Prudencia Grifell
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?
as Doña Rosa
Why Was I Born a Woman?
as Doña Rosa
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
El señor doctor
as Señora Martínez
El señor doctor
as Señora Martínez
Caperucita y sus tres amigos
as Red Riding Hood's Grandmother
Caperucita y sus tres amigos
as Red Riding Hood's Grandmother
Senda prohibida
as Federico's Mother
Senda prohibida
as Federico's Mother
Mis abuelitas... no más!
Mis abuelitas... no más!
The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
as Doña Teresa Vivanco y de la Vega
The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
as Doña Teresa Vivanco y de la Vega
La hermana blanca
as Madame Bernard
La hermana blanca
as Madame Bernard
The Shadow of the Tyrant
as Dueña de burdel
The Shadow of the Tyrant
as Dueña de burdel
Little Red Riding Hood
as Abuelita
Little Red Riding Hood
as Abuelita
The Vivanco Ladies
as Teresa Vivanco
The Vivanco Ladies
as Teresa Vivanco
México nunca duerme
México nunca duerme
The Smile of the Virgin
The Smile of the Virgin
School for Mothers-in-Law
School for Mothers-in-Law
The Man That Pleases Me
The Man That Pleases Me
Préstame tu cuerpo
as Simplicia
Préstame tu cuerpo
as Simplicia
Mi desconocida esposa
as Abuela
Mi desconocida esposa
as Abuela
Horas de agonía
Horas de agonía
Raffles
as Doña Constancia
Raffles
as Doña Constancia
Pepito and the Monster
as Abuelita
Pepito and the Monster
as Abuelita
Sublime melodía
Sublime melodía
Pensión de artistas
Pensión de artistas
The Third Word
as Angelina
The Third Word
as Angelina
Angel Face
Angel Face
Melodías de amor
as Tía Amelia
Melodías de amor
as Tía Amelia
The Force of Desire
as Juana
The Force of Desire
as Juana
The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
as Sra. Llopis
The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
as Sra. Llopis
El plagiario
El plagiario
X Murderer
as Señora Encinas
X Murderer
as Señora Encinas
El monstruo en la sombra
El monstruo en la sombra
Al diablo las mujeres
as Doña Juanita
Al diablo las mujeres
as Doña Juanita
Una mujer en la calle
as Tía Nena (María de Jesús)
Una mujer en la calle
as Tía Nena (María de Jesús)
Después de la tormenta
Después de la tormenta
Prisionera del pasado
Prisionera del pasado
Cuando me vaya
as Doña Generosa
Cuando me vaya
as Doña Generosa
La ladrona
La ladrona
Un minuto de bondad
as Tía Margarita
Un minuto de bondad
as Tía Margarita
The Devil's Money
as Sra. Olea, madre de Manuel
The Devil's Money
as Sra. Olea, madre de Manuel
Las infieles
as Mamá de Constanzia
Las infieles
as Mamá de Constanzia
Mujeres que trabajan
as Srita. Benavides
Mujeres que trabajan
as Srita. Benavides
La sexta carrera
La sexta carrera
Siete mujeres
Siete mujeres
Póker de ases
Póker de ases
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
El ruiseñor del barrio
El ruiseñor del barrio
Those Green Eyes
Those Green Eyes
Two Faces Have the Destiny
as Doña Remedios, mamá de Anita
Two Faces Have the Destiny
as Doña Remedios, mamá de Anita
Mi adorado salvaje
Mi adorado salvaje
Lodo y Armiño
Lodo y Armiño
María Cristina
María Cristina
Recién casados... no molestar
Recién casados... no molestar
Apartment house
as Doña Leonor
Apartment house
as Doña Leonor
Tale of a Heart
Tale of a Heart
Entre tu amor y el cielo
as Doña Francisca
Entre tu amor y el cielo
as Doña Francisca
Inmaculada
as Doña Rosa
Inmaculada
as Doña Rosa
Over the Waves
as Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro
Over the Waves
as Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro
Esposa o amante
Esposa o amante
Nuestras vidas
Nuestras vidas
La dama del alba
La dama del alba
Ladronzuela
Ladronzuela
Nosotros los rateros
as Madre de Mercedes
Nosotros los rateros
as Madre de Mercedes
Soledad
as Roberto's mother
Soledad
as Roberto's mother
El amor abrió los ojos
El amor abrió los ojos
Los nietos de Don Venancio
Los nietos de Don Venancio
Una sombra en mi destino
Una sombra en mi destino
La culpable
as María
La culpable
as María
Adultery
as Doña Lupita
Adultery
as Doña Lupita
El globo de Cantolla
El globo de Cantolla
Internado para señoritas
Internado para señoritas