Prudencia Grifell

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.

  • Title: Prudencia Grifell
  • Popularity: 2.784
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1879-12-27
  • Place of Birth: Lugo, Galicia, Spain
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  • Also Known As: Doña Prudencia Grifell, Prudencia María Victoria Grifell Masip
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Prudencia Grifell Movies

  • 1950
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    Over the Waves

    Over the Waves

    5.9 1950 HD

    The life of the musician Juventino Rosas, who despite his talent lived an existence of misfortune and poverty.

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  • 1953
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    La sexta carrera

    La sexta carrera

    5 1953 HD

    Mexican feature film

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  • 1970
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    Why Was I Born a Woman?

    Why Was I Born a Woman?

    7.8 1970 HD

    A family gathers to celebrate Mother's Day, that day a woman discuss many problems about her woman condition; husband, children and grandchildren...

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  • 1951
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    Apartment house

    Apartment house

    5.6 1951 HD

    Personal dramas among the residents of an apartment house.

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  • 1947
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    El amor abrió los ojos

    El amor abrió los ojos

    5 1947 HD

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  • 1947
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    Soledad

    Soledad

    5 1947 HD

    Soledad, a maid born in Argentina, works at a Mexican farm. The son of her employer will deceive her, pretending to marry her and leaving her...

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  • 1949
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    Nosotros los rateros

    Nosotros los rateros

    6.1 1949 HD

    A young woman, a thief and a lawyer find themselves in the same hotel room without planning it. Mercedes, the thief, has a brother who, by mistake,...

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  • 1957
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    Pepito and the Monster

    Pepito and the Monster

    5.2 1957 HD

    The boy Pepito, is looking for work to help his grandmother, who is not receiving her pension. He wants to be a magician's assistant, and thus begin...

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  • 1946
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    Los nietos de Don Venancio

    Los nietos de Don Venancio

    5.3 1946 HD

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  • 1951
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    Historia de un corazón

    Historia de un corazón

    5 1951 HD

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  • 1943
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    Internado para señoritas

    Internado para señoritas

    6 1943 HD

    1940s-style teen comedy set in a private school for girls.

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  • 1955
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    X Murderer

    X Murderer

    5.2 1955 HD

    A murderer turns himself to the police, but claims amnesia and insists he's unable to tell them anything about his crime.

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  • 1961
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    Caperucita y sus tres amigos

    Caperucita y sus tres amigos

    5 1961 HD

    Villagers think the Big Bad Wolf has returned to his fierce, wild-animal ways. Also gypsies.

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  • 1956
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    Angel Face

    Angel Face

    5 1956 HD

    Mischievous little girl pulls a variety of pranks for the purpose of preventing her parents from divorcing.

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  • 1952
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    Those Green Eyes

    Those Green Eyes

    5 1952 HD

    Orphan girl under the protection of a benefactor begins to suspect that her mother had an affair with him and that he's her father.

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  • 1955
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    The Monster of the Shadow

    The Monster of the Shadow

    5 1955 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Third Word

    The Third Word

    6.7 1956 HD

    The English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante stars as a pampered young man who is sheltered by his...

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  • 1952
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    El genial Detective Peter Pérez

    El genial Detective Peter Pérez

    5.5 1952 HD

    Bumbling detective solves a murder on board a train.

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  • 1954
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    Cuando me vaya

    Cuando me vaya

    6 1954 HD

    Fictionalized version of the life of songwriter Maria Grever.

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  • 1954
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    La ladrona

    La ladrona

    5 1954 HD

    Twin sisters butt heads over a feller. One goes into a convent, the other becomes a professional thiefstress.

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  • 1952
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    Two Faces Have the Destiny

    Two Faces Have the Destiny

    6 1952 HD

    Ruined alcoholic doctor escapes a tropical plague and begins a new life back in civilization, taking over the identity of a dead man.

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  • 1955
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    To Hell with Women

    To Hell with Women

    5.5 1955 HD

    Small-town elects a female mayor. She suppresses all the time-honored masculine pastimes, and the men rebel.

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  • 1955
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    El plagiario

    El plagiario

    5 1955 HD

    Gangster's daughter learns about her dad's illegalist lifestyle.

