Emma Penella
Known for Acting
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
Bulgarian Lovers
2003
as Remedios
The Search
1966
as Rosa
The Executioner
1963
as Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
1956
as Estrella
El amor brujo
1986
as Tía Rosario
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
1987
as Doña Justa
Doblones de a ocho
1990
as Palmira
Our Father
1985
as María
Pídele cuentas al rey
2000
as Carmen
Scano Boa
1961
as Buba
The Eyes Leave a Trace
1952
as Lola
Comedians
1954
as Marga
Un marido de ida y vuelta
1957
as Leticia Romero
El crimen de Don Benito
1991
Carta a una mujer
1963
as Flora
Condemned to Hang
1953
as Consuelo
El guardián del paraíso
1955
as La monjita
Truhanes de honor
1952
as Luisa
La patrouille des sables
1954
as Héléna
Black Humor
1965
as Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'