
Emma Penella
Known for acting · Born 2 March 1930 · Died 27 August 2007 · aged 77 · Madrid, Spain
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Manuela Ruiz Penella known as Emma Penella (Madrid, March 2, 1931 - Ibidem, August 27, 2007) was a Spanish film, theater and television actress. Daughter of the politician Ramón Ruiz Alonso and Magdalena Penella Silva, granddaughter of the composer Manuel Penella Moreno, great-granddaughter of the also musician Manuel Penella Raga, sister of the also actresses Elisa Montés (1934) and Terele Pávez (1939-2017). She married film producer Emiliano Piedra with whom she had three daughters: Emma, Lola and Emiliana. She was also the aunt of the actress Emma Ozores (daughter of her sister Elisa Montés and the actor Antonio Ozores). Actress of marked personality and prestige since the 1950s, she triumphed in cinema thanks to films such as Luis García Berlanga's El verdugo (The Executioner) and maintained intense theatrical activity. She renewed her popularity in her later years participating in the television series Aquí no hay quien viva (2003-2006) and La que se avecina (2007).
Known for

Aquí no hay quien viva
2003

La que se avecina
2007

The Executioner
1963

The Tobacconist of Vallecas
1987

Red Fish
1955

The Search
1966

Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
1956

Comedians
1954

El amor brujo
1986

La hora incógnita
1963

Condemned to Hang
1953

The War Starts in Cuba
1957