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Prudencia Grifell
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 27, 1879
Day of Death
June 7, 1970
Age at Death
90 years old
Place of Birth
Lugo, Galicia, Spain
Popularity Score
0.3
Filmography
Why Was I Born a Woman?
Doña Rosa
1970Movie
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
1966Movie
El señor doctor
Señora Martínez
1965Movie
Caperucita y sus tres amigos
Red Riding Hood's Grandmother
1961Movie
Senda prohibida
Federico's Mother
1961Movie
The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
Doña Teresa Vivanco y de la Vega
1961Movie
Mis abuelitas... no más!
1961Movie
The Shadow of the Tyrant
Dueña de burdel
1960Movie
La hermana blanca
Madame Bernard
1960Movie
The Vivanco Ladies
Teresa Vivanco
1959Movie
México nunca duerme
1959Movie
Little Red Riding Hood
Abuelita
1959Movie
Mi desconocida esposa
Abuela
1958Movie
Préstame tu cuerpo
Simplicia
1958Movie
School for Mothers-in-Law
1958Movie
The Man That Pleases Me
1958Movie
Horas de agonía
1958Movie
The Smile of the Virgin
1958Movie
Raffles
Doña Constancia
1958Movie
Pepito and the Monster
Abuelita
1957Movie
Angel Face
1956Movie
The Third Word
Angelina
1956Movie
Pensión de artistas
1956Movie
Sublime melodía
1956Movie
X Murderer
Señora Encinas
1955Movie
El monstruo en la sombra
1955Movie
Al diablo las mujeres
Doña Juanita
1955Movie
El plagiario
1955Movie
The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
Sra. Llopis
1955Movie
Una mujer en la calle
Tía Nena (María de Jesús)
1955Movie
Después de la tormenta
1955Movie
The Force of Desire
Juana
1955Movie
Melodías de amor
Tía Amelia
1955Movie
Cuando me vaya
Doña Generosa
1954Movie
La ladrona
1954Movie
Prisionera del pasado
1954Movie
Un minuto de bondad
Tía Margarita
1954Movie
La sexta carrera
1953Movie
Las infieles
Mamá de Constanzia
1953Movie
Mujeres que trabajan
Srita. Benavides
1953Movie
The Devil's Money
Sra. Olea, madre de Manuel
1953Movie
Siete mujeres
1953Movie
Those Green Eyes
1952Movie
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
1952Movie
Two Faces Have the Destiny
Doña Remedios, mamá de Anita
1952Movie
Póker de ases
1952Movie
Mi adorado salvaje
1952Movie
El ruiseñor del barrio
1952Movie
Apartment house
Doña Leonor
1951Movie
Tale of a Heart
1951Movie
María Cristina
1951Movie
Recién casados... no molestar
1951Movie
Lodo y Armiño
1951Movie
Over the Waves
Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro
1950Movie
La dama del alba
1950Movie
Nuestras vidas
1950Movie
Inmaculada
Doña Rosa
1950Movie
Entre tu amor y el cielo
Doña Francisca
1950Movie
Esposa o amante
1950Movie
Nosotros los rateros
Madre de Mercedes
1949Movie
Ladronzuela
1949Movie
El amor abrió los ojos
1947Movie
Soledad
Roberto's mother
1947Movie
Los nietos de Don Venancio
1946Movie
Una sombra en mi destino
1946Movie
La culpable
María
1946Movie
Adultery
Doña Lupita
1945Movie
El globo de Cantolla
1944Movie
Internado para señoritas
1943Movie