[5] The three sisters renounced to using the Ruiz family name as an artistic name, in the wake of their father's involvement in the murder of Federico García Lorca.

[5][6] She featured in the 1952 film The Eyes Leave a Trace, ensuingly landing a larger degree of recognition with her performance in The Executioner.

[6] She was named best actress by the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos for Sentencia contra una mujer in 1962.

[7] In 1967, Emma Penella married producer Emiliano Piedra (died 1991).

[8] She died on 27 August 2007 at aged 76 by a sepsis caused due to her diabetes.