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Prudencia Grifell

Prudencia Grifell

Acting

Biography

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 Movies

Acting

Poster for Over the Waves
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Over the Waves

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Over the Waves
Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro
Poster for La sexta carrera
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La sexta carrera

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La sexta carrera
Poster for Why Was I Born a Woman?
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Why Was I Born a Woman?

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Why Was I Born a Woman?
Doña Rosa
Poster for Apartment house
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Apartment house

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Apartment house
Doña Leonor
Poster for El amor abrió los ojos
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El amor abrió los ojos

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El amor abrió los ojos
Poster for Soledad
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Soledad

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Soledad
Roberto's mother
Poster for Nosotros los rateros
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Nosotros los rateros

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Nosotros los rateros
Madre de Mercedes
Pepito and the MonsterMOVIE
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Pepito and the Monster

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Pepito and the Monster
Abuelita
Poster for Los nietos de Don Venancio
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Los nietos de Don Venancio

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Los nietos de Don Venancio
Poster for Tale of a Heart
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Tale of a Heart

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Tale of a Heart

Gallery

Prudencia Grifell portrait