Emma Penella
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).
49 acting credits
Acting · 49
La que se avecina
2007
No One Could Live Here
2003
Goya
1985
Blasco Ibáñez
1997
The Executioner
1963
Badmen of the West
1964
Condemned to Hang
1953
Juncal
1989
La hora incógnita
1963
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
1987
The Eyes Leave a Trace
1952
La cuarta ventana
1963
Bulgarian Lovers
2003
Comedians
1954
Our Father
1985
El amor brujo
1986
The Regent's Wife
1974
El guardián del paraíso
1955
The Shadow Battalion
1957
Doña Francisquita
1952
FFG, el último gran conversador
2021
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
1956
Fortunata y Jacinta
1970
The Adventurer of Seville
1954
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni
1964
The Search
1966
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
1992
Un marido de ida y vuelta
1957
La patrouille des sables
1954
Un ángel tuvo la culpa
1960
Pídele cuentas al rey
2000
Black Humor
1965
Red Fish
1955
The War Starts in Cuba
1957
Viento de cólera
1988
De espaldas a la puerta
1959
Tres hombres van a morir
1955
¡Che, qué loco!
1953
Carta a una mujer
1963
Scano Boa
1961
Alegre juventud
1963
El crimen de Don Benito
1991
Truhanes de honor
1952
First Surrender
1971
Doblones de a ocho
1990
Aimless boat
1952
Lola, espejo oscuro
1966
El amor de los amores
1962
Sentencia contra una mujer
1960