Prudencia Grifell

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Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
December 27, 1879

Place of Birth:
Lugo, Galicia, Spain

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Prudencia Grifell

Biography

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

Year Movie Role
1970 Why Was I Born a Woman? Doña Rosa
1966 The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
1965 El señor doctor Señora Martínez
1961 Caperucita y sus tres amigos Red Riding Hood's Grandmother
1961 Senda prohibida Federico's Mother
1961 The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies Doña Teresa Vivanco y de la Vega
1961 Mis abuelitas... no más!
1960 The Shadow of the Tyrant Dueña de burdel
1960 La hermana blanca Madame Bernard
1959 The Vivanco Ladies Teresa Vivanco
1959 México nunca duerme
1959 Little Red Riding Hood Abuelita
1958 Mi desconocida esposa Abuela
1958 Préstame tu cuerpo Simplicia
1958 School for Mothers-in-Law
1958 El hombre que me gusta
1958 Horas de agonía
1958 The Smile of the Virgin
1958 Raffles Doña Constancia
1957 Pepito and the Monster Abuelita
1956 Angel Face
1956 The Third Word Angelina
1956 Pensión de artistas
1956 Sublime melodía
1955 X Murderer Señora Encinas
1955 El monstruo en la sombra
1955 El plagiario
1955 To Hell with Women Doña Juanita
1955 The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman Sra. Llopis
1955 Una mujer en la calle
1955 Después de la tormenta
1955 The Force of Desire Juana
1955 Melodías de amor Tía Amelia
1954 Cuando me vaya
1954 La ladrona
1954 Prisionera del pasado
1953 La sexta carrera
1953 Las infieles
1953 Mujeres que trabajan Srita. Benavides
1953 The Devil's Money Sra. Olea, madre de Manuel
1953 Siete mujeres
1952 Those Green Eyes
1952 El genial Detective Peter Pérez
1952 Two Faces Have the Destiny Doña Remedios, mamá de Anita
1952 Póker de ases
1952 Mi adorado salvaje
1952 El ruiseñor del barrio
1951 Apartment house
1951 Historia de un corazón
1951 María Cristina
1951 Recién casados... no molestar
1951 Lodo y armiño
1950 Over the Waves Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro
1950 La dama del alba
1950 Nuestras vidas
1950 Inmaculada Doña Rosa
1950 Entre tu amor y el cielo Doña Francisca
1950 Esposa o amante
1949 Nosotros los rateros Madre de Mercedes
1949 Ladronzuela
1947 El amor abrió los ojos
1947 Soledad Roberto's mother
1946 Los nietos de Don Venancio
1946 Una sombra en mi destino
1946 La culpable María
1945 Adulterio
1944 El globo de Cantolla
1943 Internado para señoritas
Year TV Show Role
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