Emma Penella
Acting
Biography
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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Movies (45)
FFG, el último gran conversador2021Self - Actress (archive footage)
Bulgarian Lovers2003Remedios
Pídele cuentas al rey2000Carmen
Mar de luna1995Catalina, la buhonera
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes1992Teresa Panza
El crimen de Don Benito1991- Doblones de a ocho1990Palmira
Viento de cólera1988
The Tobacconist of Vallecas1987Doña Justa
El amor brujo1986Tía Rosario
Our Father1985María
The Regent's Wife1974Ana Ozores - La Regenta
First Surrender1971
Fortunata y Jacinta1970Fortunata
Lola, espejo oscuro1966Lola
The Search1966Rosa
Black Humor1965Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni1964Dinah
Badmen of the West1964Lucy
La hora incógnita1963
The Executioner1963Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
Carta a una mujer1963Flora
La cuarta ventana1963Dora García
Alegre juventud1963Violeta- El amor de los amores1962
Scano Boa1961Buba
Un ángel tuvo la culpa1960Eulalia
Sentencia contra una mujer1960
De espaldas a la puerta1959Lola
The War Starts in Cuba1957Juanita / Adelaida
Shows (5)
La que se avecina2007Charo de la Vega
No One Could Live Here2003Concha de la Fuente
Blasco Ibáñez1997Emilia Pardo Bazán
Juncal1989Teresa Campos
Goya1985