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) 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 (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