Manuela Ruiz Penella (2 March 1931 – 27 August 2007), better known as Emma Penella, was a Spanish film and television actress.

Biography

Manuela Ruiz Penella was born on 2 March 1931 in

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, 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. Her younger sisters

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("Elisa Montés") and

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("Terele Pávez") also followed the family's acting footsteps. 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

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. She featured in the 1952 film '' The Eyes Leave a Trace'', ensuingly landing a larger degree of recognition with her performance in '' The Executioner''. She was named best actress by the

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for ''Sentencia contra una mujer'' in 1962. In 1967, Emma Penella married producer Emiliano Piedra (died 1991). She died on 27 August 2007 at aged 76 by a

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caused due to her

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Selected filmography

*'' The Eyes Leave a Trace'' (

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, 1952). *''

Carne de horca ''Condemned to Hang'' or ''Flesh for the Gallows'' (Spanish: ''Carne de horca'', Italian: ''Il terrore dell'Andalusia'') is a 1953 Italian-Spanish historical adventure film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Rossano Brazzi, Fosco Giachetti ...

'' (

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, 1953). *''

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'' (1953) *'' Doña Francisquita'' (Ladisalo Vajda, 1953) *'' Cómicos'' ( Juan Antonio Bardem, 1953). *'' Adventures of the Barber of Seville'' (1954) *'' The Red Fish'' (

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, 1955). * '' Fedra'' (Manuel Mur Oti, 1956). * ''

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'' (Manuel Mur Oti, 1956). *''De espaldas a la puerta'' (

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, 1956). * '' Back to the Door'' (1959) *''Sentencia contra una mujer'' (1960) *'' El Verdugo'' (

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, 1963). *''Fortunata y Jacinta'' (

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, 1963). * '' Golden Goddess of Rio Beni'' (1964) *'' La regenta'' ( Gonzalo Suárez, 1975). *''

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'' (

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, 1985). *''

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, 1986). *'' La estanquera de Vallecas'' (

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, 1986). *''Doblones de a ocho'' (Andrés Linares, 1990). *''Mar de luna'' (Manolo Matji, 1994). *''Pídele cuentas al rey'' (1999). *'' Los novios búlgaros'' (Bulgarian Lovers) (

, 2003). *''

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'' (2003–2006) TV series *'' La que se avecina'' (2007) TV series

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