Pilar Pellicer
Acting
Born February 12, 1938, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
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
- 2017El ocaso del cazador
- 2015One for the Road — Paloma
- 2010Of This World — Madre
- Triumph of Love — Eva
- 2009Luisa's Dream
- Killer Women — Amparo
- Primeiro Amor A Mil Por Hora — La Chonta
- 1998Ortiga's Field — Aurora
- 1996What Time Is It? — Lucía Mitre, Director
- 1992Marea Suave
- 1992Playa azul — Señora
- 1991Un asesino anda suelto
- 1987Dulce espiritu
- 1982Quell and Co. — Senora Romero
- 1981Zorro, The Gay Blade — Don Francisco's Wife
- 1980Con la muerte en ancas
- 1980Las golfas del talón
- 1980Rigo is Love — La Tulipana
- 1979Life Sentence — Pantoja's wife
- 1979Three Women in a Bonfire — Mané
- 1978Las del talon
- 1978Los amantes frios
- 1977Balún Canán — Matilde
- Pacto de amor — Blanca
- 1977The Mexican — Mary
- 1976Las Poquianchis — Santa
- 1974La Choca — La Choca
- 1972Los perturbados — Sofia (segment "La Búsqueda")
- 1972Manuel Saldivar, el texano
- 1972The She Wolf's Orgy — Doña Gloria
- 1972Una mujer honesta
- 1971There's Always a First Time — (segment "Isabel")
- 1970The World of the Dead
- 1970Why Was I Born a Woman? — Josefa
- 1969La trinchera
- 1969Santa
- 1968Day of the Evil Gun — Lydia Yearby
- 1968Los amigos
- 1968The Devil's Visitations — Paloma
- 1967Pedro Paramo — Susana San Juan
- 1967The Bandits
- 1965Tajimara
- 1965The Beloved Ones — Cecilia
- 1965The Gangster
- 1960Quinceañera — Olivia
- 1959Escuela de verano
- 1959Fever Mounts at El Pao
- 1959La vida de Agustín Lara — Admiradora jóven
- 1959Nazarín — Lucía (uncredited)
Appearances as themselves (4)
- 2017One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo — Self
- 2015Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin — Self
- 1997A Mexican Buñuel — Self
- Conversando con Cristina Pacheco — Self