Prudencia Grifell

Prudencia Grifell
Prudencia Grifell
	Grifell, c. 1904
Born	Prudencia María Victoria Grifell Masip; 27 December 1879; Lugo, Galicia, Spain
Died	7 June 1970 (aged 90); Mexico City, Mexico
Resting place	Panteón Jardín, Mexico City
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Paco Martinez (?-1956) (his death)
Children	5
Awards	Ariel Award for Best Actress in a Minor Role; 1954 La Sexta Carrera ; Ariel Award for Best Actress; 1956 Una Mujer en la Calle

Prudencia María Victoria Grifell Masip (27 December 1879 – 7 June 1970) was a Spanish actress and comedian.^[1]

Biography

Early life

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.^{[citation needed]}

Career

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.^{[citation needed]}

In 1961 she made a jump to the television industry starring in her first of many telenovela roles in Niebla with Amparo Rivelles and Ernesto Alonso.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

She was married to actor Paco Martínez until his death, and with whom she had five children, all of whom became actors: Maruja Grifell, Amparo Grifell, Enrique, Dolores, and Pepe Martínez.^{[citation needed]}

She is considered one of the most notable people from Lugo, Spain and many have honored her life. A book in the Galician language was written about her life Prudencia Grifell, unha lucense no cine de ouro mexicano in 2005.^{[citation needed]}

Telenovelas

Grifell, c. 1904

Plegaria en el camino (1969)
Estafa de amor (1967)
El despertar (1966) as Doña Remedios
Sonata de otoño (1966)
Las abuelas (1965)
Corona de lágrimas (1964)
Tres caras de mujer (1963)
Borrasca (1962)
La cobarde (1962)
La madrastra (1962)
Estafa de amor (1961)
La leona (1961)
Niebla (1961)
Pensión de mujeres (1960)

Films

Grifell with Tin Tan in Escuela para suegras (1958)

¿Por qué nací mujer? (1970) as Doña Rosa
Valses venían de Viena y los niños de París (1966)
El señor doctor (1965)
Caperucita y sus tres amigos (1961) as Red Riding Hood's Grandmother
Senda prohibida (1961)
¡Mis abuelitas... nomás! (1961) as Paz
Proceso de las señoritas Vivanco (1961)
The White Sister (1960)
La caperucita roja (1960) as Red Riding Hood's Grandmother
La sombra del caudillo (1960) as Dueña del burdel
Las señoritas Vivanco (1959) as Teresa Vivanco
México nunca duerme (1959)
La sonrisa de la Virgen (1958) as Marita's Grandmother
El hombre que me gusta (1958) as Dona Rosa
Raffles mexicano (1958)
Préstame tu cuerpo (1958)
Escuela para suegras (1958)
Mi desconocida esposa (1958)
Horas de agonía (1958)
Pepito y el monstruo (1957)
Pies de gato (1957)
El organillero (1957)
Sublime melodía (1956) as Doña Irene Angustias García Medina de López Mendía
Pensión de artistas (1956)
La tercera palabra (1956) as Angelina
Viva la juventud (1956)
Cara de ángel (1956)
The Bandits of Cold River (1956)
Tres melodías de amor (1955)
After the Storm (1955)
La fuerza del deseo (1955)
El caso de la mujer asesinadita (1955)
El plagiario (1955)
The Murderer X (1955)
El monstruo en la sombra (1955)
Al diablo las mujeres (1955)
Necesito un marido (1955)
Una mujer en la calle (1955) as Nena
Prisionera del pasado (1954)
Un minuto de bondad (1954)
When I Leave (1954)
Ladrona (1954)
Los dineros del diablo (1953)
La sexta carrera (1953)

Las infieles (1953/I)
Seven Women (1953)
Women Who Work (1953)
Póker de ases (1952)
Sor Alegría (1952)
Genial Detective Peter Pérez (1952)
El ruiseñor del barrio (1952) as Eugenia Castillejos
Aquellos ojos verdes (1952)
Dos caras tiene el destino (1952)
My Adorable Savage (1952)
Lodo y armiño (1951)
María Cristina (1951)
Los huéspedes de La Marquesa (1951)
Historia de un corazón (1951) as the school's principal
Peregrina (1951)
Recién casados... no molestar (1951)
Tenement House (1951)
Between Your Love and Heaven (1950)
Ciclón del Caribe (1950)
Immaculate (1950) as Dona Rosa
Over the Waves (1950) as Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro
Wife or Lover (1950)
Nuestras vidas (1950)
La dama del alba (1950) as María
Ladronzuela (1949)
Nosotros los rateros (1949)
El miedo llegó a Jalisco (1949)
Autumn and Spring (1949)
Contra la ley de Dios (1949)
La casa de la Troya (1948)
Barrio de pasiones (1948)
Soledad (1947)
El amor abrió los ojos (1947)
Los nietos de Don Venancio (1946)
Sombra en mi destino (1946)
La culpable (1946)
Corazones de México (1945)
Sierra Morena (1945)
Adulterio (1945)
Viejo nido (1944)
El globo de Cantoya (1943)
Internado para señoritas (1943)

References

^ "Prudencia Grifell - Biografía, mejores películas, series, imágenes y noticias". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2023-08-16.

External links

Prudencia Grifell at IMDb
(in Galician) Biography
(in Spanish) Presentation of a book of her life

[1] "Prudencia Grifell - Biografía, mejores películas, series, imágenes y noticias". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2023-08-16.

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