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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.934 |
| Birthday | 1879-12-27 |
| Place of Birth | Lugo, Galicia, Spain |
| Also Known As | Doña Prudencia Grifell, Prudencia María Victoria Grifell Masip, |
1950
Over the Waves
5.9/8
The life of the musician Juventino Rosas, who despite his talent lived an existence of misfortune and poverty.
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Over the Waves
1953
La sexta carrera
5/2
Mexican feature film
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La sexta carrera
1970
Why Was I Born a Woman?
7.8/13
A family gathers to celebrate Mother's Day, that day a woman discuss many problems about her woman condition; husband, children and grandchildren will...
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Why Was I Born a Woman?
1951
Apartment house
5.6/5
Personal dramas among the residents of an apartment house.
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Apartment house
1947
El amor abrió los ojos
5/2
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El amor abrió los ojos
1947
Soledad
5/5
Soledad, a maid born in Argentina, works at a Mexican farm. The son of her employer will deceive her, pretending to marry her and leaving her pregnant...
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Soledad
1949
Nosotros los rateros
6.1/7
A young woman, a thief and a lawyer find themselves in the same hotel room without planning it. Mercedes, the thief, has a brother who, by mistake, ki...
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Nosotros los rateros
1957
Pepito and the Monster
5.2/5
The boy Pepito, is looking for work to help his grandmother, who is not receiving her pension. He wants to be a magician's assistant, and thus begin h...
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Pepito and the Monster
1946
Los nietos de Don Venancio
5.3/3
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Los nietos de Don Venancio
1951
Historia de un corazón
5/2
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Historia de un corazón
1943
Internado para señoritas
6/4
1940s-style teen comedy set in a private school for girls.
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Internado para señoritas
1955
X Murderer
5.2/6
A murderer turns himself to the police, but claims amnesia and insists he's unable to tell them anything about his crime.
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X Murderer
1961
Caperucita y sus tres amigos
5/3
Villagers think the Big Bad Wolf has returned to his fierce, wild-animal ways. Also gypsies.
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Caperucita y sus tres amigos
1956
Angel Face
5/3
Mischievous little girl pulls a variety of pranks for the purpose of preventing her parents from divorcing.
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Angel Face
1952
Those Green Eyes
5/2
Orphan girl under the protection of a benefactor begins to suspect that her mother had an affair with him and that he's her father.
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Those Green Eyes
1955
The Monster of the Shadow
5/2
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The Monster of the Shadow
1956
The Third Word
6.7/15
The English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante stars as a pampered young man who is sheltered by his doti...
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The Third Word
1952
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
5.5/4
Bumbling detective solves a murder on board a train.
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El genial Detective Peter Pérez
1954
Cuando me vaya
6/4
Fictionalized version of the life of songwriter Maria Grever.
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Cuando me vaya
1954
La ladrona
5/4
Twin sisters butt heads over a feller. One goes into a convent, the other becomes a professional thiefstress.
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La ladrona
1952
Two Faces Have the Destiny
6/5
Ruined alcoholic doctor escapes a tropical plague and begins a new life back in civilization, taking over the identity of a dead man.
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Two Faces Have the Destiny
1955
El plagiario
5/2
Gangster's daughter learns about her dad's illegalist lifestyle.
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El plagiario
1955
To Hell with Women
5.5/4
Small-town elects a female mayor. She suppresses all the time-honored masculine pastimes, and the men rebel.
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To Hell with Women
1955
The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
6/4
Ghosts and premonitions; a married woman discovers the true love of her life while being plagued with supernatural phenomena relating to her imminent...
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The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
1955
Una mujer en la calle
3.7/3
An implausible accident causes a street prostitute to become close friends with an aristocratic old lady.
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Una mujer en la calle
1959
The Vivanco Ladies
6.8/5
Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter.
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The Vivanco Ladies
1958
Mi desconocida esposa
5/4
After moving from Guadalajara to Mexico City, a young woman gets embroiled in a series of puzzling mistaken-identity misadventures.
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Mi desconocida esposa
1961
Senda prohibida
5.5/4
The story of Nora, a poor but ambitious young woman, who uses her beauty to seduce a rich and married lawyer.
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Senda prohibida
1946
Una sombra en mi destino
5/2
Mexican movie
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Una sombra en mi destino
1956
Pensión de artistas
7/8
Between-engagements troupers at a theatrical boarding-house con a rich acquaintance into financing a show.
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Pensión de artistas
1958
Préstame tu cuerpo
5/2
Heaven Can Wait scenario; a young woman dies forty years ahead of schedule because her guardian angel made a mistake... so the divine powers that be p...
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Préstame tu cuerpo
1965
El señor doctor
7.8/95
It's about a country doctor that comes to the city while a clinic is built in his home town... he rubs off his care and compassion on others at the ho...
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El señor doctor
1952
Póker de ases
6.2/5
Four brothers try to manage their careers and love-lives under the close supervision of a domineering mother.
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Póker de ases
1960
The Shadow of the Tyrant
6.5/11
In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find themselves at his mercy as he will resort to anything...
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The Shadow of the Tyrant
1953
Las infieles
6.8/5
Governess falls in love with the uncle of the children she's teaching. Then complications.
