Emma Penella

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: Acting

Born: Madrid, Spain, 1930-03-02

Died: 2007-08-27

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	Truhanes de honor	Luisa	0
2	1952	The Eyes Leave a Trace	Lola	62
3	1952	Aimless boat		0
4	1952	Doña Francisquita	Aurora la Beltrana	68
5	1953	¡Che, qué loco!	Esperancita Couceiro	0
6	1953	Condemned to Hang	Consuelo	53
7	1954	The Adventurer of Seville	Duquesa de San Tirso	57
8	1954	Comedians	Marga	57
9	1954	La patrouille des sables		50
10	1955	Tres hombres van a morir	Héléna	0
11	1955	El guardián del paraíso	La monjita	80
12	1955	Red Fish	Ivón	67
13	1956	Fedra, the Devil's Daughter	Estrella	68
14	1957	The Shadow Battalion	Lola	50
15	1957	Un marido de ida y vuelta	Leticia Romero	40
16	1959	De espaldas a la puerta	Lola	65
17	1960	Sentencia contra una mujer		0
18	1960	Un ángel tuvo la culpa	Eulalia	60
19	1961	Scano Boa	Buba	0
20	1962	El amor de los amores		47
21	1963	Alegre juventud	Violeta	60
22	1963	La cuarta ventana	Dora García	0
23	1963	Carta a una mujer	Flora	53
24	1963	The Executioner	Carmen, la hija de Amadeo	76
25	1964	Badmen of the West	Lucy	0
26	1964	Golden Goddess of Rio Beni	Dinah	85
27	1964	La hora incógnita	Prostituta	50
28	1965	Black Humor	Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'	20
29	1966	The Search	Rosa	56
30	1966	Lola, espejo oscuro	Lola	10
31	1970	Fortunata y Jacinta	Fortunata	50
32	1971	First Surrender		37
33	1974	The Regent's Wife	Ana Ozores - La Regenta	43
34	1985	Our Father	María	46
35	1986	El amor brujo	Tía Rosario	69
36	1987	The Tobacconist of Vallecas	Doña Justa	64
37	1988	Viento de cólera		20
38	1990	Doblones de a ocho	Palmira	0
39	1991	El crimen de Don Benito		37
40	1992	El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes	Teresa Panza	85
41	2000	Pídele cuentas al rey	Carmen	51
42	2003	Bulgarian Lovers	Remedios	56
43	2021	FFG, el último gran conversador	Self - Actress (archive footage)	81

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1985	Goya		60
2	1989	Juncal	Teresa Campos	60
3	1997	Blasco Ibáñez	Emilia Pardo Bazán	60
4	2003	No One Could Live Here	Concha de la Fuente García	84
5	2003	No One Could Live Here	Concha de la Fuente	84
6	2007	La que se avecina	Charo de la Vega	82