Biography
Inez Palange (June 13, 1889 β October 16, 1962), also written as Ines Palange, was an Italian-born American actress who was best known for her role as Mrs. Camonte in the 1932 film Scarface. She was born in Roccasicura, Italy on June 13, 1889. 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 the Library of Congress 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.
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 Old World wisdom in seeing through her son's facade but expressed in halting, non-standard English, underlining her status in the New World 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. She died October 16, 1962, in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography
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Movies 42
Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954)
A Bell for Adano (1945)
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)
Under Fiesta Stars (1941)
Flight from Destiny (1941)
Romance of the Rio Grande (1941)
Caught in the Act (1941)
Behind the News (1940)
I Was an Adventuress (1940)
Viva Cisco Kid (1940)
One Million B.C. (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Chicken Wagon Family (1939)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
The Lady and the Mob (1939)
Winner Take All (1939)
Flirting with Fate (1938)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Speed to Burn (1938)
The Black Doll (1938)
Little Miss Roughneck (1938)
Ebb Tide (1937)
Portia on Trial (1937)
You Can't Have Everything (1937)
Song of the City (1937)
Man Of The People (1937)
Once a Doctor (1937)
Libeled Lady (1936)
Dodsworth (1936)
Women Are Trouble (1936)
Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)
Alibi Racket (1935)
Break of Hearts (1935)
Dinky (1935)
The Age of Innocence (1934)
Bedside (1934)
Night Flight (1933)
Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)
Men Of America (1932)
Tiger Shark (1932)
Scarface (1932)
Frankenstein (1931)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1889-06-13
Deathday1962-10-16 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceNaples, Italy
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsInes Palange
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