Prudencia Grifell
Acting
Prudencia Grifell (December 27, 1879 – June 7, 1970), born Prudencia Grifell Masipon, was a prolific actress of the Golden Era of the Cinema of Mexico. Grifell was born to Spanish stage actors and started her acting career herself at the age of ten in theater in Venezuela and touring Spain and Latin America. By the 1900s she had become very popular and moved to Mexico to continue her career in stage, after the Spanish Civil War she decided not to go back to that country but instead to relocate in Mexico permanently after 1940. Three years later, already at the age of 61, she appeared in her first film Internado para señoritas ("Girls Boarding School") with the stars Mapy Cortés, Emilio Tuero and Katy Jurado. Just as Sara García, her co-star as the Vivanco sisters in two films, she mostly played feisty but lovable granny roles.
Known for
Acting69
movieWhy Was I Born a Woman?
1970
Doña Rosa
movieEl señor doctor
1965
Señora Martínez
movieCaperucita y sus tres amigos
1961
Red Riding Hood's Grandmother
movieSenda prohibida
1961
Federico's Mother
The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
1961
Doña Teresa Vivanco y de la Vega
movieLa hermana blanca
1960
Madame Bernard
movieThe Shadow of the Tyrant
1960
Dueña de burdel
movieLittle Red Riding Hood
1959
Abuelita
movieThe Vivanco Ladies
1959
Teresa Vivanco
moviePréstame tu cuerpo
1958
Simplicia
movieRaffles
1958
Doña Constancia
movieThe Third Word
1956
Angelina
movieMelodías de amor
1955
Tía Amelia
movieThe Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
1955
Sra. Llopis
movieX Murderer
1955
Señora Encinas
movieAl Diablo Las Mujeres
1955
Doña Juanita
movieUna mujer en la calle
1955
Tía Nena (María de Jesús)
movieCuando me vaya
1954
Doña Generosa
movieUn minuto de bondad
1954
Tía Margarita
movieThe Devil's Money
1953
Sra. Olea, madre de Manuel
movieLas infieles
1953
Mamá de Constanzia
movieMujeres que trabajan
1953
Srita. Benavides
movieTwo Faces Have the Destiny
1952
Doña Remedios, mamá de Anita
movieApartment house
1951
Doña Leonor
movieEntre tu amor y el cielo
1950
Doña Francisca
movieInmaculada
1950
Doña Rosa
movieOver the Waves
1950
Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro
movieNosotros los rateros
1949
Madre de Mercedes
movieSoledad
1947
Roberto's mother
movieLa culpable
1946
María
movieAdultery
1945
Doña Lupita
