Spanish actress Pilar Bardem, the mother ofJavier Bardem, has died at 82.
Her son Carlos, also an actor, announced the sad news Saturday.
“She departed in peace and without suffering, surrounded by the love of her family.
Javier Bardem and Pilar Bardem.Fotonoticias/WireImage
We appreciate with all our heart the love toward our mother.
Thank you from her children, Carlos, Monica, and Javier.”
“We bid farewell to my mom with a heart full of love.
With tenderness and a smile,” he wrote.
Thank you for this wave of love."
She was nominated again in 2005 for Best Leading Actress inMaria querida.
Anactivist, Pilar also worked to advance labor rights for actors and civil rights for women.
In 2003, she publicly opposed the Spanish government’s decision to send troops to Iraq.
Antonio Banderas, who acted alongside Pilar in the 1990 filmContra el viento,also expressed his condolence.
“Spanish theater is losing a great actress,” he wrote in Spanish.
