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Prudencia Grifell

1879-12-27

The Biography

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.

Prudencia Grifell in

Movies

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El señor doctor

7.8 average rating
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Historia de un corazón

5 average rating
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The Devil's Money

5 average rating
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Little Red Riding Hood

7.3 average rating
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The Third Word

6.7 average rating
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Two Faces Have the Destiny

6 average rating
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Why Was I Born a Woman?

7.8 average rating
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Una sombra en mi destino

5 average rating
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X Murderer

5.2 average rating
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The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris

4.4 average rating
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Apartment house

5.6 average rating
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Pensión de artistas

7 average rating
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Over the Waves

5.9 average rating
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Senda prohibida

5.5 average rating
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Mis abuelitas... no más!

5.3 average rating
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Mujeres que trabajan

6 average rating
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Recién casados... no molestar

5 average rating
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The Shadow of the Tyrant

6.5 average rating
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The Smile of the Virgin

5.5 average rating
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Esposa o amante

5 average rating