Prudencia Grifell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 27, 1879
- Died
- June 7, 1970
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Why Was I Born a Woman? 1970
as Doña Rosa
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris 1966
Actor
El señor doctor 1965
as Señora Martínez
Caperucita y sus tres amigos 1961
as Red Riding Hood's Grandmother
Senda prohibida 1961
as Federico's Mother
Mis abuelitas... no más! 1961
Actor
- The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies 1961
as Doña Teresa Vivanco y de la Vega
La hermana blanca 1960
as Madame Bernard
The Shadow of the Tyrant 1960
as Dueña de burdel
Little Red Riding Hood 1959
as Abuelita
The Vivanco Ladies 1959
as Teresa Vivanco
México nunca duerme 1959
Actor
The Smile of the Virgin 1958
Actor
School for Mothers-in-Law 1958
Actor
The Man That Pleases Me 1958
Actor
Préstame tu cuerpo 1958
as Simplicia
Mi desconocida esposa 1958
as Abuela
Horas de agonía 1958
Actor
Raffles 1958
as Doña Constancia
- Pepito and the Monster
Pepito and the Monster 1957
as Abuelita
Pies de gato 1957
as Agustina
- El organillero
El organillero 1957
as Doña Tecla
Sublime melodía 1956
Actor
Pensión de artistas 1956
Actor
The Third Word 1956
as Angelina
Angel Face 1956
Actor
Los bandidos de Río Frío 1956
as Agustina
Melodías de amor 1955
as Tía Amelia
The Force of Desire 1955
as Juana
The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman 1955
as Sra. Llopis
El plagiario 1955
Actor
X Murderer 1955
as Señora Encinas
El monstruo en la sombra 1955
Actor
Al diablo las mujeres 1955
as Doña Juanita
Necesito un marido 1955
as Mamá de Ernesto
Una mujer en la calle 1955
as Tía Nena (María de Jesús)
Después de la tormenta 1955
Actor
Prisionera del pasado 1954
Actor
Solamente una vez 1954
Actor
Cuando me vaya 1954
as Doña Generosa
La ladrona 1954
Actor
Un minuto de bondad 1954
as Tía Margarita
The Devil's Money 1953
as Sra. Olea, madre de Manuel
Las infieles 1953
as Mamá de Constanzia
Mujeres que trabajan 1953
as Srita. Benavides
Siete mujeres 1953
Actor
La sexta carrera 1953
Actor
Póker de ases 1952
Actor
Sor Alegría 1952
as Sor Úrsula
El genial Detective Peter Pérez 1952
Actor
El ruiseñor del barrio 1952
Actor
Those Green Eyes 1952
Actor
Mi adorado salvaje 1952
Actor
Two Faces Have the Destiny 1952
as Doña Remedios, mamá de Anita
Lodo y Armiño 1951
Actor
María Cristina 1951
Actor
Recién casados... no molestar 1951
Actor
Apartment house 1951
as Doña Leonor
Los huéspedes de La Marquesa 1951
Actor
Peregrina 1951
Actor
Tale of a Heart 1951
Actor
Entre tu amor y el cielo 1950
as Doña Francisca
El ciclón del Caribe 1950
Actor
Inmaculada 1950
as Doña Rosa
Over the Waves 1950
as Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro
Esposa o amante 1950
Actor
Nuestras vidas 1950
Actor
La dama del alba 1950
Actor
Ladronzuela 1949
Actor
Nosotros los rateros 1949
as Madre de Mercedes
El miedo llegó a Jalisco 1949
Actor
- Otoño y primavera
Otoño y primavera 1949
Actor
Contra la ley de Dios 1949
Actor
Barrio de pasiones 1948
Actor
Soledad 1947
as Roberto's mother
El amor abrió los ojos 1947
Actor
Los nietos de Don Venancio 1946
Actor
La culpable 1946
as María
Una sombra en mi destino 1946
Actor
Corazones de México 1945
Actor
Adultery 1945
as Doña Lupita
Sierra Morena 1945
Actor
El globo de Cantolla 1944
Actor
Viejo nido 1944
Actor
Internado para señoritas 1943
Actor
Credits from TMDB.