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Las infieles
1960
La hermana blanca
5.6/4
A young woman believes her fiance has died, and she enters a convent.
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La hermana blanca
1961
The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
6.1/5
After being arrested the two adorable grannies spend some time in jail and then stand trial for the robberies they've committed.
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The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
1958
School for Mothers-in-Law
5.3/3
Dizzy society matron plucks a hobo out of the gutter to rehabilitate him.
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School for Mothers-in-Law
1955
Después de la tormenta
5.3/3
This Mexican melodrama may have been released above the border as After the Storm. The principal characters are a pair of twin lighthouse keepers. The...
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Después de la tormenta
1961
Mis abuelitas... no más!
5.3/3
Bush-league actor allows two adorable grannies to believe he's their long-lost grandson. Then: complications!
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Mis abuelitas... no más!
1944
El globo de Cantolla
5.5/4
Three boys and three girls in the 1890s.
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El globo de Cantolla
1955
The Force of Desire
4.6/5
Wicked girl uses nude modeling as a way to seduce a wealthy painter into marriage, while still trying to keep an artschool stud piece on the side.
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The Force of Desire
1950
La dama del alba
5/5
Family rescues a woman from the river nearby where their daughter committed suicide years before. Unresolved mysteries. And meanwhile, there's a myste...
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La dama del alba
1958
El hombre que me gusta
5.5/4
A man facing bankruptcy and ruin rehearses a couple of scenarios relating to suicide, until his family convinces him he's worth more alive than dead.
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El hombre que me gusta
1966
The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
4.4/5
Unmarried opera singer has a baby, and her friends convince her to pass it off as the grandchild of a wealthy old lady.
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The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
1958
Horas de agonía
5/4
Nubile young woman seems to be quite free with her affections... but she has a deep, dark secret. Deep. Dark.
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Horas de agonía
1945
Adulterio
4.6/5
Man commits suicide over his wife's infidelity. His father spends the rest of his life trying to figure out which of son's two children is illegitimat...
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Adulterio
1949
Ladronzuela
5.6/5
Homeless girl placed in a court-appointed foster home under the care of a social worker.
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Ladronzuela
1951
María Cristina
5/5
Decent, hard-working young woman gradually finds her way toward love and happiness. With occasional spasms of Afro-Cuban dancing.
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María Cristina
1959
México nunca duerme
5/6
Fretful granny is upset when her granddaughter isn't home by 9 PM on Saturday night, so she teams up with a gangster to tour Mexico City nightclubs lo...
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México nunca duerme
1952
Mi adorado salvaje
5/4
The old folks back home in Spain have arranged a marriage for their niece living in Mexico. To side-step their demands, she pretends to be already mar...
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Mi adorado salvaje
1952
El ruiseñor del barrio
5/4
Ten or twelve years ago, a young man wrecked his car and his wife was killed in the accident. Today, his wealthy mother-in-law is still full of hatred...
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El ruiseñor del barrio
1950
Nuestras vidas
5.2/5
Frivolous woman falls in reallytruly love for the first time, but her past catches up with her and her fiancé kicks her to the curb. Then joining a co...
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Nuestras vidas
1959
Little Red Riding Hood
7.3/26
The classic story of the Red Riding Hood spiced up by a couple of funny characters like the dog Duke, companion to the girl in her adventures, and the...
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Little Red Riding Hood
1954
Prisionera del pasado
4.6/5
Romance between a flamenco singer performing in Mexico and a gov't soldier during the Mexican Revolution.
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Prisionera del pasado
1951
Recién casados... no molestar
5/4
Newly-married woman discovers that her husband's a virgin and not the notorious Don Juan that she'd heard rumors about, and their marriage almost coll...
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Recién casados... no molestar
1953
Mujeres que trabajan
6/4
Women connected with a female-run employment agency and a women-only boarding house bond together in mutual support.
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Mujeres que trabajan
1956
Sublime melodía
5.2/5
Young widow with kindergarten-age daughter butts heads with her mother-in-law.
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Sublime melodía
1958
The Smile of the Virgin
5.5/10
Marita, a charming little girl, lives in the country with her grandmother. Her best friend is a modest servant, Anselmo, who almost everyday takes the...
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The Smile of the Virgin
1951
Lodo y armiño
5/4
Wealthy libertine tries to seduce another man's mistress by threatening to send him to jail if she doesn't put out. Blowback from his sleazy behavior...
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Lodo y armiño
1950
Inmaculada
5/2
A single mother discovers her daughter getting ready to elope with an unworthy boyfriend, so she sits the girl down and tells her the whole entire sto...
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Inmaculada
1950
Entre tu amor y el cielo
5/3
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Entre tu amor y el cielo
1953
The Devil's Money
5/4
Los dineros del diablo (The Devil's Money) is a Mexican drama film directed by Alejandro Galindo. It was released in 1953 and starring Amalia Aguilar...
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The Devil's Money
1946
La culpable
5/2
Mexican movie
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La culpable
1950
Esposa o amante
5/2
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Esposa o amante
1958
Raffles
5/3
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Raffles
1953
Siete mujeres
5/2
Mexican feature film
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