Pilar Pellicer
Born: 1938-02-12 in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Died: 2020-05-16
Known For: Acting
Biography
Pilar Pellicer (February 2, 1938 - May 16, 2020) was a Mexican actress who worked in film, theater, and television. She began her film career in the late 1950s and established herself as one of the most prominent actresses in Mexican cinema. She worked with directors such as Luis Buñuel, Emilio Fernández, Arturo Ripstein, and Alejandro Galindo. Among her best-known films are Nazarín (1959), Días de otoño (1962), La Choca (1974), and La víspera (1982). For her performance in La Choca, she received the Ariel Award for Best Actress in 1975. Throughout her career, she received numerous honors for her work and was awarded the Ariel de Oro in 2018 for her contribution to Mexican cinema.
Filmography
2017
2015
- One for the Road as Paloma
- Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin as Self
2010
- Triumph of Love as Eva
- Of This World as Madre
2009
2008
- Killer Women as Amparo
2000
- Primeiro Amor A Mil Por Hora as La Chonta
1998
- Ortiga's Field as Aurora
1997
- Conversando con Cristina Pacheco as Self
- A Mexican Buñuel as Self
1996
- What Time Is It? as Lucía Mitre
1992
- Playa azul as Señora
- Marea Suave
1987
1982
- Quell and Co. as Senora Romero
1981
- Zorro, The Gay Blade as Don Francisco's Wife
1980
- Rigo is Love as La Tulipana
- Con la muerte en ancas
- Las golfas del talón
1979
- Life Sentence as Pantoja's wife
- Three Women in a Bonfire as Mané
1977
- Pacto de amor as Blanca
- Balún Canán as Matilde
- The Mexican as Mary
1976
- Las Poquianchis as Santa
1974
- La Choca as La Choca
1972
- Manuel Saldivar, el texano
- The She Wolf's Orgy as Doña Gloria
- Los perturbados as Sofia (segment "La Búsqueda")
- Una mujer honesta
1971
- There's Always a First Time as (segment "Isabel")
1970
- Why Was I Born a Woman? as Josefa
- The World of the Dead
1969
1968
- Day of the Evil Gun as Lydia Yearby
- The Devil's Visitations as Paloma
- Los amigos
1967
- Pedro Paramo as Susana San Juan
- The Bandits
1965
- The Gangster
- Tajimara
- The Beloved Ones as Cecilia
1960
- Quinceañera as Olivia
1959
- Fever Mounts at El Pao
- Nazarín as Lucía (uncredited)
- La vida de Agustín Lara as Admiradora jóven
- Escuela de verano