Prudencia Grifell
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 (69 Appearances)
Why Was I Born a Woman?
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
El señor doctor
Caperucita y sus tres amigos
Senda prohibida
Mis abuelitas... no más!
The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
La hermana blanca
The Shadow of the Tyrant
Little Red Riding Hood
The Vivanco Ladies
México nunca duerme
The Smile of the Virgin
School for Mothers-in-Law
El hombre que me gusta
Préstame tu cuerpo
Mi desconocida esposa
Horas de agonía
Raffles
Pepito and the Monster
Sublime melodía
Pensión de artistas
The Third Word
Angel Face
Melodías de amor
The Force of Desire
The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
El plagiario
X Murderer
El monstruo en la sombra
Al Diablo Las Mujeres
Una mujer en la calle
Después de la tormenta
Prisionera del pasado
Cuando me vaya
La ladrona
Un minuto de bondad
The Devil's Money
Las infieles
Mujeres que trabajan
La sexta carrera
Siete mujeres
Póker de ases
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
El ruiseñor del barrio
Those Green Eyes
Two Faces Have the Destiny
Mi adorado salvaje
Lodo y armiño
María Cristina
Recién casados... no molestar
Apartment house
Tale of a Heart
Entre tu amor y el cielo
Inmaculada
Over the Waves
Esposa o amante
Nuestras vidas
La dama del alba
Ladronzuela
Nosotros los rateros
Soledad
El amor abrió los ojos
Los nietos de Don Venancio
Una sombra en mi destino
La culpable
Adultery
El globo de Cantolla
Internado para señoritas