Pilar Pellicer

Acting

Pilar Pellicer

Born 1938-02-12 · Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico

Pilar Pellicer (February 2, 1938 - May 16, 2020) was a Mexican actress.

Acting credits

The Gangster poster
6.8

An old gangster returns from the United States to Mexico City to live with his sister-in-law and his two nephews, where he will face the daily life of a middle-class family.

The Gangster

1965

Balún Canán poster
5.4

Based on Rosario Castellanos' novel, Balún Canán is about the turmoil created by the Cardenas’ land reforms. Events occur in Chiapas on the border with Guatemala, mainly in a town called Comitán. Zoraida struggles and fights to keep her properties, inheritance for her only son. For her actions, the sorcerers of Chacjatal cast a death spell over her son.

Balún Canán

1977

Luisa's Dream poster
6.0

After her birthday party, a little girl goes to bed looking forward to an amusement-park trip with her grandparents for the next day.

Luisa's Dream

2009

Playa azul poster
6.0

A politician accused of fraud seeks refuge in a remote, hotel he owns. Joined by his wife, and children he requests aid from his friends. His friends refuse to help, and eventually his family leave him, leaving him with few options.

Playa azul

1992

Zorro, The Gay Blade poster
6.0

In 19th century Mexico, legendary swordsman Zorro has passed on his weapon and his sense of duty to his noble son, Diego, a dashing swashbuckler like his father. But after an injury sidelines Diego, he is forced to hand the mask over to his twin, Ramon.

Zorro, The Gay Blade

1981

La trinchera poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

La trinchera

1969

Day of the Evil Gun poster
6.2

Returning home after disappearing three years ago, former gunslinger Lorn Warfield finds that an Apache raiding party has kidnapped his wife and children. Though he has renounced violence, he now takes up his gun and joins forces with his neighbor, Owen Forbes. Complicating matters, Forbes is engaged to Warfield's wife, who believed her husband was dead. As they pursue the Apaches, the two men are joined by an Indian trader, Jimmy Noble.

Day of the Evil Gun

1968

Nazarín poster
7.6

A Catholic priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but others do not return the favor.

Nazarín

1959

Tajimara poster
7.3

First of two films that make up the collaborative film "Los Bienamados" (The Beloved, 1965). It narrates the encounters and misunderstandings of a pair of lovers during the years, from their adolescence to maturity.

Tajimara

1965

Life Sentence poster
6.8

After being released from jail, "Tarzan" Lira seeks to rebuild his life as a bank employee. Unfortunately, it might not be as easy as he thinks.

Life Sentence

1979

Dulce espiritu poster
6.0

Mexican TV film about spiritism. Part of the series "Cuentos de Madrugada".

Dulce espiritu

1987

El ocaso del cazador poster
5.0

A group of drug dealers want a man out of his ranch, but he designs a plan to defend his property placing his weapons in strategic places in order to fight them and keep his beloved land.

El ocaso del cazador

2017

Los amantes frios poster
5.0

Three-fer anthology of black-humor sex-n-death anecdotes.

Los amantes frios

1978

Fever Mounts at El Pao poster
6.2

After Caribbean despot Mariano Vargas is murdered at the hands of his enraged populace, his secretary Ramón Vázquez takes not just control but also Vargas' widow Inés, with whom he's been having an affair. Special military unit leader Alejandro Gual arrives to overthrow Vázquez by turning the people and Inés against him.

Fever Mounts at El Pao

1959

Rigo is Love poster
4.0

Rigo and la Tulipana meet at the cabaret where they work, he as a singer and she as a fichera. They live an intense love, but Rigo's alcoholism is a source of constant tension.

Rigo is Love

1980

Pedro Paramo poster
7.2

When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister place, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…

Pedro Paramo

1967

The World of the Dead poster
6.0

Santo and Blue Demon take on a 300-year-old witch with a nasty attitude. She raises a legion of zombies and sends them to fight Santo in his home and in the rings.

The World of the Dead

1970

Una mujer honesta poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Una mujer honesta

1972

Las Poquianchis poster
7.0

Three sisters run brothels protected by the authorities, abuse and prostitute young women under the false pretense of employing them as servants.

Las Poquianchis

1976

Con la muerte en ancas poster
6.3

Roving gunslingers team up against a common enemy, but then they turn on each other.

Con la muerte en ancas

1980

Why Was I Born a Woman? poster
8.1

A family gathers to celebrate Mother's Day, that day a woman discuss many problems about her woman condition; husband, children and grandchildren will hear she tired and overwhelmed silenced by submission and obedience. Analysis of the family and gender roles.

Why Was I Born a Woman?

1970

The Bandits poster
5.1

Three Americans get involved into the Mexican fight against the French Intervention.

The Bandits

1967

A Mexican Buñuel poster
6.0

A documentary covering the years Luis Buñuel spent in Mexico making films.

A Mexican Buñuel

1997

There's Always a First Time poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

There's Always a First Time

1971

Behind the camera