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.
Acted in
Why Was I Born a Woman?
1970
as Doña Rosa
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
1966
El señor doctor
1965
as Señora Martínez
Caperucita y sus tres amigos
1961
as Red Riding Hood's Grandmother
Senda prohibida
1961
as Federico's Mother
Mis abuelitas... no más!
1961
The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
1961
as Doña Teresa Vivanco y de la Vega
The Shadow of the Tyrant
1960
as Dueña de burdel
La hermana blanca
1960
Little Red Riding Hood
1959
as Abuelita
The Vivanco Ladies
1959
as Teresa Vivanco
México nunca duerme
1959
The Smile of the Virgin
1958
School for Mothers-in-Law
1958
El hombre que me gusta
1958
Préstame tu cuerpo
1958
as Simplicia
Mi desconocida esposa
1958
as Abuela
Horas de agonía
1958
Raffles
1958
as Doña Constancia
Pepito and the Monster
1957
as Abuelita
Sublime melodía
1956
Pensión de artistas
1956
The Third Word
1956
as Angelina
Angel Face
1956
Melodías de amor
1955
as Tía Amelia
The Force of Desire
1955
as Juana
The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
1955
as Sra. Llopis
El plagiario
1955
X Murderer
1955
as Señora Encinas
The Monster of the Shadow
1955
To Hell with Women
1955
Una mujer en la calle
1955
Después de la tormenta
1955
Prisionera del pasado
1954
Cuando me vaya
1954
La ladrona
1954
The Devil's Money
1953
as Sra. Olea, madre de Manuel
Las infieles
1953
Mujeres que trabajan
1953
as Srita. Benavides
La sexta carrera
1953
Siete mujeres
1953
Póker de ases
1952
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
1952
El ruiseñor del barrio
1952
Those Green Eyes
1952
Two Faces Have the Destiny
1952
as Doña Remedios, mamá de Anita
Mi adorado salvaje
1952
Lodo y armiño
1951
María Cristina
1951
Recién casados... no molestar
1951
Apartment house
1951
Historia de un corazón
1951
Entre tu amor y el cielo
1950
as Doña Francisca
Inmaculada
1950
as Doña Rosa
Over the Waves
1950
as Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro
Esposa o amante
1950
Nuestras vidas
1950
La dama del alba
1950
Ladronzuela
1949
Nosotros los rateros
1949
as Madre de Mercedes
Soledad
1947
as Roberto's mother
El amor abrió los ojos
1947
Los nietos de Don Venancio
1946
Una sombra en mi destino
1946
La culpable
1946
as María
Adulterio
1945
El globo de Cantolla
1944
Internado para señoritas
1943