Biography
Inez Palange, also credited as Ines Palange and born Antonietta Parillo, was an Italian-born American actress. She was born on 13 June 1889 in Roccasicura, Italy, and died on 16 October 1962 in Los Angeles County, California. Before entering films she performed as part of the comedy and singing duo Les Iris Palange, recording Neapolitan duets for Victor Records in 1917.
Palange made her screen debut in the Italian-language film Sei tu l'amore? (1930). She appeared in numerous Hollywood productions from the 1930s to the 1950s, often in supporting or uncredited roles as Italian mothers, villagers or ethnic characters. Her credited parts include Mrs. Camonte in Scarface (1932), Mrs. 'Mama' Romandi in Song of the City (1937) and Tohana in One Million B.C. (1940). She also had uncredited appearances in Frankenstein (1931), The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and Only Angels Have Wings (1939).
