Emma Penella
Known for: Acting
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
Series
La que se avecina
Charo de la Vega
2007
Series
No One Could Live Here
Concha de la Fuente
2003
Film
El crimen de Don Benito
1991
Film
Our Father
María
1985
Film
Pídele cuentas al rey
Carmen
2000
Series
Goya
1985
Film
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
Estrella
1956
Series
Blasco Ibáñez
Emilia Pardo Bazán
1997
Film
The Executioner
Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
1963
Film
Bulgarian Lovers
Remedios
2003
Film
Scano Boa
Buba
1961
Film
The Search
Rosa
1966
Film
El amor brujo
Tía Rosario
1986
Series
Juncal
Teresa Campos
1989
Film
The Eyes Leave a Trace
Lola
1952
Film
Viento de cólera
1988
Film
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
Doña Justa
1987
Film
Carta a una mujer
Flora
1963
Film
The Shadow Battalion
Lola
1957
Film
La hora incógnita
1963
Film
Truhanes de honor
Luisa
1952
Film
Condemned to Hang
Consuelo
1953
Film
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni
Dinah
1964
Film
Fortunata y Jacinta
Fortunata
1970
Doblones de a ocho
Palmira
1990
Film
Tres hombres van a morir
Héléna
1955
Film
Mar de luna
Catalina, la buhonera
1995
Film
De espaldas a la puerta
Lola
1959
Film
Black Humor
Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
1965
Film
Badmen of the West
Lucy
1964
Film
Un marido de ida y vuelta
Leticia Romero
1957
Film
The Regent's Wife
Ana Ozores - La Regenta
1974
Film
¡Che, qué loco!
Esperancita Couceiro
1953
Film
First Surrender
1971
Film
FFG, el último gran conversador
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2021
Film
El guardián del paraíso
La monjita
1955
Film
Doña Francisquita
Aurora la Beltrana
1952
Film
Comedians
Marga
1954
Film
Alegre juventud
Violeta
1963
Film
The War Starts in Cuba
Juanita / Adelaida
1957
Film
La patrouille des sables
Héléna
1954
Film
Red Fish
Ivón
1955
Film
Un ángel tuvo la culpa
Eulalia
1960
Film
The Adventurer of Seville
Duquesa de San Tirso
1954
Film
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
Teresa Panza
1992
Film
La cuarta ventana
Dora García
1963
Film
Lola, espejo oscuro
Lola
1966
Film
Sentencia contra una mujer
1960
Film
Aimless boat
1952
El amor de los amores
1962