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Grifell, Prudencia
(1880 or '81-1970)
   Spanish-born, former stage ingenue from the early 1900s who generally played sweet but feisty grannies in Mexican cinema of the 1940s and 1950s, into the early 1960s. Married to actor Paco Martínez. Best Supporting Actress Ariel in 1954 for La sexta carrera; nominated the following year for Cuando me vaya. In 1956 she took the Best Actress award for her role in Una mujer en la calle.

Biographical Dictionary of Mexican Film Performers. . 2012.