Prudencia Grifell

Prudencia Grifell (27 December 1879 – 7 June 1970), born Prudencia Grifell Masipon, was a prolific actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

Prudencia Grifell
Born
Prudencia Grifell Masipon

(1879-12-27)27 December 1879
Died7 June 1970(1970-06-07) (aged 90)
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)Paco Martinez (?-1956) (his death)
Children5
AwardsAriel Award for Best Actress in a Minor Role
1954 La Sexta Carrera
Ariel Award for Best Actress
1956 Una Mujer en la Calle

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, all of whom became actors: Maruja Grifell, Amparo 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

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)
  • The White Sister (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)
  • When I Leave (1954)
  • Ladrona (1954)
  • Los dineros del diablo (1953)
  • La sexta carrera (1953)
  • Las infieles (1953/I)
  • Seven Women (1953)
  • Women Who Work (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)
  • Autumn and Spring (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)

See also

  • Foreign-born artists in Mexico
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