Prudencia Grifell
Acting · Born Dec 27, 1879 · Died Jun 7, 1970 (90) · 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
Films
Why Was I Born a Woman?
19708.2
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
19665.3
El señor doctor
19658.0
Caperucita y sus tres amigos
19616.2
Senda prohibida
19616.2
Mis abuelitas... no más!
19615.8
La hermana blanca
19606.2
The Shadow of the Tyrant
19607.0
Little Red Riding Hood
19597.5
The Vivanco Ladies
19597.0
México nunca duerme
19595.7
The Smile of the Virgin
19585.7
School for Mothers-in-Law
19586.2
The Man That Pleases Me
19585.8
Préstame tu cuerpo
19586.3
Mi desconocida esposa
19585.4
Horas de agonía
19585.4
Raffles
19585.8
Sublime melodía
19566.0
Pensión de artistas
19567.2
The Third Word
19567.0
Angel Face
19566.2
Melodías de amor
19556.7
The Force of Desire
19554.1
The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
19556.8
El plagiario
19555.7
X Murderer
19555.4
El monstruo en la sombra
19556.0
Al diablo las mujeres
19556.0
Una mujer en la calle
19554.8
Después de la tormenta
19556.8
Prisionera del pasado
19545.5
Cuando me vaya
19546.8
La ladrona
19546.3
Un minuto de bondad
19546.4
The Devil's Money
19536.0
Las infieles
19537.0
Mujeres que trabajan
19536.1
La sexta carrera
19536.5
Siete mujeres
19536.7
Póker de ases
19526.5
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
19525.8
El ruiseñor del barrio
19525.8
Those Green Eyes
19526.0
Two Faces Have the Destiny
19526.2
Mi adorado salvaje
19525.4
Lodo y Armiño
19515.6
María Cristina
19515.5
Recién casados... no molestar
19515.6
Apartment house
19516.3
Tale of a Heart
19516.7
Entre tu amor y el cielo
19506.2
Inmaculada
19506.3
Over the Waves
19506.1
Esposa o amante
19506.3
Nuestras vidas
19506.0
La dama del alba
19506.3
Ladronzuela
19496.7
Nosotros los rateros
19496.2
Soledad
19475.9
El amor abrió los ojos
19476.0
Los nietos de Don Venancio
19465.8
Una sombra en mi destino
19465.7
La culpable
19465.7
Adultery
19454.9
El globo de Cantolla
19445.8
Internado para señoritas
19436.2