About

Known credits:
68
Birthday:
1879-12-27
Place of birth:
Lugo, Galicia, Spain
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Prudencia Grifell

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
1970 Why Was I Born a Woman? Actor Doña Rosa 59
Average
1966 The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris Actor 58
Average
1965 El señor doctor Actor Señora Martínez 61
Fair
1961 Caperucita y sus tres amigos Actor Red Riding Hood's Grandmother 59
Average
1961 Senda prohibida Actor Federico's Mother 59
Average
1961 Mis abuelitas... no más! Actor 58
Average
1961 The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies Actor Doña Teresa Vivanco y de la Vega 59
Average
1960 The Shadow of the Tyrant Actor Dueña de burdel 59
Average
1960 La hermana blanca Actor 58
Average
1959 Little Red Riding Hood Actor Abuelita 59
Average
1959 The Vivanco Ladies Actor Teresa Vivanco 59
Average
1959 México nunca duerme Actor 58
Average
1958 The Smile of the Virgin Actor 58
Average
1958 School for Mothers-in-Law Actor 58
Average
1958 El hombre que me gusta Actor 59
Average
1958 Préstame tu cuerpo Actor Simplicia 59
Average
1958 Mi desconocida esposa Actor Abuela 58
Average
1958 Horas de agonía Actor 59
Average
1958 Raffles Actor Doña Constancia 58
Average
1957 Pepito and the Monster Actor Abuelita 59
Average
1956 Sublime melodía Actor 59
Average
1956 Pensión de artistas Actor 59
Average
1956 The Third Word Actor Angelina 59
Average
1956 Angel Face Actor 59
Average
1955 Melodías de amor Actor Tía Amelia 58
Average
1955 The Force of Desire Actor Juana 59
Average
1955 The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman Actor Sra. Llopis 59
Average
1955 El plagiario Actor 59
Average
1955 X Murderer Actor Señora Encinas 59
Average
1955 The Monster of the Shadow Actor 59
Average
1955 To Hell with Women Actor 58
Average
1955 Una mujer en la calle Actor 58
Average
1955 Después de la tormenta Actor 59
Average
1954 Prisionera del pasado Actor 59
Average
1954 Cuando me vaya Actor 59
Average
1954 La ladrona Actor 59
Average
1953 The Devil's Money Actor Sra. Olea, madre de Manuel 58
Average
1953 Las infieles Actor 59
Average
1953 Mujeres que trabajan Actor Srita. Benavides 58
Average
1953 La sexta carrera Actor 58
Average
1953 Siete mujeres Actor 58
Average
1952 Póker de ases Actor 59
Average
1952 El genial Detective Peter Pérez Actor 59
Average
1952 El ruiseñor del barrio Actor 58
Average
1952 Those Green Eyes Actor 59
Average
1952 Two Faces Have the Destiny Actor Doña Remedios, mamá de Anita 59
Average
1952 Mi adorado salvaje Actor 59
Average
1951 Lodo y armiño Actor 59
Average
1951 María Cristina Actor 58
Average
1951 Recién casados... no molestar Actor 59
Average
1951 Apartment house Actor 58
Average
1951 Historia de un corazón Actor 58
Average
1950 Entre tu amor y el cielo Actor Doña Francisca 59
Average
1950 Inmaculada Actor Doña Rosa 58
Average
1950 Over the Waves Actor Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro 59
Average
1950 Esposa o amante Actor 59
Average
1950 Nuestras vidas Actor 59
Average
1950 La dama del alba Actor 59
Average
1949 Ladronzuela Actor 59
Average
1949 Nosotros los rateros Actor Madre de Mercedes 59
Average
1947 Soledad Actor Roberto's mother 58
Average
1947 El amor abrió los ojos Actor 59
Average
1946 Los nietos de Don Venancio Actor 59
Average
1946 Una sombra en mi destino Actor 59
Average
1946 La culpable Actor María 59
Average
1945 Adulterio Actor 58
Average
1944 El globo de Cantolla Actor 58
Average
1943 Internado para señoritas Actor 59
Average