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Pina Pellicer

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Cause of death
  
Nieces
  
Ariane Pellicer

Role
  
Actress

Name
  
Pina Pellicer

Years active
  
1959–1964


Pina Pellicer looking at her back while wearing a black sleeveless top

Full Name
  
Josefina Yolanda Pellicer Lopez de Llergo

Born
  
April 3, 1934 (
1934-04-03
)
Mexico City, Mexico

Relatives
  
Pilar Pellicer (sister)Ana Pellicer (sister)Carlos Pellicer (uncle)

Parents
  
Pilar Lopez de Llergo, Cesar Pellicer Sanchez

Movies
  
One‑Eyed Jacks, Macario, Sinful

Similar People
  
Pilar Pellicer, Roberto Gavaldon, Katy Jurado, Ana Pellicer, Carlos Pellicer

Died
  
December 4, 1964 (aged 30) Mexico City, Mexico

Pina pellicer


Josefina Yolanda Pellicer López de Llergo (April 3, 1934 – December 4, 1964), professionally known as Pina Pellicer, was a Mexican actress known in Mexico for portraying the female lead in Macario (1960), and in the United States as Louisa alongside Marlon Brando in the Brando-directed movie One-Eyed Jacks (1961).

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Pina Pellicer looking afar in a movie scene from the 1961 film One-Eyed Jacks

Días de Otoño (1962) Pina Pellicer - Ignacio López Tarso


Family

Pellicer was born in Mexico City to César Pellicer Sánchez, a lawyer, and Pilar López de Llergo. Her uncle Carlos Pellicer was a modernist poet. Of her seven siblings, her younger sister Pilar Pellicer also became an actress best known for her roles in numerous telenovelas; another younger sister, Ana, is a sculptor and the co-author of Pina Pellicer's 2006 biography.

Career

Pellicer's first acting role, albeit only her second movie to be released, was the Paramount Pictures production One-Eyed Jacks. In the movie, Pellicer played Louisa, the stepdaughter of Karl Malden and the lover of Marlon Brando. Mexican actress Katy Jurado also appeared as Louisa's mother. The production of the movie was much-delayed, and the original director Stanley Kubrick left along with screenwriter Sam Peckinpah, leaving Brando to finish the movie – the only time Brando was credited with directing a movie. So even though production started in 1958, the movie was not released until 1961. European response was positive, and in July 1961 the movie received the Golden Shell (Concha de Oro) at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. In addition, Pellicer was awarded the prize for best female performer, with reviews comparing her to Audrey Hepburn. In the United States, the response was more mixed and the movie received only one Academy Award nomination, for Charles Lang's cinematography.

Pina Pellicer looking on her side while wearing a blouse

The first movie with Pellicer to reach the theaters was the Mexican production Macario, released in 1960. Pellicer played the wife of the title character opposite Ignacio López Tarso. Macario was the first Mexican production to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but ultimately lost out to Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring. After Macario, Pellicer appeared in two more Mexican films, Días de Otoño, released in 1963, and Sinful, released after her death in 1965. During her appearance at the San Sebastián Film Festival, she met Spanish director Rafael Gil, who cast the actress for the title role in the movie Rogelia, filmed in Asturias and released in 1962. In addition to her movie work, she also appeared in episodes for the television shows The Fugitive ("Smoke Screen", 1963) and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ("The Life Work of Juan Diaz", 1964; written by Ray Bradbury), as well as on Mexican television.

Death

Pina Pellicer smiling while wearing a white and orange blouse

Pellicer committed suicide on December 4, 1964, aged 30. The presumed cause was depression.



Filmography

Actress
1965
El pecador as
Irma
1964
Gran teatro (TV Series)
- Electra (1964)
1964
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) as
Maria Diaz
- The Life Work of Juan Diaz (1964) - Maria Diaz
1963
Días de otoño as
Luisa
1963
The Fugitive (TV Series) as
Mrs. Maria Alvarez
- Smoke Screen (1963) - Mrs. Maria Alvarez
1962
Rogelia as
Rogelia
1961
One-Eyed Jacks as
Louisa
1960
Macario as
Esposa de Macario

References

Pina Pellicer Wikipedia