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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 2, 1930
Died
August 27, 2007
Place of Birth
Madrid, Spain
Also Known As
- Manuela Ruiz Penella
- Эмма Пенелла
Emma Penella
0.4 Popularity
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).
Known For
8.1
Self - Actress (archive footage)
FFG, el último gran conversador
2021
8.1
Charo de la Vega
La que se avecina
2007
8.4
Concha de la Fuente
No One Could Live Here
2003
5.4
Remedios
Bulgarian Lovers
2003
5.1
Carmen
Pídele cuentas al rey
2000
6.0
Emilia Pardo Bazán
Blasco Ibáñez
1997
8.5
Teresa Panza
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
1992
3.0
El crimen de Don Benito
1991
🎬
0.0
Palmira
Doblones de a ocho
1990
6.0
Teresa Campos
Juncal
1989
Credits
FFG, el último gran conversador
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2021
8.1
La que se avecina
as Charo de la Vega
2007
8.1
No One Could Live Here
as Concha de la Fuente
2003
8.4
Bulgarian Lovers
as Remedios
2003
5.4
Pídele cuentas al rey
as Carmen
2000
5.1
Blasco Ibáñez
as Emilia Pardo Bazán
1997
6.0
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
as Teresa Panza
1992
8.5
El crimen de Don Benito
1991
3.0
🎬
Doblones de a ocho
as Palmira
1990
0.0
Juncal
as Teresa Campos
1989
6.0
Viento de cólera
1988
2.0
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
as Doña Justa
1987
6.3
El amor brujo
as Tía Rosario
1986
6.9
Goya
1985
6.0
Our Father
as María
1985
4.3
The Regent's Wife
as Ana Ozores - La Regenta
1974
3.5
First Surrender
1971
3.0
Fortunata y Jacinta
as Fortunata
1970
5.0
Lola, espejo oscuro
as Lola
1966
1.0
The Search
as Rosa
1966
5.6
Black Humor
as Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
1965
2.0
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni
as Dinah
1964
8.5
Badmen of the West
as Lucy
1964
0.0
La hora incógnita
1963
4.6
The Executioner
as Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
1963
7.6
Carta a una mujer
as Flora
1963
5.3
La cuarta ventana
as Dora García
1963
0.0
Alegre juventud
as Violeta
1963
6.0
🎬
El amor de los amores
1962
4.7
Scano Boa
as Buba
1961
0.0
Un ángel tuvo la culpa
as Eulalia
1960
6.0
Sentencia contra una mujer
1960
0.0
De espaldas a la puerta
as Lola
1959
6.5
The War Starts in Cuba
1957
5.5
Un marido de ida y vuelta
as Leticia Romero
1957
4.0
The Shadow Battalion
as Lola
1957
5.0
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
as Estrella
1956
6.8
Red Fish
as Ivón
1955
6.9
El guardián del paraíso
as La monjita
1955
8.0
Tres hombres van a morir
as Héléna
1955
0.0
La patrouille des sables
as Héléna
1954
5.0
Comedians
as Marga
1954
5.8
The Adventurer of Seville
as Duquesa de San Tirso
1954
5.7
Condemned to Hang
as Consuelo
1953
5.3
¡Che, qué loco!
as Esperancita Couceiro
1953
0.0
Doña Francisquita
as Aurora la Beltrana
1952
6.8
Aimless boat
1952
0.0
The Eyes Leave a Trace
as Lola
1952
6.2
Truhanes de honor
as Luisa
1952
0.0