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.
Filmography
all 69
Movies 69
Director 1
Why Was I Born a Woman? (1970)
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris (1966)
El señor doctor (1965)
Caperucita y sus tres amigos (1961)
Senda prohibida (1961)
Mis abuelitas... no más! (1961)
The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies (1961)
The Shadow of the Strongman (1960)
La hermana blanca (1960)
Little Red Riding Hood (1959)
The Vivanco Ladies (1959)
México nunca duerme (1959)
The Smile of the Virgin (1958)
School for Mothers-in-Law (1958)
El hombre que me gusta (1958)
Préstame tu cuerpo (1958)
Mi desconocida esposa (1958)
Horas de agonía (1958)
Raffles (1958)
Pepito and the Monster (1957)
El organillero (1957)
Sublime melodía (1956)
Pensión de artistas (1956)
The Third Word (1956)
Angel Face (1956)
Melodías de amor (1955)
La fuerza del deseo (1955)
The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman (1955)
El plagiario (1955)
X Murderer (1955)
The Monster of the Shadow (1955)
To Hell with Women (1955)
Una mujer en la calle (1955)
Después de la tormenta (1955)
Prisionera del pasado (1954)
Cuando me vaya (1954)
La ladrona (1954)
The Devil's Money (1953)
Las infieles (1953)
Mujeres que trabajan (1953)
La sexta carrera (1953)
Siete mujeres (1953)
Póker de ases (1952)
El genial Detective Peter Pérez (1952)
El ruiseñor del barrio (1952)
Those Green Eyes (1952)
Mi adorado salvaje (1952)
Two Faces Have the Destiny (1952)
Lodo y armiño (1951)
María Cristina (1951)
Recién casados... no molestar (1951)
Apartment house (1951)
Historia de un corazón (1951)
Entre tu amor y el cielo (1950)
Inmaculada (1950)
Over the Waves (1950)
Esposa o amante (1950)
Nuestras vidas (1950)
La dama del alba (1950)
Ladronzuela (1949)
Nosotros los rateros (1949)
Contra la ley de Dios (1949)
Soledad (1947)
El amor abrió los ojos (1947)
Los nietos de Don Venancio (1946)
La culpable (1946)
Adulterio (1945)
El globo de Cantolla (1944)
Internado para señoritas (1943)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1876-12-22
Deathday1970-06-07 (93 years old)
Birth NamePrudencia María Victoria Grifell Masip
Birth PlaceLugo, Spain
ChildrenPepe Martínez, Maruja Grifell
CitizenshipsSpain
Also Known As Doña Prudencia Grifell
AwardsAriel Award for Best Actress
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