
Prudencia Grifell
Known for Acting · 69 credits
- Born
- 1879-12-27
- Died
- 1970-06-07
- Place of birth
- Lugo, Galicia, Spain
- Also known as
- Doña Prudencia Grifell · Prudencia María Victoria Grifell Masip
Biography
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
Movies (69)

Little Red Riding Hood
1959
as Abuelita

El señor doctor
1965
as Señora Martínez

Una mujer en la calle
1955

The Vivanco Ladies
1959
as Teresa Vivanco

Pensión de artistas
1956

The Force of Desire
1955
as Juana

The Third Word
1956
as Angelina

Soledad
1947
as Roberto's mother

Caperucita y sus tres amigos
1961
as Red Riding Hood's Grandmother

The Shadow of the Tyrant
1960
as Dueña de burdel

Two Faces Have the Destiny
1952
as Doña Remedios, mamá de Anita

Melodías de amor
1955
as Tía Amelia

The Devil's Money
1953
as Sra. Olea, madre de Manuel
The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
1961
as Doña Teresa Vivanco y de la Vega

The Smile of the Virgin
1958
Pepito and the Monster
1957
as Abuelita

Una sombra en mi destino
1946

Apartment house
1951
as Doña Leonor

La sexta carrera
1953

Adultery
1945
as Doña Lupita

Lodo y armiño
1951

México nunca duerme
1959

La ladrona
1954

The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
1966

Inmaculada
1950
as Doña Rosa

Los nietos de Don Venancio
1946

Why Was I Born a Woman?
1970
as Doña Rosa

Prisionera del pasado
1954

Un minuto de bondad
1954
as Tía Margarita

Over the Waves
1950
as Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro

Póker de ases
1952

El ruiseñor del barrio
1952

School for Mothers-in-Law
1958

Tale of a Heart
1951

The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
1955
as Sra. Llopis

Siete mujeres
1953

Senda prohibida
1961
as Federico's Mother

Ladronzuela
1949

El plagiario
1955

La hermana blanca
1960
as Madame Bernard

Sublime melodía
1956

Nosotros los rateros
1949
as Madre de Mercedes

Esposa o amante
1950

The Man That Pleases Me
1958

Mi desconocida esposa
1958
as Abuela

Angel Face
1956

X Murderer
1955
as Señora Encinas

Cuando me vaya
1954

Al Diablo Las Mujeres
1955
as Doña Juanita

María Cristina
1951

Internado para señoritas
1943

Raffles
1958
as Doña Constancia

Those Green Eyes
1952

El amor abrió los ojos
1947

Entre tu amor y el cielo
1950
as Doña Francisca

Horas de agonía
1958

El monstruo en la sombra
1955

La dama del alba
1950

Nuestras vidas
1950

Recién casados... no molestar
1951

Mis abuelitas... no más!
1961

Las infieles
1953
as Mamá de Constanzia

Mi adorado salvaje
1952

El genial Detective Peter Pérez
1952

El globo de Cantolla
1944

Préstame tu cuerpo
1958
as Simplicia

La culpable
1946
as María

Después de la tormenta
1955

Mujeres que trabajan
1953
as Srita. Benavides
About 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 late… With 69 credits spanning from 1943 to 1970, Prudencia Grifell has appeared in 69 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Prudencia Grifell Movies
- Little Red Riding Hood (1959) — as Abuelita
- El señor doctor (1965) — as Señora Martínez
- Una mujer en la calle (1955)
- The Vivanco Ladies (1959) — as Teresa Vivanco
- Pensión de artistas (1956)
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