Emma Penella
Actor
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).
Filmography
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
as Doña Justa 1987
Bulgarian Lovers
as Remedios 2003
El amor brujo
as Tía Rosario 1986
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
as Teresa Panza 1992
Red Fish
as Ivón 1955
The Search
as Rosa 1966
Our Father
as María 1985
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
as Estrella 1956
FFG, el último gran conversador
as Self - Actress (archive footage) 2021
Comedians
as Marga 1954
Doña Francisquita
as Aurora la Beltrana 1952
La hora incógnita
1963
Pídele cuentas al rey
as Carmen 2000
Condemned to Hang
as Consuelo 1953
The Eyes Leave a Trace
as Lola 1952
The War Starts in Cuba
1957