---
name: "Teresa Celli"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/teresa-celli"
fi1m_id: "teresa-celli"
imdb_id: "nm0148135"
tmdb_id: 96139
wikidata_id: "Q26502348"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 June 1924"
died: "1 October 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T04:48:55.115133+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Teresa Celli

## Identity

Teresa Celli

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/teresa-celli
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** teresa-celli
- **IMDb ID:** nm0148135
- **TMDB ID:** 96139
- **Wikidata ID:** Q26502348
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Celli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26502348, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0148135/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96139

Actor. Born 3 June 1924 in Dysart, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 1 October 1999.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 June 1924, Dysart, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 1 October 1999
- **Also known as:** Teresa Mara Levis
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Celli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26502348, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0148135/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96139

## Biography

Teresa Celli, also credited as Teresa Mara Levis, was an American actress and lyric soprano. Born in Dysart, Pennsylvania, she moved with her family to Italy as a child. There she studied singing and appeared in opera and dramatic productions before returning to the United States.

Celli made her film debut in *Border Incident* (1949). She is known for her supporting roles in *The Asphalt Jungle* (1950), in which she played Maria Ciavelli, *Black Hand* (1950) and *Right Cross* (1950). She was married to actor Barry Nelson from 1951 to 1965 and died in 1999.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Asphalt Jungle* (1950), Fi1m 88, as Maria Ciavelli — [page](https://film.one/film/the-asphalt-jungle.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Great Caruso* (1951), as Vocalist - Opera Montage
- *Right Cross* (1950), as Marina Monterez
- *The Asphalt Jungle* (1950), as Maria Ciavelli — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-asphalt-jungle.md)
- *Black Hand* (1950), as Isabella Gomboli
- *Border Incident* (1949), as Maria

## Gallery

- ![Teresa Celli](https://film.one/media/person/3868014/gallery-5251fdb5e102.jpg) Teresa Celli — unknown (MGM), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Teresa_Celli_in_Black_Hand_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Teresa Celli](https://film.one/media/person/3868014/gallery-94c503e599e6.jpg) Teresa Celli — Image via TMDB
- ![Teresa Celli](https://film.one/media/person/3868014/gallery-e1b1d3f937b3.jpg) Teresa Celli — Image via TMDB

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