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
FFG, el último gran conversador
Bulgarian Lovers
Pídele cuentas al rey
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
El crimen de Don Benito
Doblones de a ocho
Viento de cólera
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
El amor brujo
Our Father
The Regent's Wife
First Surrender
Fortunata y Jacinta
Lola, espejo oscuro
The Search
Black Humor
La hora incógnita
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni
Badmen of the West
The Executioner
Carta a una mujer
La cuarta ventana
Alegre juventud
El amor de los amores
Scano Boa
Un ángel tuvo la culpa
Sentencia contra una mujer
De espaldas a la puerta
Un marido de ida y vuelta
The Shadow Battalion
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
Red Fish
El guardián del paraíso
Tres hombres van a morir
La patrouille des sables
Comedians
The Adventurer of Seville
Condemned to Hang
¡Che, qué loco!
Doña Francisquita
Aimless boat
The Eyes Leave a Trace
