Acting
Emma Penella
ES, EN, IT, DE cinema · 46 credits
Born
2 March 1930
Died
27 August 2007 (aged 77)
Birthplace
Madrid, Spain
Also known as Manuela Ruiz Penella · Эмма Пенелла
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).
Known for
Filmography
FFG, el último gran conversador
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Bulgarian Lovers
as Remedios
Pídele cuentas al rey
as Carmen
Thesis
Thanks
Mar de luna
as Catalina, la buhonera
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
as Teresa Panza
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
as Doña Justa
El amor brujo
as Tía Rosario
Our Father
as María
The Regent's Wife
as Ana Ozores - La Regenta
Fortunata y Jacinta
as Fortunata
The Search
as Rosa
Black Humor
as Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
The Executioner
as Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
Carta a una mujer
as Flora
Alegre juventud
as Violeta
La cuarta ventana
as Dora García
Scano Boa
as Buba
Un ángel tuvo la culpa
as Eulalia
Un marido de ida y vuelta
as Leticia Romero
The War Starts in Cuba
as Juanita / Adelaida
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
as Estrella
El guardián del paraíso
as La monjita
Red Fish
as Ivón
Tres hombres van a morir
as Héléna
Comedians
as Marga
La patrouille des sables
as Héléna
The Adventurer of Seville
as Duquesa de San Tirso
Condemned to Hang
as Consuelo
¡Che, qué loco!
as Esperancita Couceiro
Doña Francisquita
as Aurora la Beltrana
Truhanes de honor
as Luisa