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 Executioner
Golden Goddess of Rio Beni
Thesis
El amor brujo
Bulgarian Lovers
Alegre juventud
Carta a una mujer
Pídele cuentas al rey
Comedians
Un ángel tuvo la culpa
Condemned to Hang
The Tobacconist of Vallecas
Red Fish
The Adventurer of Seville
El amor de los amores
The Eyes Leave a Trace
La hora incógnita
El guardián del paraíso
Lola, espejo oscuro
Badmen of the West
