Manuela Ruiz Penella (2 March 1931[1] – 27 August 2007), better known as Emma Penella, was a Spanish film and television actress.[2]

Emma Penella
Penella in 1996
Born	Manuela Ruiz Penella (1931-03-02)2 March 1931 Madrid, Spain
Died	27 August 2007(2007-08-27) (aged 76) Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Emiliano Piedra ​ ​ (m. 1967; died 1991)​
Parent	Ramón Ruiz Alonso (father)
Relatives	Elisa Montés (sister) Terele Pávez (sister) Manuel Penella (grandfather)

Biography

Manuela Ruiz Penella was born on 2 March 1931 in Madrid, the child of far-right politician Ramón Ruiz Alonso and actress Magdalena Penella Silva, thus she was also the granddaughter of actor Manuel Penella Moreno.[3][4][5] Her younger sisters Elisa ("Elisa Montés") and Teresa ("Terele Pávez") also followed the family's acting footsteps.[5] The three sisters renounced to using the Ruiz family name as an artistic name, in the wake of their father's involvement in the murder of Federico García Lorca.[5][6]

She featured in the 1952 film The Eyes Leave a Trace, ensuingly landing a larger degree of recognition with her performance in The Executioner.[6]

She was named best actress by the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos for Sentencia contra una mujer in 1962.[7]

In 1967, Emma Penella married producer Emiliano Piedra (died 1991).[8]

She died on 27 August 2007 at aged 76 by a sepsis caused due to her diabetes.[9][10][11]

Selected filmography

• The Eyes Leave a Trace (José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, 1952).
• Carne de horca (Ladislao Vajda, 1953).
• What Madness! (1953)
• Doña Francisquita (Ladisalo Vajda, 1953)
• Cómicos (Juan Antonio Bardem, 1953).
• Adventures of the Barber of Seville (1954)
• The Red Fish (José Antonio Nieves Conde, 1955).
• Fedra (Manuel Mur Oti, 1956).
• The Battalion in the Shadows (Manuel Mur Oti, 1956).
• De espaldas a la puerta (José María Forqué, 1956).
• Back to the Door (1959)
• Sentencia contra una mujer (1960)
• El Verdugo (Luis García Berlanga, 1963).
• Fortunata y Jacinta (Angelino Fons, 1963).
• Golden Goddess of Rio Beni (1964)
• La regenta (Gonzalo Suárez, 1975).
• Padre nuestro (Francisco Regueiro, 1985).
• El Amor brujo (Carlos Saura, 1986).
• La estanquera de Vallecas (Eloy de la Iglesia, 1986).
• Doblones de a ocho (Andrés Linares, 1990).
• Mar de luna (Manolo Matji, 1994).
• Pídele cuentas al rey (1999).
• Los novios búlgaros (Bulgarian Lovers) (Eloy de la Iglesia, 2003).
• Aquí no hay quien viva (2003–2006) TV series
• La que se avecina (2007) TV series

References

External links

• Emma Penella at IMDb
• Emma Penella at Find a Grave

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