Prudencia Grifell
Acting
1879-12-27 · Lugo, Galicia, Spain
Prudencia Grifell (December 27, 1879 – June 7, 1970), born Prudencia Grifell Masipon, was a prolific actress of the Golden Era of the Cinema of Mexico. Grifell was born to Spanish stage actors and started her acting career herself at the age of ten in theater in Venezuela and touring Spain and Latin America. By the 1900s she had become very popular and moved to Mexico to continue her career in stage, after the Spanish Civil War she decided not to go back to that country but instead to relocate in Mexico permanently after 1940. Three years later, already at the age of 61, she appeared in her first film Internado para señoritas ("Girls Boarding School") with the stars Mapy Cortés, Emilio Tuero and Katy Jurado. Just as Sara García, her co-star as the Vivanco sisters in two films, she mostly played feisty but lovable granny roles.
movieWhy Was I Born a Woman?
as Doña Rosa · 1970 · 8.1
movieThe Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
as · 1966 · 5.3
movieEl señor doctor
as Señora Martínez · 1965 · 7.9
movieCaperucita y sus tres amigos
as Red Riding Hood's Grandmother · 1961 · 6.2
movieSenda prohibida
as Federico's Mother · 1961 · 6.2
movieMis abuelitas... no más!
as · 1961 · 5.8
movieThe Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
as Doña Teresa Vivanco y de la Vega · 1961 · 6.3
movieLa hermana blanca
as Madame Bernard · 1960 · 6.2
movieThe Shadow of the Tyrant
as Dueña de burdel · 1960 · 7.0
movieLittle Red Riding Hood
as Abuelita · 1959 · 7.5
movieThe Vivanco Ladies
as Teresa Vivanco · 1959 · 7.0
movieMéxico nunca duerme
as · 1959 · 5.7
movieThe Smile of the Virgin
as · 1958 · 5.7
movieSchool for Mothers-in-Law
as · 1958 · 6.3
movieThe Man That Pleases Me
as · 1958 · 5.8
moviePréstame tu cuerpo
as Simplicia · 1958 · 6.3
movieMi desconocida esposa
as Abuela · 1958 · 5.4
movieHoras de agonía
as · 1958 · 5.4
movieRaffles
as Doña Constancia · 1958 · 5.8
moviePepito and the Monster
as Abuelita · 1957 · 5.8
movieSublime melodía
as · 1956 · 6.0
moviePensión de artistas
as · 1956 · 7.2
movieThe Third Word
as Angelina · 1956 · 7.0
movieAngel Face
as · 1956 · 6.3