Prudencia Grifell
Known for ActingBorn 1879-12-27 — died 1970-06-07Lugo, 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.
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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
El señor doctor
1965 · as Señora Martínez
Little Red Riding Hood
1959 · as Abuelita
Sublime melodía
1956
Apartment house
1951 · as Doña Leonor
The Devil's Money
1953 · as Sra. Olea, madre de Manuel
Melodías de amor
1955 · as Tía Amelia
Mi desconocida esposa
1958 · as Abuela
El plagiario
1955
Angel Face
1956
Pepito and the Monster
1957 · as Abuelita
Lodo y Armiño
1951
El monstruo en la sombra
1955
Póker de ases
1952
Pensión de artistas
1956
Recién casados... no molestar
1951
The Shadow of the Tyrant
1960 · as Dueña de burdel
Caperucita y sus tres amigos
1961 · as Red Riding Hood's Grandmother
The Third Word
1956 · as Angelina