Emma Penella

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1930-03-02

Deathday 2007-08-27 (77 years old)

Place of Birth Madrid, Spain

Also Known As Manuela Ruiz Penella, Эмма Пенелла

Emma Penella

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).

Known For

Actor

2021
FFG, el último gran conversador

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

2007
The One That Is Coming

as Charo de la Vega

2003
Bulgarian Lovers

as Remedios

2003
Aquí no hay quien viva

as Concha de la Fuente García

2003
Aquí no hay quien viva

as Concha de la Fuente

1997
Blasco Ibáñez

as Emilia Pardo Bazán

1990
1989
Juncal

as Teresa Campos

1987
1986
El amor brujo

as Tía Rosario

1985
Our Father

as María

1985
1974
The Regent's Wife

as Ana Ozores - La Regenta

1970
Fortunata y Jacinta

as Fortunata

1966
The Search

as Rosa

1965
Black Humor

as Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'

1964
La hora incógnita

as Prostituta

1964
1963
The Executioner

as Carmen, la hija de Amadeo

1963
1963
La cuarta ventana

as Dora García

1963
Alegre juventud

as Violeta

1961
Scano Boa

as Buba

1957
Un marido de ida y vuelta

as Leticia Romero

1955
Red Fish

as Ivón

1955
1955
1954
Comedians

as Marga

1954
The Adventurer of Seville

as Duquesa de San Tirso

1953
Condemned to Hang

as Consuelo

1953
¡Che, qué loco!

as Esperancita Couceiro

1952
Doña Francisquita

as Aurora la Beltrana

1952

Crew

1996
Thesis

as Thanks