Emma Penella
Acting
1930-03-02 · Madrid, Spain
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).
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as Self - Actress (archive footage) · 2021 · 8.1
tvLa que se avecina
as Charo de la Vega · 2007 · 8.1
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as Concha de la Fuente · 2003 · 8.4
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as Remedios · 2003 · 5.6
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as Carmen · 2000 · 5.6
tvBlasco Ibáñez
as Emilia Pardo Bazán · 1997 · 6.8
movieEl Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
as Teresa Panza · 1992 · 8.5
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as · 1991 · 4.4
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as Palmira · 1990 · 9.0
tvJuncal
as Teresa Campos · 1989 · 6.6
movieViento de cólera
as · 1988 · 4.3
movieThe Tobacconist of Vallecas
as Doña Justa · 1987 · 6.3
movieEl amor brujo
as Tía Rosario · 1986 · 6.9
tvGoya
as · 1985 · 8.0
movieOur Father
as María · 1985 · 5.0
movieThe Regent's Wife
as Ana Ozores - La Regenta · 1974 · 4.8
movieFirst Surrender
as · 1971 · 3.8
movieFortunata y Jacinta
as Fortunata · 1970 · 7.0
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as Lola · 1966 · 4.0
movieThe Search
as Rosa · 1966 · 6.0
movieBlack Humor
as Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma' · 1965 · 6.0
movieGolden Goddess of Rio Beni
as Dinah · 1964 · 8.8
movieBadmen of the West
as Lucy · 1964 · 9.0
movieLa hora incógnita
as · 1963 · 4.9