Emma Penella
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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).
Known for
Credits
Pídele cuentas al rey (2000)
as Carmen
El crimen de Don Benito (1991)
Actor
Our Father (1985)
as María
The Executioner (1963)
as Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
Scano Boa (1961)
as Buba
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter (1956)
as Estrella
Bulgarian Lovers (2003)
as Remedios
The Search (1966)
as Rosa
El amor brujo (1986)
as Tía Rosario
The Tobacconist of Vallecas (1987)
as Doña Justa
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni (1964)
as Dinah
Black Humor (1965)
as Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
The Adventurer of Seville (1954)
as Duquesa de San Tirso
The Eyes Leave a Trace (1952)
as Lola
Doblones de a ocho (1990)
as Palmira
La hora incógnita (1963)
Actor
The Shadow Battalion (1957)
as Lola
Viento de cólera (1988)
Actor
Un ángel tuvo la culpa (1960)
as Eulalia
Un marido de ida y vuelta (1957)
as Leticia Romero
Badmen of the West (1964)
as Lucy
Condemned to Hang (1953)
as Consuelo
Alegre juventud (1963)
as Violeta
Truhanes de honor (1952)
as Luisa
Red Fish (1955)
as Ivón
Doña Francisquita (1952)
as Aurora la Beltrana
Mar de luna (1995)
as Catalina, la buhonera
Comedians (1954)
as Marga
La patrouille des sables (1954)
as Héléna
The Regent's Wife (1974)
as Ana Ozores - La Regenta
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes (1992)
as Teresa Panza
Fortunata y Jacinta (1970)
as Fortunata
FFG, el último gran conversador (2021)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
De espaldas a la puerta (1959)
as Lola
La cuarta ventana (1963)
as Dora García
First Surrender (1971)
Actor
Aimless boat (1952)
Actor
Carta a una mujer (1963)
as Flora
The War Starts in Cuba (1957)
as Juanita / Adelaida
Lola, espejo oscuro (1966)
as Lola
Tres hombres van a morir (1955)
as Héléna
El guardián del paraíso (1955)
as La monjita
¡Che, qué loco! (1953)
as Esperancita Couceiro
El amor de los amores (1962)
Actor
Sentencia contra una mujer (1960)
Actor