Prudencia Grifell

Known for ActingBorn 1879-12-27Died 1970-06-07Lugo, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Why Was I Born a Woman?

El señor doctor

Little Red Riding Hood

Pensión de artistas

The Shadow of the Tyrant

The Vivanco Ladies

The Third Word

Las infieles

Cuando me vaya

The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman

Después de la tormenta

Melodías de amor

Ladronzuela

Siete mujeres

Tale of a Heart

La sexta carrera

Póker de ases

Un minuto de bondad

Préstame tu cuerpo

The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies

Inmaculada

Esposa o amante

School for Mothers-in-Law

Caperucita y sus tres amigos

Angel Face

Senda prohibida

Apartment house

La dama del alba

La hermana blanca

Entre tu amor y el cielo

Nosotros los rateros

Mujeres que trabajan

Two Faces Have the Destiny

Internado para señoritas

Over the Waves

Sublime melodía

El monstruo en la sombra

Al Diablo Las Mujeres

La ladrona

The Devil's Money

Those Green Eyes

Nuestras vidas

El amor abrió los ojos

Pepito and the Monster

The Man That Pleases Me

Mis abuelitas... no más!

Raffles

Soledad