Emma Penella
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).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
FFG, el último gran conversador
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2021
The Executioner
as Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
1963
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni
as Dinah
1964
El amor brujo
as Tía Rosario
1986
Carta a una mujer
as Flora
1963
Alegre juventud
as Violeta
1963
Comedians
as Marga
1954
Condemned to Hang
as Consuelo
1953
El amor de los amores
1962
Un ángel tuvo la culpa
as Eulalia
1960
The Eyes Leave a Trace
as Lola
1952
El guardián del paraíso
as La monjita
1955
Lola, espejo oscuro
as Lola
1966
La hora incógnita
1963
Red Fish
as Ivón
1955
Badmen of the West
as Lucy
1964
The Regent's Wife
as Ana Ozores - La Regenta
1974
The Shadow Battalion
as Lola
1957
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
as Estrella
1956
Sentencia contra una mujer
1960
