Pilar Pellicer


Pilar Pellicer was a Mexican film actress. At the 17th Ariel Awards, Pellicer won the Ariel Award for Best Actress for La Choca.

Biography

She was the daughter of César Pellicer Sánchez, a lawyer by profession, and Pilar López de Llergo, both from Tabasco. At age 18, she studied at the Academy of Contemporary Dance, and was trained by Seki Sano. She 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

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

Filmography (selected)