Emma Penella
Acting
Born: 1930-03-02 in Madrid, Spain
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).
Known For
La que se avecina
Charo de la Vega
No One Could Live Here
Concha de la Fuente
El crimen de Don Benito
Scano Boa
Buba
The Executioner
Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
Goya
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
Estrella
The Search
Rosa
Bulgarian Lovers
Remedios
Juncal
Teresa Campos
Our Father
María
Black Humor
Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
Pídele cuentas al rey
Carmen
The Eyes Leave a Trace
Lola
El amor brujo
Tía Rosario
Red Fish
Ivón
Truhanes de honor
Luisa
The Adventurer of Seville
Duquesa de San Tirso
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
Doña Justa
Lola, espejo oscuro
Lola
Doña Francisquita
Aurora la Beltrana
The Regent's Wife
Ana Ozores - La Regenta
Blasco Ibáñez
Emilia Pardo Bazán
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni
Dinah
Fortunata y Jacinta
Fortunata
Condemned to Hang
Consuelo
Viento de cólera
Un ángel tuvo la culpa
Eulalia
¡Che, qué loco!
Esperancita Couceiro
Tres hombres van a morir
Héléna
Un marido de ida y vuelta
Leticia Romero
De espaldas a la puerta
Lola
Badmen of the West
Lucy
The War Starts in Cuba
Juanita / Adelaida
La patrouille des sables
Héléna
FFG, el último gran conversador
Self - Actress (archive footage)
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
Teresa Panza
El guardián del paraíso
La monjita
Comedians
Marga
Mar de luna
Catalina, la buhonera