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