Prudencia Grifell
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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
Credits
Angel Face (1956)
Actor
El plagiario (1955)
Actor
La ladrona (1954)
Actor
El señor doctor (1965)
as Señora Martínez
Apartment house (1951)
as Doña Leonor
Little Red Riding Hood (1959)
as Abuelita
Esposa o amante (1950)
Actor
Lodo y Armiño (1951)
Actor
Sublime melodía (1956)
Actor
Prisionera del pasado (1954)
Actor
The Shadow of the Tyrant (1960)
as Dueña de burdel
Pensión de artistas (1956)
Actor
Mi adorado salvaje (1952)
Actor
Póker de ases (1952)
Actor
Mi desconocida esposa (1958)
as Abuela
Melodías de amor (1955)
as Tía Amelia
Those Green Eyes (1952)
Actor
Senda prohibida (1961)
as Federico's Mother
The Third Word (1956)
as Angelina
Entre tu amor y el cielo (1950)
as Doña Francisca
Nosotros los rateros (1949)
as Madre de Mercedes
The Devil's Money (1953)
as Sra. Olea, madre de Manuel
Over the Waves (1950)
as Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro
Recién casados... no molestar (1951)
Actor
Why Was I Born a Woman? (1970)
as Doña Rosa
The Force of Desire (1955)
as Juana
School for Mothers-in-Law (1958)
Actor
Mujeres que trabajan (1953)
as Srita. Benavides
Soledad (1947)
as Roberto's mother
Internado para señoritas (1943)
Actor
Two Faces Have the Destiny (1952)
as Doña Remedios, mamá de Anita
The Vivanco Ladies (1959)
as Teresa Vivanco
X Murderer (1955)
as Señora Encinas
The Man That Pleases Me (1958)
Actor
Inmaculada (1950)
as Doña Rosa
Préstame tu cuerpo (1958)
as Simplicia
Adultery (1945)
as Doña Lupita
Las infieles (1953)
as Mamá de Constanzia
Tale of a Heart (1951)
Actor
Los nietos de Don Venancio (1946)
Actor
Una mujer en la calle (1955)
as Tía Nena (María de Jesús)
The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman (1955)
as Sra. Llopis
The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies (1961)
as Doña Teresa Vivanco y de la Vega
Nuestras vidas (1950)
Actor
Un minuto de bondad (1954)
as Tía Margarita
La hermana blanca (1960)
as Madame Bernard
Después de la tormenta (1955)
Actor
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris (1966)
Actor
Al diablo las mujeres (1955)
as Doña Juanita
Siete mujeres (1953)
Actor
The Smile of the Virgin (1958)
Actor
La sexta carrera (1953)
Actor
Raffles (1958)
as Doña Constancia
Una sombra en mi destino (1946)
Actor
Cuando me vaya (1954)
as Doña Generosa
Mis abuelitas... no más! (1961)
Actor
La culpable (1946)
as María
El amor abrió los ojos (1947)
Actor
Caperucita y sus tres amigos (1961)
as Red Riding Hood's Grandmother
Horas de agonía (1958)
Actor
Pepito and the Monster (1957)
as Abuelita
México nunca duerme (1959)
Actor
El globo de Cantolla (1944)
Actor
El monstruo en la sombra (1955)
Actor
La dama del alba (1950)
Actor
Ladronzuela (1949)
Actor
María Cristina (1951)
Actor
El genial Detective Peter Pérez (1952)
Actor
El ruiseñor del barrio (1952)
Actor