Actress. Born as Josefina Yolanda Pellicer López de Llergo, she was the third of the eight children born to César Pellicer Sánchez Mármol and Pilar López de Llergo. Two of her sisters also achieved fame through different occupations, Pilar Pellicer was also an actress, and Ana Pellicer an sculptor, artisan and jewelry maker. Their uncle was the writer, poet and politician, Carlos Pellicer Cámara. Her first approaching to the cinema was as an extra on the film "La liga de las muchachas" (1950), this was thanks to her studies as dancer on the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBA). Before fully turning into an actress, she studied history on the School of Philosophy and Letters, UNAM, and there she collaborated with intellectual and theater figures such as Carlos Monsiváis, Edmundo O'Gorman, and Álvaro Custodio. With her sister Pilar, she entered to the Estudio escénico (school of acting) of Seki Sano, this in order to become an actress.
In 1958, she was discovered and contacted by American producer Frank Rosenberg, after he saw her performing on the play "El diario de Ana Frank" (Ana Frank's diary). He selected her to be the co-star of Marlon Brando on the film "One-Eyed Jacks" (1961), and after she auditioned for the paper, it eventually happened. Back in Mexico, her co-starring with Ignacio López Tarso in "Macario" (1960), also gained her big media attention, since that film became the very first Mexican motion picture nominated to an Oscar on the best foreign film category. With the theater being her passion, she continued producing and acting in some plays, while her filming career was also in advance. In a short period of time she worked on important worldwide productions. In Spain she did the film "Rogelia" (1962), back in the United States she appeared in the episode "Smoke Screen" (1963) of the series "The Fugitive," and in the episode "The Life Work of Juan Diaz" (1964) of the series "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour," and in her native Mexico she did "Días de otoño," co-starring once again with Ignacio López Tarso. This last mentioned film was placed on 17 of the The 100 best Mexican films in history according to the Cine Sector.
Her final years as actress concluded with a telenovela named "La dama de corazones" (1964), a program called "Pacto de Medianoche" (1964), and her final film "El Pecador" (1964). For her work in One-Eyed Jacks, she received a Silver Shell for Best Actress.
In 1958, she was discovered and contacted by American producer Frank Rosenberg, after he saw her performing on the play "El diario de Ana Frank" (Ana Frank's diary). He selected her to be the co-star of Marlon Brando on the film "One-Eyed Jacks" (1961), and after she auditioned for the paper, it eventually happened. Back in Mexico, her co-starring with Ignacio López Tarso in "Macario" (1960), also gained her big media attention, since that film became the very first Mexican motion picture nominated to an Oscar on the best foreign film category. With the theater being her passion, she continued producing and acting in some plays, while her filming career was also in advance. In a short period of time she worked on important worldwide productions. In Spain she did the film "Rogelia" (1962), back in the United States she appeared in the episode "Smoke Screen" (1963) of the series "The Fugitive," and in the episode "The Life Work of Juan Diaz" (1964) of the series "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour," and in her native Mexico she did "Días de otoño," co-starring once again with Ignacio López Tarso. This last mentioned film was placed on 17 of the The 100 best Mexican films in history according to the Cine Sector.
Her final years as actress concluded with a telenovela named "La dama de corazones" (1964), a program called "Pacto de Medianoche" (1964), and her final film "El Pecador" (1964). For her work in One-Eyed Jacks, she received a Silver Shell for Best Actress.
Actress. Born as Josefina Yolanda Pellicer López de Llergo, she was the third of the eight children born to César Pellicer Sánchez Mármol and Pilar López de Llergo. Two of her sisters also achieved fame through different occupations, Pilar Pellicer was also an actress, and Ana Pellicer an sculptor, artisan and jewelry maker. Their uncle was the writer, poet and politician, Carlos Pellicer Cámara. Her first approaching to the cinema was as an extra on the film "La liga de las muchachas" (1950), this was thanks to her studies as dancer on the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBA). Before fully turning into an actress, she studied history on the School of Philosophy and Letters, UNAM, and there she collaborated with intellectual and theater figures such as Carlos Monsiváis, Edmundo O'Gorman, and Álvaro Custodio. With her sister Pilar, she entered to the Estudio escénico (school of acting) of Seki Sano, this in order to become an actress.
In 1958, she was discovered and contacted by American producer Frank Rosenberg, after he saw her performing on the play "El diario de Ana Frank" (Ana Frank's diary). He selected her to be the co-star of Marlon Brando on the film "One-Eyed Jacks" (1961), and after she auditioned for the paper, it eventually happened. Back in Mexico, her co-starring with Ignacio López Tarso in "Macario" (1960), also gained her big media attention, since that film became the very first Mexican motion picture nominated to an Oscar on the best foreign film category. With the theater being her passion, she continued producing and acting in some plays, while her filming career was also in advance. In a short period of time she worked on important worldwide productions. In Spain she did the film "Rogelia" (1962), back in the United States she appeared in the episode "Smoke Screen" (1963) of the series "The Fugitive," and in the episode "The Life Work of Juan Diaz" (1964) of the series "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour," and in her native Mexico she did "Días de otoño," co-starring once again with Ignacio López Tarso. This last mentioned film was placed on 17 of the The 100 best Mexican films in history according to the Cine Sector.
Her final years as actress concluded with a telenovela named "La dama de corazones" (1964), a program called "Pacto de Medianoche" (1964), and her final film "El Pecador" (1964). For her work in One-Eyed Jacks, she received a Silver Shell for Best Actress.
In 1958, she was discovered and contacted by American producer Frank Rosenberg, after he saw her performing on the play "El diario de Ana Frank" (Ana Frank's diary). He selected her to be the co-star of Marlon Brando on the film "One-Eyed Jacks" (1961), and after she auditioned for the paper, it eventually happened. Back in Mexico, her co-starring with Ignacio López Tarso in "Macario" (1960), also gained her big media attention, since that film became the very first Mexican motion picture nominated to an Oscar on the best foreign film category. With the theater being her passion, she continued producing and acting in some plays, while her filming career was also in advance. In a short period of time she worked on important worldwide productions. In Spain she did the film "Rogelia" (1962), back in the United States she appeared in the episode "Smoke Screen" (1963) of the series "The Fugitive," and in the episode "The Life Work of Juan Diaz" (1964) of the series "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour," and in her native Mexico she did "Días de otoño," co-starring once again with Ignacio López Tarso. This last mentioned film was placed on 17 of the The 100 best Mexican films in history according to the Cine Sector.
Her final years as actress concluded with a telenovela named "La dama de corazones" (1964), a program called "Pacto de Medianoche" (1964), and her final film "El Pecador" (1964). For her work in One-Eyed Jacks, she received a Silver Shell for Best Actress.
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