Prudencia Grifell
Prudencia Grifell (December 27, 1879 – June 7, 1970), born Prudencia Grifell Masipon, was a prolific actress of the Golden Era of the Cinema of Mexico. Grifell was born to Spanish stage actors and started her acting career herself at the age of ten in theater in Venezuela and touring Spain and Latin America. By the 1900s she had become very popular and moved to Mexico to continue her career in stage, after the Spanish Civil War she decided not to go back to that country but instead to relocate in Mexico permanently after 1940. Three years later, already at the age of 61, she appeared in her first film Internado para señoritas ("Girls Boarding School") with the stars Mapy Cortés, Emilio Tuero and Katy Jurado. Just as Sara García, her co-star as the Vivanco sisters in two films, she mostly played feisty but lovable granny roles.
El señor doctor
as Señora MartínezIt's about a country doctor that comes to the city while a clinic is built in his home town......
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Little Red Riding Hood
as AbuelitaThe classic story of the Red Riding Hood spiced up by a couple of funny characters like the dog...
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Pensión de artistas
as uncreditedBetween-engagements troupers at a theatrical boarding-house con a rich acquaintance into...
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Why Was I Born a Woman?
as Doña RosaA family gathers to celebrate Mother's Day, that day a woman discuss many problems about her...
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The Devil's Money
as Sra. Olea, madre de ManuelLos dineros del diablo (The Devil's Money) is a Mexican drama film directed by Alejandro...
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Over the Waves
as Calixta Gutiérrez de AlfaroThe life of the musician Juventino Rosas, who despite his talent lived an existence of...
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The Third Word
as AngelinaThe English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante...
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Apartment house
as uncreditedPersonal dramas among the residents of an apartment house.
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Two Faces Have the Destiny
as Doña Remedios, mamá de AnitaRuined alcoholic doctor escapes a tropical plague and begins a new life back in civilization,...
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The Shadow of the Tyrant
as Dueña de burdelIn 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find...
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The Smile of the Virgin
as uncreditedMarita, a charming little girl, lives in the country with her grandmother. Her best friend is a...
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The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
as Sra. LlopisGhosts and premonitions; a married woman discovers the true love of her life while being plagued...
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To Hell with Women
as uncreditedSmall-town elects a female mayor. She suppresses all the time-honored masculine pastimes, and...
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Soledad
as Roberto's motherSoledad, a maid born in Argentina, works at a Mexican farm. The son of her employer will deceive...
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Préstame tu cuerpo
as SimpliciaHeaven Can Wait scenario; a young woman dies forty years ahead of schedule because her guardian...
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Senda prohibida
as Federico's MotherThe story of Nora, a poor but ambitious young woman, who uses her beauty to seduce a rich and...
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Nuestras vidas
as uncreditedFrivolous woman falls in reallytruly love for the first time, but her past catches up with her...
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X Murderer
as Señora EncinasA murderer turns himself to the police, but claims amnesia and insists he's unable to tell them...
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School for Mothers-in-Law
as uncreditedDizzy society matron plucks a hobo out of the gutter to rehabilitate him.
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María Cristina
as uncreditedDecent, hard-working young woman gradually finds her way toward love and happiness. With...
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Mis abuelitas... no más!
as uncreditedBush-league actor allows two adorable grannies to believe he's their long-lost grandson. Then:...
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Internado para señoritas
as uncredited1940s-style teen comedy set in a private school for girls.
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Caperucita y sus tres amigos
as Red Riding Hood's GrandmotherVillagers think the Big Bad Wolf has returned to his fierce, wild-animal ways. Also gypsies.
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El plagiario
as uncreditedGangster's daughter learns about her dad's illegalist lifestyle.
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El genial Detective Peter Pérez
as uncreditedBumbling detective solves a murder on board a train.
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Prisionera del pasado
as uncreditedRomance between a flamenco singer performing in Mexico and a gov't soldier during the Mexican...
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México nunca duerme
as uncreditedFretful granny is upset when her granddaughter isn't home by 9 PM on Saturday night, so she...
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The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
as uncreditedUnmarried opera singer has a baby, and her friends convince her to pass it off as the grandchild...
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Adulterio
as uncreditedMan commits suicide over his wife's infidelity. His father spends the rest of his life trying to...
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La ladrona
as uncreditedTwin sisters butt heads over a feller. One goes into a convent, the other becomes a professional...
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Ladronzuela
as uncreditedHomeless girl placed in a court-appointed foster home under the care of a social worker.
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Recién casados... no molestar
as uncreditedNewly-married woman discovers that her husband's a virgin and not the notorious Don Juan that...
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La dama del alba
as uncreditedFamily rescues a woman from the river nearby where their daughter committed suicide years...
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El ruiseñor del barrio
as uncreditedTen or twelve years ago, a young man wrecked his car and his wife was killed in the accident....
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Mujeres que trabajan
as Srita. BenavidesWomen connected with a female-run employment agency and a women-only boarding house bond...
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El globo de Cantolla
as uncreditedThree boys and three girls in the 1890s.
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The Force of Desire
as JuanaWicked girl uses nude modeling as a way to seduce a wealthy painter into marriage, while still...
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Póker de ases
as uncreditedFour brothers try to manage their careers and love-lives under the close supervision of a...
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El hombre que me gusta
as uncreditedA man facing bankruptcy and ruin rehearses a couple of scenarios relating to suicide, until his...
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Cuando me vaya
as uncreditedFictionalized version of the life of songwriter Maria Grever.
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Inmaculada
as Doña RosaA single mother discovers her daughter getting ready to elope with an unworthy boyfriend, so she...
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Lodo y armiño
as uncreditedWealthy libertine tries to seduce another man's mistress by threatening to send him to jail if...
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Nosotros los rateros
as Madre de MercedesA young woman, a thief and a lawyer find themselves in the same hotel room without planning it....
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Las infieles
as uncreditedGoverness falls in love with the uncle of the children she's teaching. Then complications.
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Una mujer en la calle
as uncreditedAn implausible accident causes a street prostitute to become close friends with an aristocratic...
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Horas de agonía
as uncreditedNubile young woman seems to be quite free with her affections... but she has a deep, dark...
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La hermana blanca
as uncreditedA young woman believes her fiance has died, and she enters a convent.
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Angel Face
as uncreditedMischievous little girl pulls a variety of pranks for the purpose of preventing her parents from...
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Después de la tormenta
as uncreditedThis Mexican melodrama may have been released above the border as After the Storm. The principal...
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The Vivanco Ladies
as Teresa VivancoTwo women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter.
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Mi adorado salvaje
as uncreditedThe old folks back home in Spain have arranged a marriage for their niece living in Mexico. To...
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Mi desconocida esposa
as AbuelaAfter moving from Guadalajara to Mexico City, a young woman gets embroiled in a series of...
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Sublime melodía
as uncreditedYoung widow with kindergarten-age daughter butts heads with her mother-in-law.
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Those Green Eyes
as uncreditedOrphan girl under the protection of a benefactor begins to suspect that her mother had an affair...
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