Prudencia Grifell

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.

Prudencia María Victoria Grifell Masip (Lugo, Espanya, 22 de desembre de 1879 - Ciutat de Mèxic, Mèxic, 7 de juny de 1970) va ser una actriu i comediant espanyola. Era la mare de l'actor Pepe Martínez i l'actriu Maruja Grifell.

Prudencia María Victoria Grifell Masip (Lugo, Galicia, España, 27 de diciembre de 1879​ —Ciudad de México, 7 de junio de 1970), conocida como Prudencia Grifell, fue una actriz y tiple cómica mexicana nacida en España. Fue estrella del teatro de revista en España y México, desde principios del siglo XX hasta la década de 1920. A una edad avanzada, incursionó en el cine mexicano en su Época de Oro y en la televisión.