Ada Colangeli

Post by **Johan Melle** » 05/03/2020, 23:53

Ada Colangeli in Campane a martello (1949)

Ada Colangeli was born on 5 March 1913 in Rome, Italy. A ubiquitous presence in Italian cinema of the 1940s and 50s, she specialized in playing simple women such as maids, nuns, gossiping neighbors or peasant women. Though very expressive and sympathetic, she was always relegated to small and usually uncredited roles, though she always made the most of her screen-time and usually crops up in films by highly esteemed directors such as Federico Fellini, Luigi Comencini, Luigi Zampa and especially Alessandro Blasetti, who was also her personal friend. Ada Colangeli vanished from Italian movie screens at the end of the 1950s. She passed away at the age of 78 on 29 February 1992 in Rome.

Source for biographical informations: Dizionario del cinema italiano: Le attrici (2003)

FILMOGRAPHY

1939

Un'avventura di Salvator Rosa (uncredited) .... A woman of the people

1940
Centomila dollari (uncredited) .... Francesca, the airport guardian's wife

1941
La corona di ferro (uncredited) .... Spectator at the tournament

1942
4 passi fra le nuvole (uncredited) .... Anna

1943
Apparizione (uncredited) .... Maid
Dagli Appennini alle Ande (uncredited) .... Nun
Nessuno torna indietro (uncredited) .... Maid

1949
Anselmo ha fretta a.k.a. La sposa non può attendere (credited) .... Sister Celeste
Campane a martello (credited) .... Francesca

1950
Benvenuto reverendo! (uncredited) .... Woman in church
È arrivato il cavaliere (uncredited) .... Woman waiting to see the minister
È più facile che un cammello... (uncredited) .... School directress

1951
Anna (uncredited) .... Seamstress
Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba! (credited) .... The count's maid
Signori, in carrozza! (uncredited) .... Assunta, the concierge
Una bruna indiavolata (uncredited) .... Caterina, the maid

1952
Il romanzo della mia vita (uncredited) .... Woman watching Luciano sing in the trattoria
Il tenente Giorgio (uncredited) .... Caterina, the maid
La prigioniera della torre di fuoco (credited?) .... The maid
Processo alla città (uncredited) .... Maid at boarding house
Wanda, la peccatrice (uncredited) .... Concierge

1953
La voce del silenzio (uncredited) .... Nun
Lo scocciatore (Via Padova 46) (uncredited) .... Tenant chatting in the doorway
Pane, amore e fantasia (uncredited) .... Nosy village woman
Una di quelle (uncredited) .... Nun (uncertain ID)

1954
Cronache di poveri amanti (credited) .... Signora Fidalma
Disonorata senza colpa (uncredited) .... Amedeo's mother
L'arte di arrangiarsi (uncredited) .... Maid
La Luciana (credited) .... Ada, the maid
La romana (credited) .... Mino's maid
Papà Pacifico (uncredited) .... Concierge
Peccato che sia una canaglia (uncredited) .... Woman at the police station
Questa è la vita - segment "Marsina stretta" (uncredited) .... Nosy woman chatting with the doorman
Tempi nostri - segment "Casa d'altri" (credited) .... Woman at the clergy house

1955
Bravissimo (uncredited) .... A mother
Buonanotte... avvocato! (uncredited) .... Woman in the procession
Il bidone (uncredited) .... Shanty dweller
L'intrusa (uncredited) .... Caterina, the maid
La bella di Roma (uncredited) .... Gracco's maid
Le signorine dello 04 (uncredited) .... Concierge
Prigionieri del male (uncredited) .... Rosa, the maid
Ragazze d'oggi (uncredited) .... Maid

1956
Difendo il mio amore (uncredited) .... Signora Dosti's maid
Il bigamo (uncredited) .... Peasant woman who gets a ride with Mario
La fortuna di essere donna (uncredited) .... Concierge

1957
Le notti di Cabiria (uncredited) .... Woman in the religious procession
Marisa la civetta (uncredited) .... Woman dancing in the tavern

1958
Ladro lui, ladra lei (uncredited) .... Woman of the people

1959
Nel blu dipinto di blu (uncredited) .... Sor Napoleone's wife