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Pilar Pellicer
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Pellicer in 1968
Born
María del Pilar Pellicer López de Llergo

(1938-02-12)12 February 1938
Died 16 May 2020(2020-05-16) (aged 82)
Mexico City, Mexico
Burial place Panteón Francés
Spouse(s) James Metcalf
Children Ariane Pellicer
Parent(s) María del Pilar López de Llergo
César Pellicer Sánchez
Relatives Pina Pellicer (sister)
Ana Pellicer (sister)
Carlos Pellicer (uncle)

María del Pilar Pellicer López de Llergo (12 February 1938 – 16 May 2020) was a Mexican actress. At the 17th Ariel Awards, she won the Ariel Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film La Choca (1974).

Biography

Pilar was daughter of lawyer César Pellicer Sánchez and wife María del Pilar López de Llergo, both from Tabasco.

At age 18, Pilar studied at the Academy of Contemporary Dance, and was trained by Seki Sano. Pilar later abandoned dance to study philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She also studied at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura. She debuted as an actress in the movie El vendedor de muñecas in 1955.

Death

Pellicer died from COVID-19 on 16 May 2020, at age 82, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.

Selected filmography

Pilar Pellicer and Glenn Ford publicity photo (cropped)
Pellicer with Glenn Ford in 1968
Pilar Pellicer Day of the Evil Gun trailer (1968)
Pellicer in Day of the Evil Gun (1968)
  • El vendedor de muñecas (1955)
  • The Life of Agustín Lara (1959) - Admiradora joven
  • Nazarín (1959) - Lucía (uncredited)
  • Escuela de verano (1959) - Magdalena Dávila
  • La Fièvre Monte à El Pao (1959) - Pilar Cárdenas (uncredited)
  • Quinceañera (1960) - Olivia
  • El gángster (1965) - (uncredited)
  • Tajimara (1965) - Cecilia
  • Pedro Páramo (1967) - Susana San Juan
  • The Bandits (1967) - (uncredited)
  • Day of the Evil Gun (1968) - Lydia Yearby
  • Las visitaciones del diablo (1968) - Paloma
  • Los amigos (1968)
  • Santa (1969)
  • La trinchera (1969)
  • ¿Porque nací mujer? (1970) - Josefa
  • El mundo del los muertos (1970) - Doña Damiana Velazquez / Alicia
  • Siempre hay una primera vez (1971) - (segment "Isabel")
  • Una mujer honesta (1972)
  • Los perturbados (1972) - (segment "La Búsqueda)
  • Manuel Saldivar, el texano (1972)
  • El Festín de la Loba (1972) - Gloria
  • La Choca (1974) - La Choca
  • Las Poquianchis (1976) - Santa
  • Balún Canán (1977) - Matilde
  • El mexicano (1977)
  • Los amantes frios (1978) - Jacinta (segment "El difunto al pozo y la viuda al gozo")
  • Las del talon (1978)
  • Tres mujeres en la hoguera (1979) - Mané
  • Cadena perpetua (1979) - Mujer de Pantoja
  • Las golfas del talón (1979)
  • Rigo es amor (1980) - La Tulipana
  • Con la muerte en ancas (1980) - Madre de Casey
  • Zorro, the Gay Blade (1981) - Don Francisco's Wife
  • Las Siete Cucas (1981)
  • Showdown at Eagle Gap (1982) - Señora Romero
  • Dulce espiritu (1986)
  • Amor a la vuelta de la esquina (1986)
  • Un asesino anda suelto (1991)
  • Marea suave (1992)
  • Playa azul (1992) - Señora
  • El ocaso del cazador (2017) - (final film role)

TV

  • El Camino Secreto (1986–1987) - Yolanda
  • Muchachitas (1991) - Martha Sánchez-Zúñiga de Cantú
  • Huracán (1997–1998) - Ada Vargas Lugo
  • Primer amor... a mil por hora (2000–2001) - La Chonta
  • Sin pecado concebido (2001) - Loló de la Barcena
  • La Madrastra (2005) - Sonia
  • Mujeres Asesinas 3 (2010, Episode: "Las Cotuchas, empresarias") - Amparo Quezada
  • Triunfo del Amor (2010–2011) - Eva Grez
  • Como dice el dicho (2012–2013) - Dalia / Gertrudis
  • La Gata (2014) - Doña Rita Olea Pérez

See also

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