Emma Penella
Known For
Acting
Born
1930-03-02 in Madrid, Spain
Died
2007-08-27
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).
Most Known For
La que se avecina
as Charo de la Vega
No One Could Live Here
as Concha de la Fuente
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
as Estrella
The Search
as Rosa
Our Father
as María
Scano Boa
as Buba
The Executioner
as Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
Goya
Bulgarian Lovers
as Remedios
Blasco Ibáñez
as Emilia Pardo Bazán
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
as Doña Justa
Juncal
as Teresa Campos
Doña Francisquita
as Aurora la Beltrana
El amor brujo
as Tía Rosario
La hora incógnita
Badmen of the West
as Lucy
Black Humor
as Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
Condemned to Hang
as Consuelo
Comedians
as Marga
La cuarta ventana
as Dora García