Maruja Grifell
Date of birth: 1907-02-06
Place of birth: Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Known for: Acting
Also known as: María Martínez Grifell
Biography
Movie Credits
The Abandoned
1945-05-18
A young woman, abandoned by her womanizing fiancé, is forced to provide for the upbringing of her so
The Stone Crucifix
1956-06-15
A young prostitue woman arrives severely injured to a hospital and finds a chance to have a new life
Una mujer decente
1950-10-18
Attracted by Armando, Rosa, comes to him in love. Armando travels to Paris and his return contract a
The Innocent
1956-09-20
After a quarrel with her boyfriend on New Year's Eve, Mane drives her car from Mexico City to Cuerna
La vida de Pedro Infante
1966-04-20
Todo un caballero
1947-07-17
An unmarried lawyer defends his ward's boyfriend, accused of murder. One of only a handful of films
El grito de la carne
1951-01-01
Mexican feature film
Historia de un corazón
1951-01-01
Aquella Rosita Alvírez
1965-07-29
Traveling cowboy gets involved in political issues in a town he passes through. Also a romance.
Aventuras de Cucuruchito y Pinocho
1943-01-01
Las aventuras de Cucuruchito y Pinocho was the second color feature film and the first fantasy film
From Can-Can to Mambo
1951-11-15
Young man convinces his conservative uncle that trendy modern stuff is fun.
El casto Susano
1954-05-20
Father and son are sober, responsible pillars of the community in their home-town... but they make f
Flor de caña
1948-11-10
Rural-community gal is being courted by a peon and by a land-owner.
¡Acá las Tortas!
1951-10-12
College students, ready to start entering adult society, are ashamed of their working-class backgrou
La visita que no tocó el timbre
1954-09-11
Two underachieving brothers take responsibility for an abandoned baby.
Ladies Club
1956-04-12
Lonelyhearts advisor on a tv show becomes feminist icon and movement-leader.
Pancho López
1957-02-08
A couple of people cover up their own mishandling of other people's money by claiming to have been r
El gallo giro
1948-08-19
Mom and Pop want him to settle down , but the youngun's convinced he could be a big star singing ran
Rogaciano el huapanguero
1957-08-08
Itinerant folk-singer returns to his home town, gets caught in two intersecting love triangles. It e
Perdida
1950-06-03
Her stepfather rapes her and she runs away to home. After that, she's exploited by a series of men,
An Adventure in the Night
1948-07-09
After a party, two friends pick up two beautiful girls with whom they spend a wonderful night. The n
Si usted no puede, yo sí
1951-02-15
Out-of-work actor and his burglar pal get jobs at an agency that pledges to do things the client doe
A Family Like Many Others
1949-03-11
The dynamics of a typical middle-class family are shaken up after the introduction of an enthusiasti
La monja alférez
1944-07-27
A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of
Confidencias de un ruletero
1949-11-16
Taxi driver takes the wrong passenger at the wrong time and gets caught up in a murder investigation
Músico, poeta y loco
1948-05-08
An underaged heiress is sent to a reformatory by her unscrupulous guardians to prevent her from fulf
¡A volar, joven!
1947-12-23
Cantinflas is a private in the military, who doesn't know anything about discipline or following rul
The Great Madcap
1949-11-25
Portrayal of a family’s attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriar
Camelia
1954-02-16
A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias o
Another Dawn
1943-11-18
The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover
Bugambilia
1945-11-02
In mid-nineteenth century Guanajuato, the beauty and charm of the young heiress Amalia conquers the
The Other
1946-11-20
A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.
Salon Mexico
1949-02-25
Mercedes works as a cabaret performer to pay for her sister's studies. Problems begin when Mercedes
Dos tipos de cuidado
1953-11-05
Jorge Bueno and Pedro Malo are best friends who consider giving up their womanizing ways when they e
Cuidado con el amor
1954-12-08
Salvador accompanied by two friends of his father whom he calls uncles, they arrive at a fair in the
Me traes de un ala
1953-02-05
To conquer the beautiful vedette Rosita, journalist Tin Tan is subject to her whims. Fired along wit
Aventurera
1950-10-18
Left alone after her mother runs off with another man and her father kills himself, Elena attempts t
Cantaclaro
1946-01-24
A rootless wilderness-dude in the Venezuelan outback gets caught up in some human dramas despite him
El jinete justiciero en retando a la muerte
1966-01-06
Guy gets mugged on horseback and left for dead; farmgal nurses him back to health and when he's on h
La vida en broma
1950-05-24
Many many mistaken identities and impostures overlapping among a group of husbands, wives and others
Adulterio
1945-03-01
Man commits suicide over his wife's infidelity. His father spends the rest of his life trying to fig
¿Por qué ya no me quieres?
1954-06-03
Tired of struggling, Lilia, played by Sara Montiel, moves to the city to live with her aunt, a forme
Good Love
1957-02-28
Mother and son conspire against his sister when she marries against their wishes.
No te ofendas, Beatriz
1953-05-21
Young couple looks for a way to wiggle out of the marriage their parents have arranged for them.
Felipe de Jesús
1949-08-05
Biography of the first Catholic Saint to be born in Mexico.
Mujeres que trabajan
1953-04-22
Women connected with a female-run employment agency and a women-only boarding house bond together in
..Y mañana serán mujeres
1955-02-15
Grad student takes a summer gig acting as house mother/chaperone to a group of teenaged girls vacati
El mar y tu
1952-03-07
Reportaje
1953-11-13
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
Manos de seda
1951-07-04
Inmaculada
1950-09-15
A single mother discovers her daughter getting ready to elope with an unworthy boyfriend, so she sit
Acapulco
1952-01-18
Young lady goes shopping for a millionaire husband.
Laura's Sin
1949-05-26
Young woman breaks her engagement to be married when an opportunity for stardom comes her way.
Everybody's Woman
1946-01-11
A beautiful woman of affairs falls in love with a handsome young man of great promise. Fearing for h
In the Flesh
1951-02-24
A beautiful cabaret dancer falls in love with a sailor who promises to return and marry her. Trouble
Esposa o amante
1950-06-21
Siete mujeres
1953-01-01
Mexican feature film
¿Mujer... o fiera?
1954-12-09
Enrédate y verás
1948-07-30
A young woman disguises herself as a soldier when her boyfriend arrives to propose.
La casa de la Troya
1948-09-15
Adaptation of the novel by Alejandro Pérez Lujín, centered on the university adventures in Santiago
Un gallo en corral ajeno
1952-07-08