Acting
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.
Filmography
Why Was I Born a Woman?
Film · 1970
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
Film · 1966
El señor doctor
Film · 1965
Caperucita y sus tres amigos
Film · 1961
Senda prohibida
Film · 1961
The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
Film · 1961
Mis abuelitas... no más!
Film · 1961
The Shadow of the Tyrant
Film · 1960
La hermana blanca
Film · 1960
The Vivanco Ladies
Film · 1959
México nunca duerme
Film · 1959
Little Red Riding Hood
Film · 1959
Mi desconocida esposa
Film · 1958
Préstame tu cuerpo
Film · 1958
School for Mothers-in-Law
Film · 1958
The Man That Pleases Me
Film · 1958
Horas de agonía
Film · 1958
The Smile of the Virgin
Film · 1958
Raffles
Film · 1958
Pepito and the Monster
Film · 1957
Angel Face
Film · 1956
The Third Word
Film · 1956
Pensión de artistas
Film · 1956
Sublime melodía
Film · 1956
X Murderer
Film · 1955
El monstruo en la sombra
Film · 1955
El plagiario
Film · 1955
Al diablo las mujeres
Film · 1955
The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
Film · 1955
Una mujer en la calle
Film · 1955
Después de la tormenta
Film · 1955
The Force of Desire
Film · 1955
Melodías de amor
Film · 1955
Cuando me vaya
Film · 1954
La ladrona
Film · 1954
Prisionera del pasado
Film · 1954
Un minuto de bondad
Film · 1954
La sexta carrera
Film · 1953
Las infieles
Film · 1953
Mujeres que trabajan
Film · 1953
The Devil's Money
Film · 1953
Siete mujeres
Film · 1953
Those Green Eyes
Film · 1952
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
Film · 1952
Two Faces Have the Destiny
Film · 1952
Póker de ases
Film · 1952
Mi adorado salvaje
Film · 1952
El ruiseñor del barrio
Film · 1952
Apartment house
Film · 1951
Tale of a Heart
Film · 1951
María Cristina
Film · 1951
Recién casados... no molestar
Film · 1951
Lodo y Armiño
Film · 1951
Over the Waves
Film · 1950
La dama del alba
Film · 1950
Nuestras vidas
Film · 1950
Inmaculada
Film · 1950
Entre tu amor y el cielo
Film · 1950
Esposa o amante
Film · 1950
Nosotros los rateros
Film · 1949
Ladronzuela
Film · 1949
El amor abrió los ojos
Film · 1947
Soledad
Film · 1947
Los nietos de Don Venancio
Film · 1946
Una sombra en mi destino
Film · 1946
La culpable
Film · 1946
Adultery
Film · 1945
El globo de Cantolla
Film · 1944
Internado para señoritas
Film · 1943