Emma Penella
Acting
Manuela Ruiz Penella known as Emma Penella (Madrid, March 2, 1931 - Ibidem, August 27, 2007) was a Spanish film, theater and television actress. Daughter of the politician Ramón Ruiz Alonso and Magdalena Penella Silva, granddaughter of the composer Manuel Penella Moreno, great-granddaughter of the also musician Manuel Penella Raga, sister of the also actresses Elisa Montés (1934) and Terele Pávez (1939-2017). She married film producer Emiliano Piedra with whom she had three daughters: Emma, Lola and Emiliana. She was also the aunt of the actress Emma Ozores (daughter of her sister Elisa Montés and the actor Antonio Ozores). Actress of marked personality and prestige since the 1950s, she triumphed in cinema thanks to films such as Luis García Berlanga's El verdugo (The Executioner) and maintained intense theatrical activity. She renewed her popularity in her later years participating in the television series Aquí no hay quien viva (2003-2006) and La que se avecina (2007).
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movieFFG, el último gran conversador
2021
Self - Actress (archive footage)
tvLa que se avecina
2007
Charo de la Vega
tvNo One Could Live Here
2003
Concha de la Fuente
movieBulgarian Lovers
2003
Remedios
tvBlasco Ibáñez
1997
Emilia Pardo Bazán
movieMar de luna
1995
Catalina, la buhonera
movieEl Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
1992
Teresa Panza
tvJuncal
1989
Teresa Campos
movieThe Tobacconist of Vallecas
1987
Doña Justa
movieEl amor brujo
1986
Tía Rosario
movieOur Father
1985
María
movieThe Regent's Wife
1974
Ana Ozores - La Regenta
movieFortunata y Jacinta
1970
Fortunata
movieBlack Humor
1965
Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
movieThe Executioner
1963
Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
movieLa cuarta ventana
1963
Dora García
movieAlegre juventud
1963
Violeta
movieThe War Starts in Cuba
1957
Juanita / Adelaida
movieUn marido de ida y vuelta
1957
Leticia Romero
movieEl guardián del paraíso
1955
La monjita
movieComedians
1954
Marga
movieThe Adventurer of Seville
1954
Duquesa de San Tirso
movieCondemned to Hang
1953
Consuelo
movie¡Che, qué loco!
1953
Esperancita Couceiro
movieDoña Francisquita
1952
Aurora la Beltrana
Crew1
movieThesis
1996
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