Emma Penella
ActingAlso Known As
Manuela Ruiz Penella, Эмма Пенелла
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
(44 total)
The Executioner
as Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
as Doña Justa
Bulgarian Lovers
as Remedios
El amor brujo
as Tía Rosario
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
as Teresa Panza
Red Fish
as Ivón
Our Father
as María
The Search
as Rosa
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
as Estrella
FFG, el último gran conversador
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Comedians
as Marga
Doña Francisquita
as Aurora la Beltrana
Condemned to Hang
as Consuelo
Pídele cuentas al rey
as Carmen
The Regent's Wife
as Ana Ozores - La Regenta
Un marido de ida y vuelta
as Leticia Romero
TV Shows
(5 total)
La que se avecina
as Charo de la Vega
No One Could Live Here
as Concha de la Fuente
Juncal
as Teresa Campos
Blasco Ibáñez
as Emilia Pardo Bazán
