Emma Penella
Born March 2, 1930 · 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).
Notable Appearances
More Movies
Pídele cuentas al rey
Bulgarian Lovers
The Search
El crimen de Don Benito
The Executioner
Our Father
Scano Boa
Truhanes de honor
Mar de luna
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni
Un ángel tuvo la culpa
The Shadow Battalion
Badmen of the West
El amor brujo
FFG, el último gran conversador
El guardián del paraíso
De espaldas a la puerta
The War Starts in Cuba
Un marido de ida y vuelta
The Adventurer of Seville
Fortunata y Jacinta
Carta a una mujer
Condemned to Hang
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
Black Humor
La hora incógnita
The Regent's Wife
Red Fish
Alegre juventud
Tres hombres van a morir
La patrouille des sables
Doña Francisquita
Sentencia contra una mujer
First Surrender
La cuarta ventana
¡Che, qué loco!
Comedians
Lola, espejo oscuro
