Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1930-03-02
Day of Death
2007-08-27
Place of Birth
Madrid, Spain
Emma Penella
Biography
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).
Filmography (44)
FFG, el último gran conversador
2021
Bulgarian Lovers
2003
Pídele cuentas al rey
2000
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
1992
El crimen de Don Benito
1991Doblones de a ocho
1990
Viento de cólera
1988
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
1987
El amor brujo
1986
Our Father
1985
The Regent's Wife
1974
First Surrender
1971
Fortunata y Jacinta
1970
Lola, espejo oscuro
1966
