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).
Filmography (50)
FFG, el último gran conversador
La que se avecina
No One Could Live Here
Bulgarian Lovers
Pídele cuentas al rey
Blasco Ibáñez
Mar de luna
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
El crimen de Don Benito- Doblones de a ocho
Juncal
Viento de cólera
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
El amor brujo
Goya
Our Father
The Regent's Wife
First Surrender
Fortunata y Jacinta
The Search
Lola, espejo oscuro
Black Humor
Badmen of the West
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni
La cuarta ventana
Alegre juventud
The Executioner
Carta a una mujer
La hora incógnita- El amor de los amores
Scano Boa
Sentencia contra una mujer
Un ángel tuvo la culpa
De espaldas a la puerta
The War Starts in Cuba
The Shadow Battalion
Un marido de ida y vuelta
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
El guardián del paraíso
Tres hombres van a morir
Red Fish
La patrouille des sables
The Adventurer of Seville
Comedians
¡Che, qué loco!
Condemned to Hang
Truhanes de honor
Doña Francisquita
Aimless boat
The Eyes Leave a Trace