As Actor
Bulgarian Lovers
2003
5.6
Emma Penella
Acting
Birth date
March 2, 1930
Birth place
Madrid, Spain
Death date
August 27, 2007
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).
Featured in
As Actor
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
1992
8.5
As Actor
El crimen de Don Benito
1991
3.7
As Actor
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
1987
6.4
As Actor
El amor brujo
1986
6.9
As Actor
Fortunata y Jacinta
1970
5.0
As Actor
The Search
1966
5.6
As Actor
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni
1964
8.5
As Actor
La hora incógnita
1963
5.0
As Actor
The Executioner
1963
7.6
As Actor
Alegre juventud
1963
6.0
As Actor
De espaldas a la puerta
1959
6.5
As Actor
The War Starts in Cuba
1957
5.5
As Actor
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
1956
6.8
As Actor
Red Fish
1955
6.9
As Actor
Comedians
1954
5.8
As Actor
Condemned to Hang
1953
5.3
As Actor
Doña Francisquita
1952
6.8