Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1879-12-27
Day of Death
1970-06-07
Place of Birth
Lugo, Galicia, Spain
Prudencia Grifell
Biography
Prudencia Grifell (December 27, 1879 – June 7, 1970), born Prudencia Grifell Masipon, was a prolific actress of the Golden Era of the Cinema of Mexico. 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. 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.
Filmography (69)
Why Was I Born a Woman?
1970
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
1966
El señor doctor
1965
Caperucita y sus tres amigos
1961
Senda prohibida
1961
Mis abuelitas... no más!
1961The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
1961
La hermana blanca
1960
The Shadow of the Tyrant
1960
Little Red Riding Hood
1959
The Vivanco Ladies
1959
México nunca duerme
1959
The Smile of the Virgin
1958
School for Mothers-in-Law
1958
