Emma Penella

Born: 1930-03-02

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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The Executioner

as Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
Released: 1963-08-31

An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it,...

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El amor brujo

as Tía Rosario
Released: 1986-03-23

In a Gypsy village, the fathers of Candela and José promise their children to each other. Years...

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Bulgarian Lovers

as Remedios
Released: 2003-04-30

Graying Spaniard Daniel has a healthy budget for indulging in the finer things in life. Daniel's...

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The Tobacconist of Vallecas

as Doña Justa
Released: 1987-04-09

Leandro, an unemployed mason and his friend, Tocho, attempt to rob a tobacconist in the Vallecas...

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The Shadow Battalion

as Lola
Released: 1957-04-28

Dreams, hopes and passions of the inhabitants of a populous and humble tenement in Madrid. Among...

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El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes

as Teresa Panza
Released: 1992-01-29

Miniseries version of the first half of Cervantes' famous novel.

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FFG, el último gran conversador

as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Released: 2021-08-27

Fernando Fernán Gómez (1921-2007), actor, writer, playwright and film director, was for decades...

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Red Fish

as Ivón
Released: 1955-09-12

Ivón, a chorus girl, and Hugo, a failed writer, arrive at a seaside hotel on a stormy night,...

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First Surrender

as uncredited
Released: 1971-10-21

Giallo about a man plotting to kill his wife for her money.

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Our Father

as María
Released: 1985-04-21

The story of a Spanish Cardinal who is told he only has one more year to live. He decides to...

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Fedra, the Devil's Daughter

as Estrella
Released: 1956-11-26

Estrella, a wild young woman, is lusted after by every man and therefore hated by the female...

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Fortunata y Jacinta

as Fortunata
Released: 1970-03-12

Shows the unfailing love of two women for the same man, one as his mistress, the other as his...

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The Adventurer of Seville

as Duquesa de San Tirso
Released: 1954-05-06

Bandits kidnap Figaro, the famous barber of Seville, and use his wonderful voice to attract...

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The Regent's Wife

as Ana Ozores - La Regenta
Released: 1974-12-19

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Clarín, which narrates the difficulties of Ana Ozores...

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Carta a una mujer

as Flora
Released: 1963-06-24

Flora and Carlos have a marriage of convenience. Realizing that she did not love him, Carlos...

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Un marido de ida y vuelta

as Leticia Romero
Released: 1957-08-26

Adaptation of the eponymous play of Jardiel Poncela. A husband dominated by his overbearing wife...

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Comedians

as Marga
Released: 1954-05-17

Ana Ruiz, a young actress who works in a traveling theater company, plays only minor roles, but...

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The Search

as Rosa
Released: 1966-02-11

Manuel Jacques Perrin is a young man from the country who tries to make it in Madrid in this...

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Black Humor

as Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
Released: 1965-04-12

A unique black comedy consisting of three episodes on the same theme: death. In a circus,...

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¡Che, qué loco!

as Esperancita Couceiro
Released: 1953-03-23

A bankrupt man tries to marry a millionaire woman, which triggers a whole series of...

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De espaldas a la puerta

as Lola
Released: 1959-11-12

Inspector Simón and Inspector Arévalo investigate the stabbing of a nightclub employee.

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Doña Francisquita

as Aurora la Beltrana
Released: 1952-12-22

Francisquita secretly loves Fernando, but he is in love with the beautiful and fickle Aurora.

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Tres hombres van a morir

as Héléna
Released: 1955-01-17

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Golden Goddess of Rio Beni

as Dinah
Released: 1964-09-03

An aviator of a commercial line disappears in the Brazilian jungle. Two friends organize an...

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La hora incógnita

as Prostituta
Released: 1964-12-26

In a small Spanish town, is expected to explode a nuclear bomb to ten at night. All neighbors...

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El guardián del paraíso

as La monjita
Released: 1955-05-23

A serene mind a person is in a coffee some of their experiences: the story of a poet who gives...

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Condemned to Hang

as Consuelo
Released: 1953-10-08

Andalusia, Spain, 19th century. The roads are infested with bandits who sow panic among...

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Scano Boa

as Buba
Released: 1961-01-09

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La cuarta ventana

as Dora García
Released: 1963-05-27

One day, three young seamstresses who love nightlife and fun, upon returning to the house they...

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Pídele cuentas al rey

as Carmen
Released: 2000-02-10

Fidel, an Asturian miner, after the closure of the mine where he works, decides to walk to...

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The Eyes Leave a Trace

as Lola
Released: 1952-09-12

Martin, a frustrated lawyer who sells perfumes, is reunited with Robert, an old, bright fellow...

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Un ángel tuvo la culpa

as Eulalia
Released: 1960-04-25

Claudio is a kind mand who works as cashier in a company for several years. Whe he finds closed...

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Alegre juventud

as Violeta
Released: 1963-03-18

Luis, Julio, Miguel and Carlos are four young men who, moved by a strong religious vocation,...

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Badmen of the West

as Lucy
Released: 1964-01-01

I Brutos arrive in the town of Fresno during a gunfight and mistakenly think it is a celebration...

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La patrouille des sables

as uncredited
Released: 1954-08-16

Three adventurers, Pierre, an engineer, Mailard, an escaped convict and Luis, a guitarist, are...

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Truhanes de honor

as Luisa
Released: 1952-04-12

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Sentencia contra una mujer

as uncredited
Released: 1960-01-01

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Aimless boat

as uncredited
Released: 1952-10-16

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El crimen de Don Benito

as uncredited
Released: 1991-03-06

July 18, 1902. A woman and her daughter are brutally murdered in the Extremaduran town of Don...

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Lola, espejo oscuro

as Lola
Released: 1966-04-10

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The One That Is Coming

as Charo de la Vega
First aired: 2007-04-22

La 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 García
First aired: 2003-09-07

A caustic satire of many of the 'types' found in Spanish society.

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Aquí no hay quien viva

as Concha de la Fuente
First aired: 2003-09-07

A caustic satire of many of the 'types' found in Spanish society.

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Juncal

as Teresa Campos
First aired: 1989-02-18

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Goya

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-05-13

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Blasco Ibáñez

as Emilia Pardo Bazán
First aired: 1997-11-08

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