- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJosefina Pellicer Lopez Llergo
- Height5′ 1″ (1.55 m)
- Pina Pellicer was, and still is, one of the most beloved Mexican actresses of all time. She set a standard for realism in a time when "melodrama" and "artificial" acting still ran rampant. She was best known for her groundbreaking performance in One-Eyed Jacks (1961) with Marlon Brando. She is greatly missed. Fans still wonder why she left us so soon. Perhaps next of kin will continue her magnificent tradition.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Brian Michael Tracy <bmtbond007@hotmail.com>
- Pina Pellicer was a Mexican actress best known in Mexico for portraying the female lead in Macario (1960), and in the United States for One-Eyed Jacks (1961).
Her birth name was Josefina Yolanda Pellicer López de Llergo.
Pellicer committed suicide on December 4, 1964, aged 30. The presumed cause was depression.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Pedro Borges
- ParentsCésar Pellicer Sánchez-MármolPilar López de Llergo y Caballero
- RelativesPilar Pellicer(Sibling)Ariane Pellicer(Niece or Nephew)Carlos Pellicer(Aunt or Uncle)
- Sister of Pilar Pellicer.
- In 1960, José Bolaños wrote a script called "La soldadera" and said he thought Pellicer was the only actress who completely looked like the title character of his story. Unfortunately, she died before the film was made. When production finally began on La soldadera (1966), the part of Lázara was given to Silvia Pinal.
- In 1959, Ismael Rodríguez offered Pellicer the leading female role in The Paper Man (1963). She was already a sought-after actress at the time and reportedly asked for a high salary in order to work for the famous Mexican director.
- She won two Cuauhtémoc Awards for her performances in Macario (1960) and Días de otoño (1963). The Cuauhtémoc Award was an accolade presented by the Mexican Association of Film Journalists and Writers (Asociación Mexicana de Periodistas y Escritores Cinematográficos).
- The noted Mexican poet Carlos Pellicer was her father's first cousin.
- [on One-Eyed Jacks (1961)] I think it is wonderful, and all the credit must go to Marlon's direction. Think what he did. Besides himself, only Karl Malden and Katy Jurado were experienced performers. He had to help the rest of us along.
- Beings like me should have the freedom to die at the moment sadness began to invade them because beings like me are weak beings, incapable of saying no to sadness, no to life, we let ourselves go, we let ourselves live , we let ourselves die from sadness.
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