Prudencia Grifell

Prudencia Grifell
Prudencia Grifell
	Grifell, c. 1904
Born	Prudencia Grifell Masipon; 27 December 1879; Lugo, Galicia, Spain
Died	7 June 1970 (aged 90); Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	Actress
Spouse(s)	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 Grifell (born; Prudencia Grifell Masipon; 27 December 1879 – 7 June 1970), was a Spanish-born Mexican actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

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.

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.

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.

Personal life[]

She was married to actor until his death, and with whom she had five children, all of whom became actors: Maruja Grifell, , Enrique, Dolores, and Pepe Martínez.

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.

Telenovelas[]

Grifell, c. 1904

(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[]

¿Por qué nací mujer? (1970) as Doña Rosa
(1966)
El señor doctor (1965)
(1961) as Red Riding Hood's Grandmother
Senda prohibida (1961)
¡Mis abuelitas... nomás! (1961) as Paz
(1961)
The White Sister (1960)
(1960) as Red Riding Hood's Grandmother
(1960) as Dueña del burdel
Las señoritas Vivanco (1959) as Teresa Vivanco
(1959)
(1958) as Marita's Grandmother
(1958) as Dona Rosa
(1958)
(1958)
Escuela para suegras (1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1956) as Doña Irene Angustias García Medina de López Mendía
(1956)
La tercera palabra (1956) as Angelina
(1956)
(1956)
The Bandits of Cold River (1956)
(1955)
Después de la tormenta (1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
Una mujer en la calle (1955) as Nena
(1954)
(1954)
When I Leave (1954)
(1954)
Los dineros del diablo (1953)
La sexta carrera (1953)

Las infieles (1953/I)
Seven Women (1953)
Women Who Work (1953)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952) as Eugenia Castillejos
(1952)
Dos caras tiene el destino (1952)
(1952)
(1951)
María Cristina (1951)
(1951)
Historia de un corazón (1951) as the school's principal
Peregrina (1951)
(1951)
(1951)
(1950)
(1950)
Immaculate (1950) as Dona Rosa
Over the Waves (1950) as Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro
(1950)
(1950)
La dama del alba (1950) as María
Ladronzuela (1949)
(1949)
(1949)
Autumn and Spring (1949)
(1949)
La casa de la Troya (1948)
(1948)
Soledad (1947)
(1947)
(1946)
(1946)
(1946)
(1945)
(1945)
Adulterio (1945)
(1944)
(1943)
(1943)

External links[]

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

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