Emma Penella

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).

Movies & TV Shows

1. La que se avecina (2007) — Charo de la Vega
2. No One Could Live Here (2003) — Concha de la Fuente
3. The Executioner (1963) — Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
4. The Tobacconist of Vallecas (1987) — Doña Justa
5. Bulgarian Lovers (2003) — Remedios
6. El amor brujo (1986) — Tía Rosario
7. El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes (1992) — Teresa Panza
8. Red Fish (1955) — Ivón
9. Our Father (1985) — María
10. The Search (1966) — Rosa
11. Fedra, the Devil's Daughter (1956) — Estrella
12. Comedians (1954) — Marga
13. Doña Francisquita (1952) — Aurora la Beltrana
14. Pídele cuentas al rey (2000) — Carmen
15. FFG, el último gran conversador (2021) — Self - Actress (archive footage)
16. Condemned to Hang (1953) — Consuelo
17. La hora incógnita (1963)
18. The Eyes Leave a Trace (1952) — Lola
19. The War Starts in Cuba (1957) — Juanita / Adelaida
20. The Regent's Wife (1974) — Ana Ozores - La Regenta
21. Un marido de ida y vuelta (1957) — Leticia Romero
22. First Surrender (1971)
23. El crimen de Don Benito (1991)
24. Juncal (1989) — Teresa Campos
25. Carta a una mujer (1963) — Flora
26. El amor de los amores (1962)
27. The Shadow Battalion (1957) — Lola
28. The Adventurer of Seville (1954) — Duquesa de San Tirso
29. Lola, espejo oscuro (1966) — Lola
30. De espaldas a la puerta (1959) — Lola
31. Viento de cólera (1988)
32. Blasco Ibáñez (1997) — Emilia Pardo Bazán
33. Golden Goddess of Rio Beni (1964) — Dinah
34. Alegre juventud (1963) — Violeta
35. Un ángel tuvo la culpa (1960) — Eulalia
36. El guardián del paraíso (1955) — La monjita
37. Fortunata y Jacinta (1970) — Fortunata
38. La patrouille des sables (1954) — Héléna
39. Black Humor (1965) — Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
40. Goya (1985)