Ada Colangeli

Ada Colangeli (5 March 1913 – 29 February 1992) was an Italian character actress.

Life and career
Born 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.

Selected filmography

 * An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (1939) – Una popolana
 * One Hundred Thousand Dollars (1940) – Francesca, la moglie di Paul
 * The Iron Crown (1941) - (uncredited)
 * Four Steps in the Clouds (1942) – Anna – La serva (uncredited)
 * Dagli Appennini alle Ande (1943)
 * Apparition (1943) – Geltrude
 * Nessuno torna indietro (1945) – Una sorvegliante
 * Un giorno nella vita (1946) – Suor Gaetana
 * Alarm Bells (1949) – Francesca
 * The Bride Can't Wait (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 (1951) – Assunta
 * Una bruna indiavolata! (1951) – Caterina
 * The City Stands Trial (1952) – The Maid at Tortorella's (uncredited)
 * The Shameless Sex (1952) – Portinaia
 * Lieutenant Giorgio (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 (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 (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 (1954) – Cameriera dei gesuiti (uncredited)
 * Le signorine dello 04 (1955) – The Caretaker (uncredited)
 * Il bidone (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 (1955) – Filomena
 * Revelation (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 (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)