1930-03-02 Madrid, Spain
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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FFG, el último gran conversador | Self - Actress (archive footage) | 2021-08-27 |
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Los novios búlgaros | Remedios | 2003-04-30 |
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Pídele cuentas al rey | Carmen | 2000-02-10 |
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El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes | Teresa Panza | 1992-01-29 |
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El crimen de Don Benito | 1991-03-06 | |
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Doblones de a ocho | Palmira | 1990-01-01 |
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La estanquera de Vallecas | Doña Justa | 1987-04-09 |
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El amor brujo | Tía Rosario | 1986-03-23 |
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Padre nuestro | María | 1985-04-21 |
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La Regenta | Ana Ozores - La Regenta | 1974-12-19 |
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La primera entrega | 1971-10-21 | |
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Fortunata y Jacinta | Fortunata | 1970-03-12 |
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La busca | Rosa | 1966-02-11 |
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Lola, espejo oscuro | Lola | 1966-04-10 |
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La muerte viaja demasiado | Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma' | 1965-04-12 |
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I magnifici Brutos del West | Lucy | 1964-01-01 |
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La hora incógnita | Prostituta | 1964-12-26 |
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Die goldene Göttin vom Rio Beni | Dinah | 1964-09-03 |
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Carta a una mujer | Flora | 1963-06-24 |
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La cuarta ventana | Dora García | 1963-05-27 |
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El verdugo | Carmen, la hija de Amadeo | 1963-08-31 |
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Alegre juventud | Violeta | 1963-03-18 |
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El amor de los amores | 1962-03-22 | |
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Scano Boa | Buba | 1961-01-09 |
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Un ángel tuvo la culpa | Eulalia | 1960-04-25 |
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Sentencia contra una mujer | 1960-01-01 | |
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De espaldas a la puerta | Lola | 1959-11-12 |
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Un marido de ida y vuelta | Leticia Romero | 1957-08-26 |
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El batallón de las sombras | Lola | 1957-04-28 |
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Fedra | Estrella | 1956-11-26 |
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Los peces rojos | Ivón | 1955-09-12 |
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El guardián del paraíso | La monjita | 1955-05-23 |
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Tres hombres van a morir | Héléna | 1955-01-17 |
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La patrouille des sables | 1954-08-16 | |
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Cómicos | Marga | 1954-05-17 |
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¡Che, qué loco! | Esperancita Couceiro | 1953-03-23 |
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Carne de horca | Consuelo | 1953-10-08 |
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Doña Francisquita | Aurora la Beltrana | 1952-12-22 |
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Los ojos dejan huellas | Lola | 1952-09-12 |
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Barco sin rumbo | 1952-10-16 | |
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Truhanes de honor | Luisa | 1952-04-12 |
