Prudencia Grifell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 27, 1879
- Died
- June 7, 1970 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Lugo, Galicia, Spain
Biography
Prudencia Grifell (December 27, 1879 – June 7, 1970), born Prudencia Grifell Masipon, was a prolific actress of the Golden Era of the Cinema of Mexico. Grifell was born to Spanish stage actors and started her acting career herself at the age of ten in theater in Venezuela and touring Spain and Latin America. By the 1900s she had become very popular and moved to Mexico to continue her career in stage, after the Spanish Civil War she decided not to go back to that country but instead to relocate in Mexico permanently after 1940. Three years later, already at the age of 61, she appeared in her first film Internado para señoritas ("Girls Boarding School") with the stars Mapy Cortés, Emilio Tuero and Katy Jurado. Just as Sara García, her co-star as the Vivanco sisters in two films, she mostly played feisty but lovable granny roles.
Known For
Filmography
Why Was I Born a Woman?
Movie · as Doña Rosa
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
Movie
El señor doctor
Movie · as Señora Martínez
Caperucita y sus tres amigos
Movie · as Red Riding Hood's Grandmother
Senda prohibida
Movie · as Federico's Mother
The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
Movie · as Doña Teresa Vivanco y de la Vega
Mis abuelitas... no más!
Movie
The Shadow of the Tyrant
Movie · as Dueña de burdel
La hermana blanca
Movie · as Madame Bernard
The Vivanco Ladies
Movie · as Teresa Vivanco
México nunca duerme
Movie
Little Red Riding Hood
Movie · as Abuelita
Mi desconocida esposa
Movie · as Abuela
Préstame tu cuerpo
Movie · as Simplicia
School for Mothers-in-Law
Movie
The Man That Pleases Me
Movie
Horas de agonía
Movie
The Smile of the Virgin
Movie
Raffles
Movie · as Doña Constancia
Pepito and the Monster
Movie · as Abuelita
El organillero
Movie · as Doña Tecla
Pies de gato
Movie · as Agustina
Angel Face
Movie
The Third Word
Movie · as Angelina
Pensión de artistas
Movie
Sublime melodía
Movie
Los bandidos de Río Frío
Movie · as Agustina
¡Viva la juventud!
Movie
X Murderer
Movie · as Señora Encinas
El monstruo en la sombra
Movie
Al diablo las mujeres
Movie · as Doña Juanita
El plagiario
Movie
The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
Movie · as Sra. Llopis
Una mujer en la calle
Movie · as Tía Nena (María de Jesús)
Después de la tormenta
Movie
The Force of Desire
Movie · as Juana
Melodías de amor
Movie · as Tía Amelia
Necesito un marido
Movie · as Mamá de Ernesto
Cuando me vaya
Movie · as Doña Generosa
La ladrona
Movie
Prisionera del pasado
Movie
Un minuto de bondad
Movie · as Tía Margarita
Solamente una vez
Movie
La sexta carrera
Movie
Las infieles
Movie · as Mamá de Constanzia
Mujeres que trabajan
Movie · as Srita. Benavides
The Devil's Money
Movie · as Sra. Olea, madre de Manuel
Siete mujeres
Movie
Those Green Eyes
Movie
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
Movie
Two Faces Have the Destiny
Movie · as Doña Remedios, mamá de Anita
Póker de ases
Movie
Mi adorado salvaje
Movie
El ruiseñor del barrio
Movie
Sor Alegría
Movie · as Sor Úrsula
Apartment house
Movie · as Doña Leonor
Tale of a Heart
Movie
María Cristina
Movie
Recién casados... no molestar
Movie
Lodo y Armiño
Movie
Peregrina
Movie
Los huéspedes de La Marquesa
Movie
Over the Waves
Movie · as Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro
La dama del alba
Movie
Nuestras vidas
Movie
Inmaculada
Movie · as Doña Rosa
Entre tu amor y el cielo
Movie · as Doña Francisca
Esposa o amante
Movie
El ciclón del Caribe
Movie
Nosotros los rateros
Movie · as Madre de Mercedes
Ladronzuela
Movie
El miedo llegó a Jalisco
Movie
Contra la ley de Dios
Movie
Otoño y primavera
Movie
Barrio de pasiones
Movie
La casa de la Troya
Movie · as Doña Generosa
El amor abrió los ojos
Movie
Soledad
Movie · as Roberto's mother
Los nietos de Don Venancio
Movie
Una sombra en mi destino
Movie
La culpable
Movie · as María
Adultery
Movie · as Doña Lupita
Corazones de México
Movie
Sierra Morena
Movie
El globo de Cantolla
Movie
Viejo nido
Movie
Internado para señoritas
Movie