Prudencia Grifell
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
ActingBirthday
December 27, 1879Deathday
June 7, 1970Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
67Place of birth
Lugo, Galicia, SpainAlso known as
Doña Prudencia Grifell
Cast credits
Over the Waves
Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro
Angel Face
Why Was I Born a Woman?
Doña Rosa
Soledad
Roberto's mother
Nosotros los rateros
Madre de Mercedes
Los nietos de Don Venancio
Internado para señoritas
X Murderer
Señora Encinas
Those Green Eyes
The Monster of the Shadow
The Third Word
Angelina
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
Cuando me vaya
La ladrona
To Hell with Women
The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
Sra. Llopis
El plagiario
Una mujer en la calle
Two Faces Have the Destiny
Doña Remedios, mamá de Anita
Mi desconocida esposa
Abuela
The Vivanco Ladies
Teresa VivancoImages
