Prudencia Grifell
Birthday: 1879-12-27
Place of Birth: Lugo, Galicia, Spain
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.
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Over the Waves
The life of the musician Juventino Rosas, who despite his talent lived an existence of misfortune an...
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Why Was I Born a Woman?
A family gathers to celebrate Mother's Day, that day a woman discuss many problems about her woman c...
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Soledad
Soledad, a maid born in Argentina, works at a Mexican farm. The son of her employer will deceive her...
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Nosotros los rateros
A young woman, a thief and a lawyer find themselves in the same hotel room without planning it. Merc...
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Pepito and the Monster
The boy Pepito, is looking for work to help his grandmother, who is not receiving her pension. He wa...
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X Murderer
A murderer turns himself to the police, but claims amnesia and insists he's unable to tell them anyt...
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Caperucita y sus tres amigos
Villagers think the Big Bad Wolf has returned to his fierce, wild-animal ways. Also gypsies....
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Angel Face
Mischievous little girl pulls a variety of pranks for the purpose of preventing her parents from div...
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Those Green Eyes
Orphan girl under the protection of a benefactor begins to suspect that her mother had an affair wit...
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The Third Word
The English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante stars as...
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El genial Detective Peter Pérez
A clumsy investigator must unravel a deadly mystery when a passenger is killed during a long-distanc...
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La ladrona
Twin sisters butt heads over a feller. One goes into a convent, the other becomes a professional thi...
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Two Faces Have the Destiny
Ruined alcoholic doctor escapes a tropical plague and begins a new life back in civilization, taking...
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To Hell with Women
Small-town elects a female mayor. She suppresses all the time-honored masculine pastimes, and the me...
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The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
Ghosts and premonitions; a married woman discovers the true love of her life while being plagued wit...
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Una mujer en la calle
An implausible accident causes a street prostitute to become close friends with an aristocratic old ...
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The Vivanco Ladies
Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter....
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Mi desconocida esposa
After moving from Guadalajara to Mexico City, a young woman gets embroiled in a series of puzzling m...
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Senda prohibida
The story of Nora, a poor but ambitious young woman, who uses her beauty to seduce a rich and marrie...
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Pensión de artistas
Between-engagements troupers at a theatrical boarding-house con a rich acquaintance into financing a...
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Préstame tu cuerpo
Heaven Can Wait scenario; a young woman dies forty years ahead of schedule because her guardian ange...
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El señor doctor
It's about a country doctor that comes to the city while a clinic is built in his home town... he ru...
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Póker de ases
Four brothers try to manage their careers and love-lives under the close supervision of a domineerin...
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The Shadow of the Tyrant
In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find the...
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Las infieles
Governess falls in love with the uncle of the children she's teaching. Then complications....
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La hermana blanca
A young woman believes her fiance has died, and she enters a convent....
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The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
After being arrested the two adorable grannies spend some time in jail and then stand trial for the ...
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School for Mothers-in-Law
Dizzy society matron plucks a hobo out of the gutter to rehabilitate him....
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Después de la tormenta
This Mexican melodrama may have been released above the border as After the Storm. The principal cha...
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Mis abuelitas... no más!
Bush-league actor allows two adorable grannies to believe he's their long-lost grandson. Then: compl...
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La dama del alba
Family rescues a woman from the river nearby where their daughter committed suicide years before. Un...
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The Force of Desire
Wicked girl uses nude modeling as a way to seduce a wealthy painter into marriage, while still tryin...
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El hombre que me gusta
A man facing bankruptcy and ruin rehearses a couple of scenarios relating to suicide, until his fami...
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The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris
Unmarried opera singer has a baby, and her friends convince her to pass it off as the grandchild of ...
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Horas de agonía
Nubile young woman seems to be quite free with her affections... but she has a deep, dark secret. De...
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Adulterio
Man commits suicide over his wife's infidelity. His father spends the rest of his life trying to fig...
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Ladronzuela
Homeless girl placed in a court-appointed foster home under the care of a social worker....
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María Cristina
Decent, hard-working young woman gradually finds her way toward love and happiness. With occasional ...
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México nunca duerme
Fretful granny is upset when her granddaughter isn't home by 9 PM on Saturday night, so she teams up...
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Mi adorado salvaje
The old folks back home in Spain have arranged a marriage for their niece living in Mexico. To side-...
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El ruiseñor del barrio
Ten or twelve years ago, a young man wrecked his car and his wife was killed in the accident. Today,...
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Nuestras vidas
Frivolous woman falls in reallytruly love for the first time, but her past catches up with her and h...
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Little Red Riding Hood
The classic story of the Red Riding Hood spiced up by a couple of funny characters like the dog Duke...
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Prisionera del pasado
Romance between a flamenco singer performing in Mexico and a gov't soldier during the Mexican Revolu...
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Recién casados... no molestar
Newly-married woman discovers that her husband's a virgin and not the notorious Don Juan that she'd ...
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Mujeres que trabajan
Women connected with a female-run employment agency and a women-only boarding house bond together in...
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Sublime melodía
Young widow with kindergarten-age daughter butts heads with her mother-in-law....
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The Smile of the Virgin
Marita, a charming little girl, lives in the country with her grandmother. Her best friend is a mode...
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Lodo y armiño
Wealthy libertine tries to seduce another man's mistress by threatening to send him to jail if she d...
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Inmaculada
A single mother discovers her daughter getting ready to elope with an unworthy boyfriend, so she sit...
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The Devil's Money
Los dineros del diablo (The Devil's Money) is a Mexican drama film directed by Alejandro Galindo. It...
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Un minuto de bondad
A young woman tries to stop the sale of a house that serves as a shelter for orphaned children and r...
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