Prudencia Grifell
Known For
Acting
Born
1879-12-27 in Lugo, Galicia, Spain
Died
1970-06-07
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.
Most Known For
Sublime melodía
Little Red Riding Hood
as Abuelita
El plagiario
La ladrona
Apartment house
as Doña Leonor
Mi desconocida esposa
as Abuela
El señor doctor
as Señora Martínez
The Third Word
as Angelina
Why Was I Born a Woman?
as Doña Rosa
Melodías de amor
as Tía Amelia
Mi adorado salvaje
La sexta carrera
The Shadow of the Tyrant
as Dueña de burdel
X Murderer
as Señora Encinas
Pensión de artistas
Over the Waves
as Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro
Después de la tormenta
Senda prohibida
as Federico's Mother
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
Soledad
as Roberto's mother