Emma Penella
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1930-03-02
Day of Death
2007-08-27 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Madrid, Spain
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
Acting
(2021)
FFG, el último gran conversador
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
(2003)
Bulgarian Lovers
as Remedios
(2000)
Pídele cuentas al rey
as Carmen
(1992)
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
as Teresa Panza
(1991)
(1990)
Doblones de a ocho
as Palmira
(1988)
(1987)
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
as Doña Justa
(1986)
El amor brujo
as Tía Rosario
(1985)
Our Father
as María
(1974)
The Regent's Wife
as Ana Ozores - La Regenta
(1971)
(1970)
Fortunata y Jacinta
as Fortunata
(1966)
The Search
as Rosa
(1966)
Lola, espejo oscuro
as Lola
(1965)
Black Humor
as Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
(1964)
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni
as Dinah
(1964)
Badmen of the West
as Lucy
(1964)
La hora incógnita
as Prostituta
(1963)
The Executioner
as Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
(1963)
Carta a una mujer
as Flora
(1963)
Alegre juventud
as Violeta
(1963)
La cuarta ventana
as Dora García
(1962)
(1961)
Scano Boa
as Buba
(1960)
(1960)
Un ángel tuvo la culpa
as Eulalia
(1959)
De espaldas a la puerta
as Lola
(1957)
The Shadow Battalion
as Lola
(1957)
Un marido de ida y vuelta
as Leticia Romero
(1956)
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
as Estrella
(1955)
El guardián del paraíso
as La monjita
(1955)
Red Fish
as Ivón
(1955)
Tres hombres van a morir
as Héléna
(1954)
Comedians
as Marga
(1954)
The Adventurer of Seville
as Duquesa de San Tirso
(1954)
La patrouille des sables
as Héléna
(1953)
Condemned to Hang
as Consuelo
(1953)
¡Che, qué loco!
as Esperancita Couceiro
(1952)
The Eyes Leave a Trace
as Lola
(1952)
Doña Francisquita
as Aurora la Beltrana
(1952)
Truhanes de honor
as Luisa
(1952)
Crew
(1996)
Thesis
Thanks