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Born | Manuela Ruiz Penella 2 March 1931 Madrid, Spain |
Died | 27 August 2007 Madrid, Spain | (aged 76)
Occupation | Actress |
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Manuela Ruiz Penella (2 March 1931[1] – 27 August 2007), better known as Emma Penella, was a Spanish film and television actress.[2]
Manuela Ruiz Penella was born on 2 March 1931 in Madrid, the child of far-right politician Ramón Ruiz Alonso and actress Magdalena Penella Silva, thus she was also the granddaughter of actor Manuel Penella Moreno.[3][4][5] Her younger sisters Elisa ("Elisa Montés") and Teresa ("Terele Pávez") also followed the family's acting footsteps.[5] The three sisters renounced to using the Ruiz family name as an artistic name, in the wake of their father's involvement in the murder of Federico García Lorca.[5][6]
She featured in the 1952 film The Eyes Leave a Trace, ensuingly landing a larger degree of recognition with her performance in The Executioner.[6]
She was named best actress by the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos for Sentencia contra una mujer in 1962.[7]
In 1967, Emma Penella married producer Emiliano Piedra (died 1991).[8]
She died on 27 August 2007 at aged 76 by a sepsis caused due to her diabetes.[9][10][11]