MarÃa del Pilar Bardem Muñoz (born 14 March 1939) better known as
Pilar Bardem is a Spanish film and television actress. She is a
younger sister of the renowned film director Juan Antonio Bardem and
the mother of Academy Award-winner Javier Bardem.Born to performers
Rafael Bardem and Matilde Muñoz Sampedro in Seville, Pilar began her
screen career in 1965. She was a regular in the television series
Compuesta y sin novio (1994), Hermanas (1998), El Inquilino (2004),
and Amar en tiempos revueltos (2005â€"2007).Bardem is the recipient of
the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Premios ACE for Best
Supporting Actress, the Valladolid International Film Festival Award
for Best Actress, and two Spanish Actors' Union Awards for her
performances.Pilar Bardem is often called "La Bardem", and is well
known in Spain not only as an actress, but for her outspoken left-wing
political views. She has toiled for "labor rights for actors, civil
rights for women", and "a more liberal Catholic Church" (she has
affirmed a belief that women should be able to become priests). Bardem
identifies her long struggle, working several jobs at once to raise
her children, as not uncommon. She was just "one of so many".
Pilar Bardem is a Spanish film and television actress. She is a
younger sister of the renowned film director Juan Antonio Bardem and
the mother of Academy Award-winner Javier Bardem.Born to performers
Rafael Bardem and Matilde Muñoz Sampedro in Seville, Pilar began her
screen career in 1965. She was a regular in the television series
Compuesta y sin novio (1994), Hermanas (1998), El Inquilino (2004),
and Amar en tiempos revueltos (2005â€"2007).Bardem is the recipient of
the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Premios ACE for Best
Supporting Actress, the Valladolid International Film Festival Award
for Best Actress, and two Spanish Actors' Union Awards for her
performances.Pilar Bardem is often called "La Bardem", and is well
known in Spain not only as an actress, but for her outspoken left-wing
political views. She has toiled for "labor rights for actors, civil
rights for women", and "a more liberal Catholic Church" (she has
affirmed a belief that women should be able to become priests). Bardem
identifies her long struggle, working several jobs at once to raise
her children, as not uncommon. She was just "one of so many".
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