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  • 1955
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    The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman

    The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman

    6 1955 HD

    Ghosts and premonitions; a married woman discovers the true love of her life while being plagued with supernatural phenomena relating to her imminent...

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  • 1955
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    Una mujer en la calle

    Una mujer en la calle

    3.7 1955 HD

    An implausible accident causes a street prostitute to become close friends with an aristocratic old lady.

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  • 1959
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    The Vivanco Ladies

    The Vivanco Ladies

    6.8 1959 HD

    Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter.

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  • 1958
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    Mi desconocida esposa

    Mi desconocida esposa

    5 1958 HD

    After moving from Guadalajara to Mexico City, a young woman gets embroiled in a series of puzzling mistaken-identity misadventures.

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  • 1961
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    Senda prohibida

    Senda prohibida

    5.5 1961 HD

    The story of Nora, a poor but ambitious young woman, who uses her beauty to seduce a rich and married lawyer.

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  • 1946
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    Una sombra en mi destino

    Una sombra en mi destino

    5 1946 HD

    Mexican movie

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  • 1956
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    Pensión de artistas

    Pensión de artistas

    7 1956 HD

    Between-engagements troupers at a theatrical boarding-house con a rich acquaintance into financing a show.

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  • 1958
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    Préstame tu cuerpo

    Préstame tu cuerpo

    5 1958 HD

    Heaven Can Wait scenario; a young woman dies forty years ahead of schedule because her guardian angel made a mistake... so the divine powers that be...

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  • 1965
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    El señor doctor

    El señor doctor

    7.8 1965 HD

    It's about a country doctor that comes to the city while a clinic is built in his home town... he rubs off his care and compassion on others at the...

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  • 1952
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    Póker de ases

    Póker de ases

    6.2 1952 HD

    Four brothers try to manage their careers and love-lives under the close supervision of a domineering mother.

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  • 1960
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    The Shadow of the Tyrant

    The Shadow of the Tyrant

    6.5 1960 HD

    In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find themselves at his mercy as he will resort to...

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  • 1953
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    Las infieles

    Las infieles

    6.8 1953 HD

    Governess falls in love with the uncle of the children she's teaching. Then complications.

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  • 1960
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    La hermana blanca

    La hermana blanca

    5.6 1960 HD

    A young woman believes her fiance has died, and she enters a convent.

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  • 1961
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    The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies

    The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies

    6.1 1961 HD

    After being arrested the two adorable grannies spend some time in jail and then stand trial for the robberies they've committed.

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  • 1958
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    School for Mothers-in-Law

    School for Mothers-in-Law

    5.3 1958 HD

    Dizzy society matron plucks a hobo out of the gutter to rehabilitate him.

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  • 1955
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    Después de la tormenta

    Después de la tormenta

    5.3 1955 HD

    This Mexican melodrama may have been released above the border as After the Storm. The principal characters are a pair of twin lighthouse keepers....

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  • 1961
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    Mis abuelitas... no más!

    Mis abuelitas... no más!

    5.3 1961 HD

    Bush-league actor allows two adorable grannies to believe he's their long-lost grandson. Then: complications!

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  • 1944
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    El globo de Cantolla

    El globo de Cantolla

    5.5 1944 HD

    Three boys and three girls in the 1890s.

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  • 1955
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    The Force of Desire

    The Force of Desire

    4.6 1955 HD

    Wicked girl uses nude modeling as a way to seduce a wealthy painter into marriage, while still trying to keep an artschool stud piece on the side.

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  • 1950
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    La dama del alba

    La dama del alba

    5 1950 HD

    Family rescues a woman from the river nearby where their daughter committed suicide years before. Unresolved mysteries. And meanwhile, there's a...

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  • 1958
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    El hombre que me gusta

    El hombre que me gusta

    5.5 1958 HD

    A man facing bankruptcy and ruin rehearses a couple of scenarios relating to suicide, until his family convinces him he's worth more alive than dead.

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  • 1966
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    The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris

    The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris

    4.4 1966 HD

    Unmarried opera singer has a baby, and her friends convince her to pass it off as the grandchild of a wealthy old lady.

