Manuela Ruiz Penella known as Emma Penella (Madrid, March 2, 1931 - Ibidem, August 27, 2007) was a Spanish film, theater and television actress. Daughter of the politician Ramón Ruiz Alonso and Magdalena Penella Silva, granddaughter of the composer Manuel Penella Moreno, great-granddaughter of the also musician Manuel Penella Raga, sister of the also actresses Elisa Montés (1934) and Terele Pávez (1939-2017). She married film producer Emiliano Piedra with whom she had three daughters: Emma, Lola and Emiliana. She was also the aunt of the actress Emma Ozores (daughter of her sister Elisa Montés and the actor Antonio Ozores). Actress of marked personality and prestige since the 1950s, she triumphed in cinema thanks to films such as Luis García Berlanga's El verdugo (The Executioner) and maintained intense theatrical activity. She renewed her popularity in her later years participating in the television series Aquí no hay quien viva (2003-2006) and La que se avecina (2007).
The Search
1966
Fedra, the Devil's Daughter
1956
Our Father
1985
The Executioner
1963
Bulgarian Lovers
2003
Pídele cuentas al rey
2000
Scano Boa
1961
El amor brujo
1986
Lola, espejo oscuro
1966
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
1987
The Regent's Wife
1974
Black Humor
1965
The Eyes Leave a Trace
1952
Comedians
1954
De espaldas a la puerta
1959
Un ángel tuvo la culpa
1960
Un marido de ida y vuelta
1957
¡Che, qué loco!
1953
La hora incógnita
1963
Tres hombres van a morir
1955
Fortunata y Jacinta
1970
First Surrender
1971
Condemned to Hang
1953
El crimen de Don Benito
1991
FFG, el último gran conversador
2021
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni
1964
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
1992
Red Fish
1955
Badmen of the West
1964
Doña Francisquita
1952
La patrouille des sables
1954
Alegre juventud
1963
Viento de cólera
1988
Aimless boat
1952
El guardián del paraíso
1955
The Adventurer of Seville
1954
Truhanes de honor
1952
The Shadow Battalion
1957
Sentencia contra una mujer
1960