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Emma Penella

Acting Born Mar 2, 1930 Madrid, Spain 24 credits

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).

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Known for

La que se avecina

as Charo de la Vega

No One Could Live Here

as Concha de la Fuente

Full filmography

  • La que se avecina (2007) as Charo de la Vega
  • No One Could Live Here (2003) as Concha de la Fuente
  • The Executioner (1963) as Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
  • La hora incógnita (1963)
  • Blasco Ibáñez (1997) as Emilia Pardo Bazán
  • Goya (1985)
  • Juncal (1989) as Teresa Campos
  • Fedra, the Devil's Daughter (1956) as Estrella
  • Our Father (1985) as María
  • Bulgarian Lovers (2003) as Remedios
  • Condemned to Hang (1953) as Consuelo
  • FFG, el último gran conversador (2021) as Self - Actress (archive footage)
  • Comedians (1954) as Marga
  • The Tobacconist of Vallecas (1987) as Doña Justa
  • The Shadow Battalion (1957) as Lola
  • Pídele cuentas al rey (2000) as Carmen
  • The Regent's Wife (1974) as Ana Ozores - La Regenta
  • Un ángel tuvo la culpa (1960) as Eulalia
  • The War Starts in Cuba (1957) as Juanita / Adelaida
  • El amor brujo (1986) as Tía Rosario
  • Golden Goddess of Rio Beni (1964) as Dinah
  • Scano Boa (1961) as Buba
  • Badmen of the West (1964) as Lucy
  • The Eyes Leave a Trace (1952) as Lola