Emma Penella
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 2, 1930
- Died
- August 27, 2007 (aged 77)
- Birthplace
- Madrid, Spain
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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Filmography
FFG, el último gran conversador
Movie · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
La que se avecina
TV · as Charo de la Vega · 13 eps
Bulgarian Lovers
Movie · as Remedios
Aquí no hay quien viva
TV · as Concha de la Fuente · 91 eps
Pídele cuentas al rey
Movie · as Carmen
Blasco Ibáñez
TV · as Emilia Pardo Bazán · 2 eps
Mar de luna
Movie · as Catalina, la buhonera
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
Movie · as Teresa Panza
El crimen de Don Benito
Movie
Doblones de a ocho
Movie · as Palmira
Juncal
TV · as Teresa Campos · 7 eps
Viento de cólera
Movie
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
Movie · as Doña Justa
El amor brujo
Movie · as Tía Rosario
Our Father
Movie · as María
Goya
TV · 6 eps
The Regent's Wife
Movie · as Ana Ozores - La Regenta
First Surrender
Movie
Fortunata y Jacinta
Movie · as Fortunata
Lola, espejo oscuro
Movie · as Lola
The Search
Movie · as Rosa
Black Humor
Movie · as Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni
Movie · as Dinah
Badmen of the West
Movie · as Lucy
The Executioner
Movie · as Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
Carta a una mujer
Movie · as Flora
Alegre juventud
Movie · as Violeta
La hora incógnita
Movie
La cuarta ventana
Movie · as Dora García
El amor de los amores
Movie
Scano Boa
Movie · as Buba
Un ángel tuvo la culpa
Movie · as Eulalia
Sentencia contra una mujer
Movie
De espaldas a la puerta
Movie · as Lola
The Shadow Battalion
Movie · as Lola
Un marido de ida y vuelta
Movie · as Leticia Romero
The War Starts in Cuba
Movie · as Juanita / Adelaida
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
Movie · as Estrella
El guardián del paraíso
Movie · as La monjita
Red Fish
Movie · as Ivón
Tres hombres van a morir
Movie · as Héléna
Comedians
Movie · as Marga
La patrouille des sables
Movie · as Héléna
The Adventurer of Seville
Movie · as Duquesa de San Tirso
Condemned to Hang
Movie · as Consuelo
¡Che, qué loco!
Movie · as Esperancita Couceiro
The Eyes Leave a Trace
Movie · as Lola
Doña Francisquita
Movie · as Aurora la Beltrana
Aimless boat
Movie
Truhanes de honor
Movie · as Luisa