Emma Penella
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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).
Known for
Credits
The Executioner (1963)
as Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
Pídele cuentas al rey (2000)
as Carmen
The Tobacconist of Vallecas (1987)
as Doña Justa
Un ángel tuvo la culpa (1960)
as Eulalia
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter (1956)
as Estrella
El crimen de Don Benito (1991)
Actor
Scano Boa (1961)
as Buba
Bulgarian Lovers (2003)
as Remedios
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni (1964)
as Dinah
Our Father (1985)
as María
El guardián del paraíso (1955)
as La monjita
Doblones de a ocho (1990)
as Palmira
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes (1992)
as Teresa Panza
Black Humor (1965)
as Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
The Shadow Battalion (1957)
as Lola
The Eyes Leave a Trace (1952)
as Lola
De espaldas a la puerta (1959)
as Lola
The Adventurer of Seville (1954)
as Duquesa de San Tirso
Tres hombres van a morir (1955)
as Héléna
Badmen of the West (1964)
as Lucy
El amor brujo (1986)
as Tía Rosario
FFG, el último gran conversador (2021)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
The Search (1966)
as Rosa
Un marido de ida y vuelta (1957)
as Leticia Romero
Carta a una mujer (1963)
as Flora
La patrouille des sables (1954)
as Héléna
Fortunata y Jacinta (1970)
as Fortunata
The War Starts in Cuba (1957)
as Juanita / Adelaida
Viento de cólera (1988)
Actor
Condemned to Hang (1953)
as Consuelo
El amor de los amores (1962)
Actor
Red Fish (1955)
as Ivón
First Surrender (1971)
Actor
Sentencia contra una mujer (1960)
Actor
The Regent's Wife (1974)
as Ana Ozores - La Regenta
Comedians (1954)
as Marga
Mar de luna (1995)
as Catalina, la buhonera
La hora incógnita (1963)
Actor
Doña Francisquita (1952)
as Aurora la Beltrana
Truhanes de honor (1952)
as Luisa
¡Che, qué loco! (1953)
as Esperancita Couceiro
Alegre juventud (1963)
as Violeta
La cuarta ventana (1963)
as Dora García
Lola, espejo oscuro (1966)
as Lola
Aimless boat (1952)
Actor