Acting
Prudencia Grifell
ES, EN cinema · 69 credits
Born
27 December 1879
Died
7 June 1970 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Lugo, Galicia, Spain
Also known as Doña Prudencia Grifell · Prudencia María Victoria Grifell Masip
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.
Known for
Filmography
Why Was I Born a Woman?
as Doña Rosa
El señor doctor
as Señora Martínez
Caperucita y sus tres amigos
as Red Riding Hood's Grandmother
Senda prohibida
as Federico's Mother
El proceso de las señoritas Vivanco
1961
The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
as Doña Teresa Vivanco y de la Vega
The Shadow of the Tyrant
as Dueña de burdel
La hermana blanca
as Madame Bernard
The Vivanco Ladies
as Teresa Vivanco
Little Red Riding Hood
as Abuelita
Mi desconocida esposa
as Abuela
Préstame tu cuerpo
as Simplicia
Raffles
as Doña Constancia
The Third Word
as Angelina
X Murderer
as Señora Encinas
Al diablo las mujeres
as Doña Juanita
The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
as Sra. Llopis
Una mujer en la calle
as Tía Nena (María de Jesús)
The Force of Desire
as Juana
Melodías de amor
as Tía Amelia
Cuando me vaya
as Doña Generosa
Un minuto de bondad
as Tía Margarita
Las infieles
as Mamá de Constanzia
Mujeres que trabajan
as Srita. Benavides
The Devil's Money
as Sra. Olea, madre de Manuel
Two Faces Have the Destiny
as Doña Remedios, mamá de Anita
Apartment house
as Doña Leonor
Over the Waves
as Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro
Inmaculada
as Doña Rosa
Entre tu amor y el cielo
as Doña Francisca
Nosotros los rateros
as Madre de Mercedes
Soledad
as Roberto's mother
La culpable
as María
Adultery
as Doña Lupita