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  • 1958
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    Horas de agonía

    Horas de agonía

    5 1958 HD

    Nubile young woman seems to be quite free with her affections... but she has a deep, dark secret. Deep. Dark.

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  • 1945
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    Adulterio

    Adulterio

    4.6 1945 HD

    Man commits suicide over his wife's infidelity. His father spends the rest of his life trying to figure out which of son's two children is...

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  • 1949
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    Ladronzuela

    Ladronzuela

    5.6 1949 HD

    Homeless girl placed in a court-appointed foster home under the care of a social worker.

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  • 1951
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    María Cristina

    María Cristina

    5 1951 HD

    Decent, hard-working young woman gradually finds her way toward love and happiness. With occasional spasms of Afro-Cuban dancing.

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  • 1959
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    México nunca duerme

    México nunca duerme

    5 1959 HD

    Fretful granny is upset when her granddaughter isn't home by 9 PM on Saturday night, so she teams up with a gangster to tour Mexico City nightclubs...

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  • 1952
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    Mi adorado salvaje

    Mi adorado salvaje

    5 1952 HD

    The old folks back home in Spain have arranged a marriage for their niece living in Mexico. To side-step their demands, she pretends to be already...

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  • 1952
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    El ruiseñor del barrio

    El ruiseñor del barrio

    5 1952 HD

    Ten or twelve years ago, a young man wrecked his car and his wife was killed in the accident. Today, his wealthy mother-in-law is still full of...

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  • 1950
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    Nuestras vidas

    Nuestras vidas

    5.2 1950 HD

    Frivolous woman falls in reallytruly love for the first time, but her past catches up with her and her fiancé kicks her to the curb. Then...

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  • 1959
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    Little Red Riding Hood

    Little Red Riding Hood

    7.3 1959 HD

    The classic story of the Red Riding Hood spiced up by a couple of funny characters like the dog Duke, companion to the girl in her adventures, and...

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  • 1954
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    Prisionera del pasado

    Prisionera del pasado

    4.6 1954 HD

    Romance between a flamenco singer performing in Mexico and a gov't soldier during the Mexican Revolution.

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  • 1951
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    Recién casados... no molestar

    Recién casados... no molestar

    5 1951 HD

    Newly-married woman discovers that her husband's a virgin and not the notorious Don Juan that she'd heard rumors about, and their marriage almost...

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  • 1953
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    Mujeres que trabajan

    Mujeres que trabajan

    6 1953 HD

    Women connected with a female-run employment agency and a women-only boarding house bond together in mutual support.

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  • 1956
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    Sublime melodía

    Sublime melodía

    5.2 1956 HD

    Young widow with kindergarten-age daughter butts heads with her mother-in-law.

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  • 1958
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    The Smile of the Virgin

    The Smile of the Virgin

    5.5 1958 HD

    Marita, a charming little girl, lives in the country with her grandmother. Her best friend is a modest servant, Anselmo, who almost everyday takes...

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  • 1951
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    Lodo y armiño

    Lodo y armiño

    5 1951 HD

    Wealthy libertine tries to seduce another man's mistress by threatening to send him to jail if she doesn't put out. Blowback from his sleazy behavior...

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  • 1950
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    Inmaculada

    Inmaculada

    5 1950 HD

    A single mother discovers her daughter getting ready to elope with an unworthy boyfriend, so she sits the girl down and tells her the whole entire...

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  • 1950
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    Entre tu amor y el cielo

    Entre tu amor y el cielo

    5 1950 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Devil's Money

    The Devil's Money

    5 1953 HD

    Los dineros del diablo (The Devil's Money) is a Mexican drama film directed by Alejandro Galindo. It was released in 1953 and starring Amalia Aguilar...

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  • 1946
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    La culpable

    La culpable

    5 1946 HD

    Mexican movie

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  • 1950
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    Esposa o amante

    Esposa o amante

    5 1950 HD

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  • 1958
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    Raffles

    Raffles

    5 1958 HD

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  • 1953
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    Siete mujeres

    Siete mujeres

    5 1953 HD

    Mexican feature film

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  • 1955
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    Melodías de amor

    Melodías de amor

    5 1955 HD

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