Emma Penella
Acting
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).
FFG, el último gran conversador
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Bulgarian Lovers
Remedios
Pídele cuentas al rey
Carmen
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
Teresa Panza
El crimen de Don Benito
Doblones de a ocho
Palmira
Viento de cólera
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
Doña Justa
El amor brujo
Tía Rosario
Our Father
María
The Regent's Wife
Ana Ozores - La Regenta
First Surrender
Fortunata y Jacinta
Fortunata
Lola, espejo oscuro
Lola
The Search
Rosa
Black Humor
Miss Wilma - segment 2 'La Mandrilla - Miss Wilma'
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni
Dinah
Badmen of the West
Lucy
La hora incógnita
The Executioner
Carmen, la hija de Amadeo
Carta a una mujer
Flora
La cuarta ventana
Dora García
Alegre juventud
Violeta
El amor de los amores
Scano Boa
Buba
Un ángel tuvo la culpa
Eulalia
Sentencia contra una mujer
De espaldas a la puerta
Lola
The War Starts in Cuba
Un marido de ida y vuelta
Leticia Romero
The Shadow Battalion
Lola
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
Estrella
Red Fish
Ivón
El guardián del paraíso
La monjita
Tres hombres van a morir
Héléna
La patrouille des sables
Héléna
Comedians
Marga
The Adventurer of Seville
Duquesa de San Tirso
Condemned to Hang
Consuelo
¡Che, qué loco!
Esperancita Couceiro
Doña Francisquita
Aurora la Beltrana
Aimless boat
The Eyes Leave a Trace
Lola
Truhanes de honor
Luisa