Pina Pellicer

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Pina Pellicer
Pellicer in 1961
Born
Josefina Yolanda Pellicer López de Llergo

(1934-04-03)3 April 1934
Mexico City, Mexico
Died4 December 1964(1964-12-04) (aged 30)
Mexico City, Mexico
Resting placePanteón Jardín
Mexico City, Mexico
Years active1950–1964
RelativesPilar Pellicer (sister)
Ana Pellicer (sister)
Carlos Pellicer (uncle)
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Josefina Yolanda "Pina" Pellicer López de Llergo (3 April 1934 – 4 December 1964) was a Mexican actress known in her country 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).

Childhood and family

Josefina Yolanda Pellicer López de Llergo was born on 3 April 1934 in Mexico City, daughter of César Pellicer Sánchez, a lawyer, and Pilar López de Llergo.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]

Career

Pellicer with Marlon Brando in a publicity photo for One-Eyed Jacks (1961)

Pellicer's first acting role, albeit only her second movie to be released, was the

Academy Award nomination, for Charles Lang's cinematography.[citation needed
]

Pellicer in Macario (1960)

The first movie with Pellicer to reach the theaters was the Mexican production

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ("The Life Work of Juan Diaz", 1964; written by Ray Bradbury), as well as on Mexican television.[citation needed
]

Death

Grave of Pellicer located in the Panteón Jardín in Mexico City

Pellicer died by suicide on 4 December 1964, aged 30, with an overdose of sleeping pills.[1] Her body was buried at Panteón Francés in Mexico City.[2][3]

Filmography

Pellicer and Larry Domasin on the episode "The Life Work of Juan Diaz" (1964) of the program The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Pellicer with Marlon Brando during the filming of One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
Year Title Role Notes
1960 Macario Macario's wife
1961 One-Eyed Jacks Louisa Silver Shell for Best Actress
1962
Rogelia
Rogelia
1962
Días de Otoño
Luisa
1963 The Fugitive María Álvarez Episode: "Smoke Screen"
1964
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
María Díaz Episode: "The Life Work of Juan Díaz"
1965 Sinful Irma (final film role)

References

Inline citations

  1. ^ "Mexican Actress a Suicide". The New York Times. Mexico City. 12 December 1964. p. 34. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. ^ "La tragedia de Pina Pellicer: la estrella que se mató por soledad" [The tragedy of Pina Pellicer: the star who killed herself out of loneliness] (in Spanish). 18 March 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Pina Pellicer: la fuerte depresión que la llevó a acabar con su vida" [Pina Pellicer: the strong depression who led to end her life] (in Spanish). 19 July 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

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