Emma Penella
Actor
- Born
- March 2, 1930 · Madrid, Spain
- Died
- August 27, 2007 (age 77)
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).
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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
The Executioner
August 31, 1963
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
April 9, 1987
El amor brujo
March 23, 1986
Bulgarian Lovers
April 30, 2003
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
January 29, 1992
Red Fish
September 12, 1955
Our Father
April 21, 1985
The Search
February 11, 1966
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
November 26, 1956
FFG, el último gran conversador
August 27, 2021
Comedians
May 17, 1954
Doña Francisquita
December 22, 1952
Acting45
- 2021FFG, el último gran conversador as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 2003Bulgarian Lovers as Remedios
- 2000Pídele cuentas al rey as Carmen
- 1995Mar de luna as Catalina, la buhonera
- 1992El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes as Teresa Panza
- 1991El crimen de Don Benito
- 1990Doblones de a ocho as Palmira
- 1988Viento de cólera
- 1987The Tobacconist of Vallecas as Doña Justa
- 1986El amor brujo as Tía Rosario