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 · La hermana blanca as Madame Bernard
- 1960 · The Shadow of the Tyrant as Dueña de burdel
- 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 · The Man That Pleases Me 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
- 1957 · El organillero as Doña Tecla
- 1957 · Pies de gato as Agustina
- 1956 · Sublime melodía as
- 1956 · Pensión de artistas as
- 1956 · The Third Word as Angelina
- 1956 · Angel Face as
- 1956 · Los bandidos de Río Frío as Agustina
- 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 · El monstruo en la sombra as
- 1955 · Al diablo las mujeres as Doña Juanita
- 1955 · Necesito un marido as Mamá de Ernesto
- 1955 · Una mujer en la calle as Tía Nena (María de Jesús)
- 1955 · Después de la tormenta as
- 1954 · Prisionera del pasado as
- 1954 · Solamente una vez as
- 1954 · Cuando me vaya as Doña Generosa
- 1954 · La ladrona as
- 1954 · Un minuto de bondad as Tía Margarita
- 1953 · The Devil's Money as Sra. Olea, madre de Manuel
- 1953 · Las infieles as Mamá de Constanzia
- 1953 · Mujeres que trabajan as Srita. Benavides
- 1953 · La sexta carrera as
- 1953 · Siete mujeres as
- 1952 · Póker de ases as
- 1952 · Sor Alegría as Sor Úrsula
- 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 Doña Leonor
- 1951 · Los huéspedes de La Marquesa as
- 1951 · Tale of a Heart as
- 1951 · Peregrina as
- 1950 · Entre tu amor y el cielo as Doña Francisca
- 1950 · El ciclón del Caribe as
- 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
- 1949 · El miedo llegó a Jalisco as
- 1949 · Otoño y primavera as
- 1949 · Contra la ley de Dios as
- 1948 · Barrio de pasiones as
- 1947 · Soledad as Roberto's mother
- 1947 · El amor abrió los ojos as
- 1946 · Los nietos de Don Venancio as
- 1946 · Una sombra en mi destino as
- 1946 · La culpable as María
- 1945 · Corazones de México as
- 1945 · Adultery as Doña Lupita
- 1945 · Sierra Morena as
- 1944 · El globo de Cantolla as
- 1944 · Viejo nido as
- 1943 · Internado para señoritas as