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Prudencia Grifell

Prudencia Grifell

Actor Dec 27 (died age 90) Lugo, Galicia, Spain 1943–1970 (27 year career)
5.5 avg rating

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 …

Known For

El señor doctor
Film

El señor doctor

Señora Martínez
Little Red Riding Hood
Film

Little Red Riding Hood

Abuelita
Why Was I Born a Woman?
Film

Why Was I Born a Woman?

Doña Rosa
The Third Word
Film

The Third Word

Angelina
The Shadow of the Tyrant
Film

The Shadow of the Tyrant

Dueña de burdel
Pensión de artistas
Film

Pensión de artistas

7.0 1956
Over the Waves
Film

Over the Waves

Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro
The Smile of the Virgin
Film

The Smile of the Virgin

5.5 1958

Filmography

Acting (69)

Movies (69)

Why Was I Born a Woman?

Why Was I Born a Woman?

1970

as Doña Rosa

7.9
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris

The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris

1966
4.4
El señor doctor

El señor doctor

1965

as Señora Martínez

7.8
The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies

The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies

1961

as Doña Teresa Vivanco y de la Vega

6.1
Caperucita y sus tres amigos

Caperucita y sus tres amigos

1961

as Red Riding Hood's Grandmother

5.5
Mis abuelitas... no más!

Mis abuelitas... no más!

1961
5.3
Senda prohibida

Senda prohibida

1961

as Federico's Mother

5.5
La hermana blanca

La hermana blanca

1960

as Madame Bernard

5.6
The Shadow of the Tyrant

The Shadow of the Tyrant

1960

as Dueña de burdel

6.7
The Vivanco Ladies

The Vivanco Ladies

1959

as Teresa Vivanco

6.8
Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood

1959

as Abuelita

7.4
México nunca duerme

México nunca duerme

1959
5.0
Préstame tu cuerpo

Préstame tu cuerpo

1958

as Simplicia

5.0
Mi desconocida esposa

Mi desconocida esposa

1958

as Abuela

5.0
School for Mothers-in-Law

School for Mothers-in-Law

1958
5.3
The Smile of the Virgin

The Smile of the Virgin

1958
5.5
Horas de agonía

Horas de agonía

1958
5.0
Raffles

Raffles

1958

as Doña Constancia

5.0
El hombre que me gusta

El hombre que me gusta

1958
5.5
Pepito and the Monster

Pepito and the Monster

1957

as Abuelita

5.2
The Third Word

The Third Word

1956

as Angelina

6.9
Angel Face

Angel Face

1956
5.0
Pensión de artistas

Pensión de artistas

1956
7.0
Sublime melodía

Sublime melodía

1956
5.2
Después de la tormenta

Después de la tormenta

1955
6.5
El monstruo en la sombra

El monstruo en la sombra

1955
5.0
El plagiario

El plagiario

1955
5.0
Melodías de amor

Melodías de amor

1955

as Tía Amelia

5.0
Al Diablo Las Mujeres

Al Diablo Las Mujeres

1955

as Doña Juanita

5.5
X Murderer

X Murderer

1955

as Señora Encinas

5.2
Una mujer en la calle

Una mujer en la calle

1955
3.8
The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman

The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman

1955

as Sra. Llopis

6.0
The Force of Desire

The Force of Desire

1955

as Juana

4.0
La ladrona

La ladrona

1954
5.0
Cuando me vaya

Cuando me vaya

1954
6.8
Un minuto de bondad

Un minuto de bondad

1954

as Tía Margarita

6.0
Prisionera del pasado

Prisionera del pasado

1954
4.6
La sexta carrera

La sexta carrera

1953
6.0
Siete mujeres

Siete mujeres

1953
5.0
Las infieles

Las infieles

1953

as Mamá de Constanzia

6.8
Mujeres que trabajan

Mujeres que trabajan

1953

as Srita. Benavides

6.0
The Devil's Money

The Devil's Money

1953

as Sra. Olea, madre de Manuel

5.0
El ruiseñor del barrio

El ruiseñor del barrio

1952
5.0
El genial Detective Peter Pérez

El genial Detective Peter Pérez

1952
5.5
Póker de ases

Póker de ases

1952
6.2
Those Green Eyes

Those Green Eyes

1952
5.0
Mi adorado salvaje

Mi adorado salvaje

1952
5.0
Two Faces Have the Destiny

Two Faces Have the Destiny

1952

as Doña Remedios, mamá de Anita

6.0
María Cristina

María Cristina

1951
5.0
Apartment house

Apartment house

1951

as Doña Leonor

5.8
Lodo y armiño

Lodo y armiño

1951
5.0
Tale of a Heart

Tale of a Heart

1951
5.0
Recién casados... no molestar

Recién casados... no molestar

1951
5.0
Inmaculada

Inmaculada

1950

as Doña Rosa

5.0
Nuestras vidas

Nuestras vidas

1950
5.2
Over the Waves

Over the Waves

1950

as Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro

5.9
Entre tu amor y el cielo

Entre tu amor y el cielo

1950

as Doña Francisca

5.0
Esposa o amante

Esposa o amante

1950
5.0
La dama del alba

La dama del alba

1950
5.7
Nosotros los rateros

Nosotros los rateros

1949

as Madre de Mercedes

6.1
Ladronzuela

Ladronzuela

1949
6.2
El amor abrió los ojos

El amor abrió los ojos

1947
5.0
Soledad

Soledad

1947

as Roberto's mother

5.5
Una sombra en mi destino

Una sombra en mi destino

1946
5.0
Los nietos de Don Venancio

Los nietos de Don Venancio

1946
5.3
La culpable

La culpable

1946

as María

5.0
Adultery

Adultery

1945
4.0
El globo de Cantolla

El globo de Cantolla

1944
5.5
Internado para señoritas

Internado para señoritas

1943
6.0