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).
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- 2021 · FFG, el último gran conversador as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 2007 · The One That Is Coming as Charo de la Vega
- 2003 · Aquí no hay quien viva as Concha de la Fuente García
- 2003 · Aquí no hay quien viva as Concha de la Fuente
- 2003 · Bulgarian Lovers as Remedios
- 2000 · Pídele cuentas al rey as Carmen
- 1997 · Blasco Ibáñez as Emilia Pardo Bazán
- 1992 · El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes as Teresa Panza
- 1991 · El crimen de Don Benito as
- 1990 · Doblones de a ocho as Palmira
- 1989 · Juncal as Teresa Campos
- 1988 · Viento de cólera as
- 1987 · The Tobacconist of Vallecas as Doña Justa
- 1986 · El amor brujo as Tía Rosario
- 1985 · Goya as
- 1985 · Our Father as María
- 1974 · The Regent's Wife as Ana Ozores - La Regenta
- 1971 · First Surrender as
- 1970 · Fortunata y Jacinta as Fortunata
- 1966 · Lola, espejo oscuro as Lola
- 1966 · The Search as Rosa
- 1965 · Black Humor as Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
- 1964 · La hora incógnita as Prostituta
- 1964 · Golden Goddess of Rio Beni as Dinah
- 1964 · Badmen of the West as Lucy
- 1963 · The Executioner as Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
- 1963 · Carta a una mujer as Flora
- 1963 · La cuarta ventana as Dora García
- 1963 · Alegre juventud as Violeta
- 1962 · El amor de los amores as
- 1961 · Scano Boa as Buba
- 1960 · Un ángel tuvo la culpa as Eulalia
- 1960 · Sentencia contra una mujer as
- 1959 · De espaldas a la puerta as Lola
- 1957 · Un marido de ida y vuelta as Leticia Romero
- 1957 · The Shadow Battalion as Lola
- 1956 · Fedra, the Devil's Daughter as Estrella
- 1955 · Red Fish as Ivón
- 1955 · El guardián del paraíso as La monjita
- 1955 · Tres hombres van a morir as Héléna
- 1954 · La patrouille des sables as
- 1954 · Comedians as Marga
- 1954 · The Adventurer of Seville as Duquesa de San Tirso
- 1953 · Condemned to Hang as Consuelo
- 1953 · ¡Che, qué loco! as Esperancita Couceiro
- 1952 · Doña Francisquita as Aurora la Beltrana
- 1952 · Aimless boat as
- 1952 · The Eyes Leave a Trace as Lola
- 1952 · Truhanes de honor as Luisa