Prudencia Grifell

Prudencia Grifell
Born	Prudencia Grifell Masipon December 27, 1879 Lugo, Galicia, Spain
Died	June 7, 1970(1970-06-07) (aged 90) Mexico
Occupation	Actress
Spouse(s)	Paco Martinez (?-1956) (his death)
Children	5

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.

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 Paco Martínez until his death and with whom she had five children,(Maruja,Amparo,Enrique,Dolores,Pepe) all of who are actors including Maruja Grifell, Amparo Grifell and Pepe Martinez.

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

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

¿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)
La hermana blanca (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)
Después de la tormenta (1955)
La fuerza del deseo (1955)
El caso de la mujer asesinadita (1955)
El plagiario (1955)
El asesino 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)
Cuando me vaya (1954)
Ladrona (1954)
Los dineros del diablo (1953)
La sexta carrera (1953)

Las infieles (1953/I)
Seven Women (1953)
Mujeres que trabajan (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)
Mi adorado salvaje (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)
Casa de vecindad (1951)
Entre tu amor y el cielo (1950)
Ciclón del Caribe (1950)
Immaculate (1950) as Dona Rosa
Over the Waves (1950) as Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro
Esposa o amante (1950)
Nuestras vidas (1950)
La dama del alba (1950) as María
Ladronzuela (1949)
Nosotros los rateros (1949)
El miedo llegó a Jalisco (1949)
Otoño y primavera (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)

External links

Prudencia Grifell at the Internet Movie Database
Corona de lágrimas at the telenovela database
(Galician) Biography
(Spanish) Presentation of a book of her life

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