Emma Penella
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).
The Executioner
as Carmen, la hija de AmadeoAn undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it,...
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Doña Francisquita
as Aurora la BeltranaFrancisquita secretly loves Fernando, but he is in love with the beautiful and fickle Aurora.
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The Tobacconist of Vallecas
as Doña JustaLeandro, an unemployed mason and his friend, Tocho, attempt to rob a tobacconist in the Vallecas...
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Un marido de ida y vuelta
as Leticia RomeroAdaptation of the eponymous play of Jardiel Poncela. A husband dominated by his overbearing wife...
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Bulgarian Lovers
as RemediosGraying Spaniard Daniel has a healthy budget for indulging in the finer things in life. Daniel's...
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FFG, el último gran conversador
as Self - Actress (archive footage)Fernando Fernán Gómez (1921-2007), actor, writer, playwright and film director, was for decades...
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Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
as EstrellaEstrella, a wild young woman, is lusted after by every man and therefore hated by the female...
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El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
as Teresa PanzaMiniseries version of the first half of Cervantes' famous novel.
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Alegre juventud
as VioletaLuis, Julio, Miguel and Carlos are four young men who, moved by a strong religious vocation,...
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Black Humor
as Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'A unique black comedy consisting of three episodes on the same theme: death. In a circus,...
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Pídele cuentas al rey
as CarmenFidel, an Asturian miner, after the closure of the mine where he works, decides to walk to...
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Comedians
as MargaAna Ruiz, a young actress who works in a traveling theater company, plays only minor roles, but...
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La hora incógnita
as ProstitutaIn a small Spanish town, is expected to explode a nuclear bomb to ten at night. All neighbors...
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Red Fish
as IvónIvón, a chorus girl, and Hugo, a failed writer, arrive at a seaside hotel on a stormy night,...
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The Search
as RosaManuel Jacques Perrin is a young man from the country who tries to make it in Madrid in this...
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The Regent's wife
as Ana Ozores - La RegentaAdapted from the novel of the same name by Clarín, which narrates the difficulties of Ana Ozores...
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El amor brujo
as Tía RosarioIn a Gypsy village, the fathers of Candela and José promise their children to each other. Years...
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De espaldas a la puerta
as LolaInspector Simón and Inspector Arévalo investigate the stabbing of a nightclub employee.
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El crimen de Don Benito
as uncreditedJuly 18, 1902. A woman and her daughter are brutally murdered in the Extremaduran town of Don...
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Golden Goddess of Rio Beni
as DinahAn aviator of a commercial line disappears in the Brazilian jungle. Two friends organize an...
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Hanging meat
as ConsueloOn the XIX Century in Sierra Morena in Serranía de Ronda spread bandits thant cause panic in the...
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Fortunata y Jacinta
as FortunataShows the unfailing love of two women for the same man, one as his mistress, the other as his...
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La cuarta ventana
as Dora GarcíaOne day, three young seamstresses who love nightlife and fun, upon returning to the house they...
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El guardián del paraíso
as La monjitaA serene mind a person is in a coffee some of their experiences: the story of a poet who gives...
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Badmen of the West
as LucyI Brutos arrive in the town of Fresno during a gunfight and mistakenly think it is a celebration...
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First Surrender
as uncreditedGiallo about a man plotting to kill his wife for her money.
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Un ángel tuvo la culpa
as EulaliaClaudio is a kind mand who works as cashier in a company for several years. Whe he finds closed...
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La patrouille des sables
as uncreditedThree adventurers, Pierre, an engineer, Mailard, an escaped convict and Luis, a guitarist, are...
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¡Che, qué loco!
as Esperancita CouceiroA bankrupt man tries to marry a millionaire woman, which triggers a whole series of...
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The Eyes Leave a Trace
as LolaMartin, a frustrated lawyer who sells perfumes, is reunited with Robert, an old, bright fellow...
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Our Father
as MaríaThe story of a Spanish Cardinal who is told he only has one more year to live. He decides to...
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The Shadow Battalion
as LolaDreams, hopes and passions of the inhabitants of a populous and humble tenement in Madrid. Among...
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Carta a una mujer
as FloraFlora and Carlos have a marriage of convenience. Realizing that she did not love him, Carlos...
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La que se avecina
as Charo de la VegaLa que se avecina is a Spanish television comedy created by Alberto Caballero, Laura Caballero...
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Aquí no hay quien viva
as Concha de la Fuente GarcíaA caustic satire of many of the 'types' found in Spanish society.
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Aquí no hay quien viva
as Concha de la FuenteA caustic satire of many of the 'types' found in Spanish society.
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