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