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).
Filmography
FFG, el último gran conversador
2021
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Bulgarian Lovers
2003
as Remedios
Pídele cuentas al rey
2000
as Carmen
Mar de luna
1995
as Catalina, la buhonera
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
1992
as Teresa Panza
El crimen de Don Benito
1991
- No poster
Doblones de a ocho
1990
as Palmira
Viento de cólera
1988
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
1987
as Doña Justa
El amor brujo
1986
as Tía Rosario
Our Father
1985
as María
The Regent's Wife
1974
as Ana Ozores - La Regenta
First Surrender
1971
Fortunata y Jacinta
1970
as Fortunata
Lola, espejo oscuro
1966
as Lola
The Search
1966
as Rosa
Black Humor
1965
as Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni
1964
as Dinah
Badmen of the West
1964
as Lucy
La hora incógnita
1963
The Executioner
1963
as Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
Carta a una mujer
1963
as Flora
La cuarta ventana
1963
as Dora García
Alegre juventud
1963
as Violeta