - Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''I calunniatori'' (1956)
* ''Marisa'' (1957) - (uncredited)
* ''
Ladro lui, ladra lei
''Ladro lui, ladra lei'' is a 1958 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa. Starring Alberto Sordi and Sylva Koscina, it tells the story of a young woman in Rome who is first sucked into a life of crime by a released convict and then has an ...
'' (1958) - Poplana alla finestra (uncredited)
* '' Nel blu dipinto di blu'' (1959) - Sor Napoleone's Wife (uncredited) (final film role)