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