Prudencia Grifell
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 (69 titles)
8.1MovieWhy Was I Born a Woman?
Doña Rosa · 1970
5.3MovieThe Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
1966
8.0MovieEl señor doctor
Señora Martínez · 1965
6.2MovieCaperucita y sus tres amigos
Red Riding Hood's Grandmother · 1961
6.2MovieSenda prohibida
Federico's Mother · 1961
5.8MovieMis abuelitas... no más!
1961
The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
Doña Teresa Vivanco y de la Vega · 1961
6.2MovieLa hermana blanca
Madame Bernard · 1960
7.0MovieThe Shadow of the Tyrant
Dueña de burdel · 1960
7.5MovieLittle Red Riding Hood
Abuelita · 1959
7.0MovieThe Vivanco Ladies
Teresa Vivanco · 1959
5.7MovieMéxico nunca duerme
1959
5.7MovieThe Smile of the Virgin
1958
6.3MovieSchool for Mothers-in-Law
1958
5.8MovieThe Man That Pleases Me
1958
6.3MoviePréstame tu cuerpo
Simplicia · 1958
5.4MovieMi desconocida esposa
Abuela · 1958
5.4MovieHoras de agonía
1958
5.8MovieRaffles
Doña Constancia · 1958
Pepito and the Monster
Abuelita · 1957
6.0MovieSublime melodía
1956
7.2MoviePensión de artistas
1956
7.0MovieThe Third Word
Angelina · 1956
6.3MovieAngel Face
1956
6.7MovieMelodías de amor
Tía Amelia · 1955
4.4MovieThe Force of Desire
Juana · 1955
6.8MovieThe Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
Sra. Llopis · 1955
5.7MovieEl plagiario
1955
5.4MovieX Murderer
Señora Encinas · 1955
6.0MovieEl monstruo en la sombra
1955