Prudencia Grifell
1879-12-27 ( 145 years old ) in Lugo, Galicia, Spain

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.

Movies

Raffles 1958-01-01
The Third Word 1956-07-03
Angel Face 1956-03-01
El plagiario 1955-04-28
X Murderer 1955-03-18
Cuando me vaya 1954-06-04
La ladrona 1954-03-18
Las infieles 1953-07-09
Siete mujeres 1953-01-01
Póker de ases 1952-12-25
Lodo y armiño 1951-11-30
Inmaculada 1950-09-15
Over the Waves 1950-09-13
Nuestras vidas 1950-05-24
Ladronzuela 1949-12-28
Soledad 1947-11-28
La culpable 1946-01-01
Adulterio 1945-03-01