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