Actor
Prudencia Grifell
December 27, 1879 · Lugo, Galicia, Spain
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.
Often works with
Manuel Arvide
5 titles together
The Shadow of the Tyrant, Adultery, The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
Miguel Ángel Ferriz Sr.
4 titles together
The Third Word, The Shadow of the Tyrant, X Murderer
Andrés Soler
4 titles together
Why Was I Born a Woman?, Over the Waves, Apartment house
Miguel Manzano
4 titles together
The Smile of the Virgin, Over the Waves, X Murderer
José Chávez
3 titles together
El señor doctor, The Third Word, The Force of Desire
Beatriz Aguirre
3 titles together
Little Red Riding Hood, Over the Waves, La dama del alba
Full filmography · 69
Why Was I Born a Woman?
as Doña Rosa
1970
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
cast
1966
El señor doctor
as Señora Martínez
19658
Caperucita y sus tres amigos
as Red Riding Hood's Grandmother
1961
Senda prohibida
as Federico's Mother
1961
Mis abuelitas... no más!
cast
1961The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
as Doña Teresa Vivanco y de la Vega
1961
La hermana blanca
as Madame Bernard
1960
The Shadow of the Tyrant
as Dueña de burdel
1960
Little Red Riding Hood
as Abuelita
19597.5
The Vivanco Ladies
as Teresa Vivanco
1959
México nunca duerme
cast
1959